Ski Resorts with Charm and Atmosphere

The resort of Alpbach with its narrow streets, wooden chalets and beautiful tree-lined settings remains one of the most charming villages in the Austrian Tyrol. There are lots of family-run hotels and B&Bs offering traditional Austrian accommodation, but just be aware that you will need to ca...

Until 2016 Fieberbrunn was its own small ski resort. It had a pretty, traditional and charming Tryolean village centre and 4 or 5 ski lifts that accessed the largely north facing home slopes. However, the new Reckmoos Sud gondola then linked the ski area of Fieberbrunn to the much larger interlin...

Ischgl is considered internationally to be Austria's second most important resort after St Anton, yet the Brits don't go in big numbers which is rather strange. We like Ischgl for its compact village and predominantly traditional style buildings, excellent intermediate slopes and one of the best ...

Kitzbuhel is a charming, traditional town with medieval centre that really has something for everyone - stunning scenery, atmosphere and some very good skiing on large attractive varied slopes. The nightlife is vibrant and there is plenty to do in town for non-skiers and skiers alike. Kitzbuhel c...

Lech is arguably the smartest ski resort in Austria. With a delightful, fair sized, prestigious and picturesque Alpine village with a largely intermediate piste network. For experts the off-piste is the main attraction and for beginners there are lots of good, easy slopes to cruise. The lift syst...

Leogang is a traditional resort lying in the valley floor and linking via its north facing slopes into the large Saalbach/Hinterglemm ski area which offers 270km of pistes. Situated on the road between Fieberbrunn to the west and St Johann to the east the resort centre is rather strung out but is...

The ski resort of Maria Alm in Austria forms one end of the Hochkonig ski area, with Hinterthal and Dienten in the middle and Mulbach at the far Eastern end of the ski system. Together these interlinked resorts offer 150 kilometres of piste which easily rivals the better-known Austrian ski resort...

Obergurgl is situated in the spectacular Oetz Valley and is Austria's highest parish, resulting in excellent snow records and a very long skiing season. The resort remains largely unspoilt and has no through traffic - there is a wide selection of very good hotels. The skiing starts directly from ...

Set in a long, forested valley called the Glemmtal, Saalbach (and neighbouring Hinterglemm) offers a vast circuit of steepish, intermediate-friendly pistes, which are also linked to the Tirolean resort of Fieberbrunn, creating a total 270km of piste. Fieberbrunn is more of a family resort in comp...

The combined ski area of Serfaus, Fiss and Ladis (which is at the lowest and most easterly end of the ski system) makes for a sizable ski area with well over 200kms of pisted slopes and vast areas of largely untracked off piste. Yet these resorts which are hugely popular with German, Dutch and lo...