Whilst we were in St Anton recently, we took the opportunity to take the drive over to Zurs and ski the Lech and Zurs area. If you’re staying in St Anton then you have several options to get there. You can drive and park in the free car parks next to the Trittkopfbahn cable car [...]
Having spent numerous hours searching for a hotel in St Anton which didn’t require taking out a bank loan the search came into fruition when we found Hotel Tirolerhof. The hotel is located just off the main valley road to Innsbruck on the outskirts of St Jakob. Ok it’s not a walking distance to the [...]
The White Ring (Der Weisse Ring) is definitely a great one day activity. It takes you in a circular route around the main areas of Lech sk area and it is this route that we took around the area. You can start from key points, all marked on the map, we started from Zurs. Here is an overview of The [...]
Whether you see St Anton ski resort as a small town or as a large village, it is a top class resort, with magnificent terrain both on and off piste, matched by a relentless party spirit. Skiing arrived in between the world wars, and is “according to some” the home of alpine skiing. In the [...]
We’re looking for accommodation for the New Year week in the following resorts: Praz de lys, Les Saisies, Notre dame de Bellecombe or Champoussin. Odd mix of resorts I know, but they’re places we’ve never been before and we like to make sure that we blog about the small resorts as well as the large [...]
When booking a ski holiday you always look at the piste map before making that final desicion (well I do anyway). The search more often than not returns a low quality image or an interactive version so complicated you regret pressing the view here button. That all changed when looking at the Arlberg ski area [...]
I have recently stumbled across a great company offering weddings in the Austrian Alps. There are many larger companies that will organise a ski wedding for you, but this is a small, independent company that looks like it would fit the bill for those with a wedding party of 60 or under. Elevation Weddings are [...]
Skiers face a particularly tough market in the 2010/11 season as UK school holidays coincide with those of overseas schools. Stuart de Bourgogne, Club Med’s UK agency sales manager, warned schools in France, Switzerland and Belgium would all be sharing their winter holidays with British schools, meaning there would be greater competition for accommodation in [...]
Jean-Claude Baumgartner, director of Satski International and Satsports has been featured on tonights Sport Relief version of Dragon’s Den. Where all else pitches failed the Satski pitch won positive feedback from all the dragon’s. In the end Satski managed to get an investment of £130,000 for 49% equity in the business from Peter Jones, mobile [...]
Do you fancy being in a big budget movie? A major big screen film is looking for extras who will be in the Austrian resort of St Anton during mid March. The Arlberg area will feature heavily in the movie. The movie’s stars are: Bill Nighy (Harry Potter, The Boat That Rocked, Love Actually, Doctor [...]
