Lady’s can enjoy a specially designed week from March 26th to April 2nd next year

The largest interconnected ski area, Austria’s giant Ski Amadé region offering  is giving a free weeklong lift access on the world’s biggest interconnected lift ticket network, when lady’s book a weeklong stay at one of the participating hotels between March 26th and April 2nd, 2011.
The special week also comes with a complimentary ski test day and ski guiding. There will also be a day of fashion shows and après-ski parties.
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Tourist Office

Kur- und Fremdenverkehrsverband Bad Gastein
Kaiser Franz Josef Straße 27
Bad Gastein
Salzburgerland
Austria
A 5640

Telephone: (6432) 3393560
Email: info@ladgastein.at
Website: www.badgastein.at

Description

A historic and rather grand spa resort located in one of Austria’s largest ski areas. It has more sophisticated après ski than many resorts and the world renowned skiing includes many delightful wooded trails.

Review

An international resort of town-sized dimensions, Bad Gastein in the Hohe Tauern mountains has a long history of tourism pre-dating winter sports by many centuries. Today it is a town of grand appearance with classically designed hotels with shades of white and pale yellow cutting up in to the skyline. The town grew up, as its name might suggest, on 17 natural healing thermal springs which still rise directly beneath it as they have for the past 3000 years. After a hard day skiing the 250km (170 miles) of trails on the Gastein Valley Pass it’s possible to bathe in the open air in the rock swimming pool complex filled by the hot natural springs.

Bad Gastein’s spa treatments were recognised as far back as the 13th century, but its skiing potential only came to light in the 1950s after the first cable car in Austria was opened here in 1950 and the Ski World Cup of 1958 subsequently drew further attention. However the resort remains as famous for its curative abilities as it does for its winter sports facilities, with the healing powers of the Gastein Thermal Gallery particularly highly praised. This was created by miners digging for gold who discovered that, despite the hard work, their rheumatic pains were getting less, not greater.

The sense of the importance of water to Bad Gastein – be it bubbling up through the rocks below or turned to snow on the mountains above, is everywhere, and emphasised most visibly perhaps by the spectacular waterfall that cascades down by the town.

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Badgastein, Bad Gastein, Kotschachtal, Sport Gastein, Graukogel, Sportgastein, Stubnerkogel, Ski Amadé, Pongau – Salzburgerland

Tourist Office

Tourismusverband Goldegg
Hofmark 18
Goldegg
Salzburgerland
Austria
A 5622

Telephone: (6415) 81310
Email: tourismus@goldeggamsee.at
Website: www.goldeggamsee.at

Description

A small village close to the Gastein ski region and with substantial cross-country skiing nearby. The romantic little resort is situated on a sunny plateau over Salzach-Valley, about 40 minutes south of Salzburg.

As well as its own small ski area the resort is part of the giant Ski amade lift pass association. The local Goldegg ski lifts offer a real family ski area, ideal for beginners and pleasure skiers, looking for relaxation away from the tumult of busier resorts. Ten kilometres of pistes, three drag lifts and a practice lift are maybe not very impressive in comparison with the “big ski areas“, yet ensure an idylllic and friendly atmosphere. A cosy stop in the “Kathialm” is a must.

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Goldegg, Salzburgerland, Buchberg, Alps, Ski Amade, St. Veit, Schwarzach, Sonnenterrasse

Tourist Office

Dorfgastein Tourist Office
Dorfgastein
Salzburgerland
Austria
A 5632

Telephone: (6432) 3393260
Email: info@skigastein.com
Website: www.dorfgastein.at

Description

Village in Gastein valley, one of Austria’s largest ski areas. Easy access to main ski area above Bad Hofgastein, ski link to Grossartal.

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Dorfgastein, Gastein, Gasteinertal, Grossarltal – Dorfgastein, Salzburgerland, Alps, Ski Amadé

Tourist Office

Tourismus-verband Forstau
Forstau
Salzburgerland
Austria
A 5550

Telephone: (6454) 83250
Email: info@forstau.at
Website: www.forstau.at

Description

A small traditional Salzburgerland village with 520 inhabitabts, with a good vertical, an ice rink, and 20km of cleared winter walking routes. The local ski-mountain is the Fageralm – where the skiing is especially well suited to families with children and skiers who want to relax. There’s no stress, no mass tourism and no waiting times at the skilifts. For children there are several ski-slopes with character figures (indian slope, viking-slope, slope with the animals of the Fageralm-forests…). In the small ski-huts (no self-service!!) you can relax and enjoy the Austrian specialities!

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Fageralm, Forstau, Reiteralm, Salzburgerland, Ski amadé, Austria, Alps