Zell am Zee

dubgirl15

I am going to Zell am Zee for a week skiing in December. Any tips or recommendations on things to do, places to eat/drink etc? We are both beginners so will be at ski school every morning!

bovril

Cocktails in the Gin House are good. A bit of Irish pub is a great bar and has a table quiz on once a week and draws a huge crowd. We asked in that Irish bar for recommendations for food as we had half board and we only ate outside the hotel one of the nights.

There is a great restaurant/lunch spot that I mentioned in my review of Zell am See in the review thread. You would need a few weeks experience of skiing before heading to it but it's down a track at the back of the schmitten and you need to be towed up by a skidoo.

Fattes

Crazy Daisy for the best après traditional Euopop and table dancing or the Ginhouse , or the B17 bar for something a little less trash and with much better music classic rock kind of stuff. There is a really good Irish Bar called a bit of Irish in the town does good pub food, its table quiz is the stuff of legend in the village.

Steinerwirt hotel does really good casual evening grub, as does the crazy daisy.

Tauern Spa in Kaprun is worth a visit some night! If you are looking to sooth the body! The Austrian’s love their nudity in the Saunas

Ski School these guys have a really good reputation have never used them but they were recommended to me for someone who loved it and has been back with them since http://www.outdo.at/skischule-skischool/de/home.php. Ski Rental’s the INtersport is pretty good in the town, I might have a discount code in my mail somewhere, I will have a look and get back to you.

The Areitbahn ski lift can be busy at peak times especially in the AM but if you are with the SKI School they generally use an express lane available. Really is a very pretty spot for your first trip on snow, If you are excited you should be, some great deals on gloves & gear in TK Maxx right now!

dubgirl15

Thanks ! Will check all that out. Probably a silly question but with ski school in the mornings what do you do in the afternoon? Stay on the slopes and practise??

bovril

Depends on how many hours ski school you booked but the schools in Zell Am See do afternoon lessons too. We had lessons in the morning and the afternoon. If you don't have afternoon lessons you can just practice if you want.

Fattes

Probably a silly question but with ski school in the mornings what do you do in the afternoon? Stay on the slopes and practise

No such thing as silly questions here, depending on how you have booked or how the ski school works your lesson will vary most Austrian Ski Schools are based on a 10-12 and 1-3 kind of set up where you will ski with the instructor morning and afternoon, but other variations are available

The traditional thing to do once finish your ski lessons is retire to the nearest Umbrella bar and throw a few Jagers or Flugels into you to stiffen up the legs and then regal everyone within earshot about your progress. Then you will move to the nearest large Apres ski venue and attempt to break a world record for the consumption of Jager, Flugels and Beer normally from your ski instructors boots, while telling bull crap stories about your skiing exploits & progress and dancing on tables in your ski gear to crap music. Generally passing out in your dinner or shortly afterwards and then repeat the next day.

But if you want to delay the above you can hang about and practice or by the end of the week venture further afield on your own that is fine. Although even if you do this the day will still end as above.

irishguy

dubgirl15 wrote: »

I am going to Zell am Zee for a week skiing in December. Any tips or recommendations on things to do, places to eat/drink etc? We are both beginners so will be at ski school every morning!

Go to Kaprun (20mins on the Ski bus) and go up the glacier, really good Skiing and amazing view if you go right to the top. Its all on your Ski pass.