Skiing Austria - Any Recommendations?

dowlinj

Hi,

Looking for some recommendations on skiing resorts in Austria. There's a group of around 7-8 of us going and we've all been a couple of times so would be looking for somewhere good for an intermediate level. Also looking for somewhere at the cheaper end of the scale where we can easily get self-catering accommodation and can easily arrange our own flights, transfers etc.

Looking at the following:

Somewhere on the Skiwelt (not Soll as have been before)
Bad Gastein
Mayrhofen
Kitzbuhel

Thoughts?

Tom Fiat

forget the above, head straight to st anton
it never disappoints
cheaper accommodation will be a challenge though
but its worth it
fly in and out of salzburg or that tiny german airport that ryanair have taken over

loobylou

Cheap access to St Anton is difficult, Salzburg is too far and that German airport is no longer served by Ryanair, (presuming Friedrichshafen was meant).
Maybe possible via Zurich and AerLingus although I've tried that route.

c montgomery

Were going to solden this year. Never been there before but i hear its good.
Maybe work a look.

olaola

Zurich is less than 2hrs from St Anton. Kitzbuhel is nice, but it's quite low down. Unfortunately we were there in 2007, so the snow was pretty crappy. But the town is nice!

derv

heading to austria myself in january with 5-6 people.
st. anton has been recommened by several people so going to go with that i think.

flights €189 with aerlingus to Zurich.
i found accomodation that sleeps 6 people for a week for 580 euro.
have not booked it yet as still looking. it's 10 mins walk from the town centre so prob a little far out

have you found anything yet?

dowlinj

Thanks everyone. Decided on Mayrhofen. Renting a 4 bed apartment in the centre of the town which is good value and looks very nice. Going to fly in to Memmingen airport and arrange a transfer from there. Working out better value than any of the tour operators.

AEH1984

dowlinj wrote: »

Thanks everyone. Decided on Mayrhofen. Renting a 4 bed apartment in the centre of the town which is good value and looks very nice. Going to fly in to Memmingen airport and arrange a transfer from there. Working out better value than any of the tour operators.

Good chocie, myself and the family were in Mayrhofen a couple of years ago, great resort with plenty of bars and restaurants, and really good slopes, if ya can, avail of the extra excursions, we did the midnight tobagan run and snow mobiling. Best holiday I've had so far.

Fattes

Cracking choice

Would try this guy for ski rental best place for it in the village and he is based at the top of the Gondola so no lugging your gear around.

http://www.skicenter-hubertkroell.com/

pavb2

Hi all also considering Mayerhofen,what is it like for family 2 kids 11 & 13 and intermediates, mainly blue but some red runs.

Got a price of €619 Half board,4 * hotel, incl flights,per person is this good value ?

Thanks for any advice

conno16

my advice would be to rent an x-bed apartment in the centre of the town (which is good value and looks very nice) and fly into Memmingen airport - arrange a transfer from there btw

pinkyt

there are 3 of us going skiing this year (2 adults & 9 yr old who has 5 yr skiing experience) but trying to do it without the travel agent booked
flights in Memmingham airport arriving at 9.05 hoping to get a car and drive to Mayrhofen or ischgl
a. can anyone recommend a reasonable apartment
b. should we travel that night or book into a hotel in Germany
c. Head melting trying to sort this out but did anyone land at that airport and is there car hire after 10pm
d. any recommendations or solutions welcome

Glowing

dowlinj wrote: »

Thanks everyone. Decided on Mayrhofen. Renting a 4 bed apartment in the centre of the town which is good value and looks very nice. Going to fly in to Memmingen airport and arrange a transfer from there. Working out better value than any of the tour operators.

Hi there,
Could you please let me know how you booked that apartment? Did you book it online or through an agent? Thanks