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Essentials
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Resort Height
1,304m (4,278ft)
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Transfer time
Innsbruck 1 hr 30 mins
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Typical costs
• draught beer €4 • bottle of house wine €13.50 • coffee €2.50 • burger and fries €7
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Glacier High Altitude Guaranteed Snow
high altitude skiing
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Fly from
Gatwick; Manchester; Stansted; Birmingham; Newcastle; Edinburgh
Good for...
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Advanced Ski Rating
5
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Intermediates Ski Rating
5
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Beginners Ski Rating
2
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Snowboarding Rating
4
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So what's it like?
Cosmopolitan resort with extensive skiing and a lively nightlife!
St. Anton, at the centre of the Arlberg Ski-Circus, is firmly established as one of Europe's top ski resorts. The ski area is vast with superb skiing for all abilities covering St. Anton and the neighbouring villages of St. Christoph, Lech and Zürs. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of this famous village also ensures plenty of activities off the piste with a multitude of lively bars, excellent restaurants and plenty of shopping opportunities!
Ski information
Beginners
The St. Anton beginners slopes are just above the village towards Nasserein and are ideal for building your confidence.
Intermediates
The Galzig and Gampen areas offer a superb range of blue and red runs to get your skiing legs into gear. The Rendl area on the sunny side of the valley has plenty of challenges while you will find long cruising runs off the Valluga.
Advanced
St. Anton is an experienced skier's paradise, with countless challenges on and off-piste - tricky black runs, steep narrow gullies, bump runs and fantastic off-piste trails. The high mountain runs from the Valluga are particularly fearsome, and the Mattun, Schindlerkar and Stuben runs are definite highlights.
Nightlife
St. Anton is justifiably famous for it's excellent nightlife which is bustling, lively and sophisticated! Try:
· Bar Cuba · Kandahar · Krazy Kanguruh · Post Keller · Taps · Bobo's · Mooserwirt · Piccadilly · Scotty's barActivities
· ice skating · curling · bowling · tobogganing · sleigh rides · 'Arlberg-well.com' leisure complex · ski show (Wednesday) · climbing wall · tennis courts · squash courts · bowling alley
Eating out
Over 60 listed cafés and restaurants in St. Anton ranging from traditional Tirolean to international.
· Pizzas from €7 · 3-course traditional dinner from €15-20 · San Antonio, Rosanna's, Pomodoro, Dixies 1 and 2, Nassereinerhof and Bobo's.Private Transfer
From Innsbruck
One way (arrival) from £28 pp
Return from £53 ppOther information
Off-piste skiing
Child ski school
The Arlberg Ski School runs Powder Club days leading you to the most beautiful untouched snow slopes in St Anton:
Powder Light Perfect if you are a confident skier who has mastered parallel turns but would like to experience the fascination of deep snow skiing for the first time. You will improve your ski and snowboard technique and off-piste performance on medium steep areas and experience easy ski or snowboard tours.
Powder 55 If you can already ski in deep powder then this is your chance to challenge yourself and to perfect your technique on medium steep-steep areas amongst stunning scenery.
Powder Extreme This is the ultimate challenge if you are an experienced Freerider. With steep descents and testing ski or snowboard tours, this club will only run when conditions are good.
Each day course lasts approx. 6 hours. Meeting at 9.00am and subject to minimum 5 people per group.
£86 per person incl. equipment (tranceiver, rucksack, shovel and probe).
Enjoy your skiing in the knowledge that your children are in the expert hands of the specially trained instructors at Ski School Arlberg. The ski school accepts children from 3 years upwards with special lessons combining ski and play for children (3-5yrs) who are trying skiing for the first time. Ski school prices include all of the following:
• Weekly programme including 3 theme days - Hoppl Active Day, Snowman Day and Crazy Face Day.
• Weekly children's race with prize-giving, a tombola and a kids' aprés ski party.
• Alpine Ski Garden with a modern conveyor lift.
• For teenagers and children who have skied before they can enjoy expert tuition in all areas including carving, powder skiing, moguls and racing.
Lunchtime supervision is available (€14 per day) in the themed Children's World restaurant including lunch, drink and entertainment.
Tuition is also available for snowboarders (from 8yrs) as well as snowbike, snowfox, scooter and snowblade lessons!Families
Child ski school Enjoy your skiing in the knowledge that your children are in the expert hands of the specially trained instructors at Ski School Arlberg. The ski school accepts children from 3 years upwards with special lessons combining ski and play for children (3-5yrs) who are trying skiing for the first time. Ski school prices include all of the following:
• Weekly programme including 3 theme days - Hoppl Active Day, Snowman Day and Crazy Face Day.
• Weekly children's race with prize-giving, a tombola and a kids' aprés ski party.
• Alpine Ski Garden with a modern conveyor lift.
• For teenagers and children who have skied before they can enjoy expert tuition in all areas including carving, powder skiing, moguls and racing.
Lunchtime supervision is available (€14 per day) in the themed Children's World restaurant including lunch, drink and entertainment.
Tuition is also available for snowboarders (from 8yrs) as well as snowbike, snowfox, scooter and snowblade lessons!Money Savers for the winter 2011/12 season
Kids ski free: FREE ski and boot hire for 2 children (3-10 yrs incl.) when 2 adults pre-book the same
Snowman lift pass: for children born 2004 or later €10 per person (available locally). Adults born 1936 or earlier pay €100 for a season pass or €20 for one day, €40 for 2 days €60 for 3 days or €80 for 4 days (available locally)
FREE child helmet hire when booking skis and boots
Our best deals to St. Anton
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| Leaves | From | To | Board | Price | |
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| Sat 8 December 2012 | London Gatwick | St. Anton in Austria | Catered chalet |
£465 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 8 December 2012 | London Gatwick | St. Anton in Austria | Catered chalet |
£490 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 15 December 2012 | London Stansted | St. Anton in Austria | Catered chalet |
£637 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 15 December 2012 | London Gatwick | St. Anton in Austria | Half board |
£651 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 15 December 2012 | London Stansted | St. Anton in Austria | Catered chalet |
£657 based on 4 sharing |