Austrian recommendations?

Memascii wrote:

Crikey things are expensive in Zurs. Looked at the brochures (just

for

some ideas), and it's 1.5 to 2 times more expensive than other

places. Is

it a real snobs paradise or what?

Well, the choice is pretty much limited to 5 star hotel or 5 start hotel
so it's not going to be cheap. I wouldn't say it was a snobs paradise,
the people there are very down to earth for royalty:-)



A Scandanavian bloke in St Anton told me that in Lech you can hire
small
dogs to walk around with. Not sure if he was serious or not.

Probably not, more likely that if you have a small dog someone wil walk
it for you.


With regards to St. Anton, we were there between x-mas and new year
this year. It was pretty busy. Problem areas were getting out of the
town
on the Gampen side in the morning or after lunch, and all the home runs

Like any of the major resorts it can be very busy at New Year. I've
found Xmas to be *relatively* quiet in St Anton but all hell breaks
loose at New Year.


on that side from about 16h00 onwards. The rendle side was always
quiet.
Always the case, if it's busy it's a good idea to head for Rendl, or get
a bus to Lech.

lech?
"Switters" wrote in message
...
Any recommendations for Austria? Looking for something quiet, short lift
lines, quiet night-life (or accomodation away from the main spots), good
snow and a good mix of terrain.

St Anton sounded like the obvious choice, but I've heard bad reports about
the crowds.

- Dave.

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Hi David

Half-term (Europena half-term) may result in a busy week but I;ve been two
years running and not noticed any problems with crowding at all.
You may be right, since I went there only on weekends and while usual
vacation dates.

Florian

Steve Haigh wrote:

Well, the choice is pretty much limited to 5 star hotel or 5 start hotel
so it's not going to be cheap. I wouldn't say it was a snobs paradise,

No it's not, that's an outrageous thing to say. There's a huge number of
pensions, I've used a lot of them for weekends when I lived in Germany.

Ian Spare wrote:

Steve Haigh wrote:


Well, the choice is pretty much limited to 5 star hotel or 5 start
hotel so it's not going to be cheap. I wouldn't say it was a snobs
paradise,


No it's not, that's an outrageous thing to say. There's a huge number of
pensions, I've used a lot of them for weekends when I lived in Germany.

In Zurs? Lech maybe, but Zurs is pretty much big hotels. OK, I was
joking a bit, there are several 4 star and a couple of 3 star hotels but
I don't know of anything else. No way is there a huge number of pension
in Zurs. There isn't a huge number of anything in Zurs.