Advantages: Great apres-ski, large ski circuit Disadvantages: Patchy snow record, can get rowdy
...themselves as one resort. Saalbach is a traditional style village with typical Austrian church and lots of hotels for the large numbers of German, Dutch and British tourists.
The resort is situated in a valley near to Zell am See (another resort!), in the Salzburg province of Austria. It's about 1.5 hours (only because of windy roads!) from Salzburg airport. Many of the transfer buses from the airport go through Germany (via Berchtesgaden) to reach ... ...nursery area for beginners at Saalbach which all the schools use, but the downside of it is that it is at the bottom of a main through-fare (skis not a road!) so can get busy which may be offputting for beginners.
Once you're off the nursery slopes, best to attack the ski-circus, a complete circuit covering both sides of the valley and going as far up as Hinterglemm and back through Saalbach village, or further down valley.
The circuit consists ...
DeliaS 14.10.2004 (15.10.2004)
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