pondělí 15. února 2010

Skiing in Austria

Skiing is one of the top winter sports. You are lucky if you can visit your domestic winter resorts but some people have to travel abroad to enjoy the right winter spirit. The choice of resorts is quite wide in Europe. There is France, Italy or Switzerland. And Austria, of course. This country has it all, whether you prefer oneday ski trip or you plan to spend your holiday there.

As for ski resorts is Austria a very diverse country. Not only can you enjoy glacier skiing or a visit to big ski resorts, Austria offers lots of attractions such as snowtubing, snowkiting and so on.

The Tyrol with its many ski resorts such as SkiWelt, Zillertal, St. Anton, Kitzbuhel or Kals am Grossglockner is what many people think of when you mention skiing in Austria. Also other Austrian regions boast about many great resorts. Salzburg offers skiing the year round on a glacier Kitzsteinhorn and resorts Zell am See, Wagrain, Kaprun and Bad Hofgastein. Resorts like Hochlecken, Kasberg and Feuerkogel are one of the best resorts in Upper Austria. In the Carinthia can be found resorts Spittal, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Mallnitz and Molltaler Gletscher. The resorts in Styria are called Dachstein, Ramsau, Schladming and Ta uplitz. Last but not least is Vorarlberg with resorts Lech, Schoppernau, Warth and Gapfohl.

Even if the list of resorts is so short, it makes it clear that there are lots of ski resorts you can visit in 2010 for your winter holiday. Austria offers ski slopes for beginners, advanced and also for extreme skiers who can enjoy the perfect service in the form of restaurants, bars and facilities right at the slopes.

Skiing in Austria is becoming more and more popular with British or Dutch skiers who very often take advantage of low cost airlines that offer cheap flights to Salzburg or Vienna. From there they can easily reach their favourite ski resort. Airfare deals to these destinations are in mid-January quite often so there is no problem to save money on airline tickets and spend them at the slope. Austria is one of the cheapest ski destinations in western Europe, so don´t be surprised if you meet people from all over the Europe.

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