 Ski holidays in Austria
Austria is the most famous country for alpine skiing in the world. Having a ski holiday in Austria means visiting the birth-place of skiing as the sport began there in 1905. The country literally lives and breathes skiing and coincidently has the largest concentration of skiing areas in the world, more than 600 across the country. Austria is the quintessential ski holiday destination with picturesque views, stunning scenery, ski runs to suit all abilities and a skiing culture rivalled by no other.
Skiing in Austria
For decades now skiers have continually chosen Austria as their favourite ski holiday destination. Austria offers a huge range of skiing from gentle nursery runs to some of the hardest and most challenging runs in the world, including the fabled Harikiri (a 78% incline "pitch black" run), the steepest pisted run in the world. Austria is a truly great ski holiday destination and that is why it proves time and again to be the worlds premier skiing destination. Austria is perfect for a ski holiday with the family as it boasts Europe"s third-highest number of lifts and excellent schools with attentive and highly experienced instructors. Choosing to have your ski holiday in Austria is a decision that thousands of people continue make each year and return every season to the "home of skiing". One of the more popular ski resorts in Austria is the world-famous Kitzbuhel resort with over 165km of piste, 54 lifts and 59 runs to suit all abilities.
Snowboarding
Austria offers a huge amount to any snowboarder. During the day there are half pipes, quarter-pipes, runs and jumps galore and in the evening flood-lit board parks to enthral the most avid boarder. Austria is synonymous with the international snowboard community with world-famous resorts such as Semmering-Hirschkogl and Hochkar
Getting there
It is simple and easy to travel to Austria for your holiday. Flight times are in the region of two hours from major airports in the UK including Manchester, London and Edinburgh to Austrian airports such as Salzburg, Vienna, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck. There are well established road networks linking up the resorts for ease of travel and also train, bus and taxi transfers available directly to the resorts. Austria is a popular holiday destination as you can travel from England to Austria, be on the slopes, and be ready to Ski in a matter of hours!
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