accomodation

hi

can anyone give me some advice on renting a private chalet for 6 people please?

ideally looking for something with a bit of privacy (would love a hot tub after hard days skiing...), but also within walking distance or short bus ride to central resort/pistes.

thanks in advance

nge

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I don%26#39;t think Mayrhofen is that geared up for chalets to be honest. I%26#39;m sure there are some, but I was there in February, and accommodation is much more centered around hotels and B%26amp;B%26#39;s.

Having said that, whilst Mayrhofen is the largest and busiest village, it is part of the Zillertal 3000 ski area. This includes other smaller villages like Finkenberg, Ramsau, Hintertux, Hippach etc.

You might get more joy looking at these places rather than Mayrhofen itself. But it depends what you%26#39;re after. The apres ski in Mayrhofen itself is pretty wild. I imagine it wouldn%26#39;t be as full on as the other villages I mentioned.

However, lift queues in Mayrhofen in the morning and afternoon can be a bit of a nightmare. Whereas there are connecting lifts into the other villages in the valley that aren%26#39;t as busy which can be good.

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thanks redpete

apres-ski will be a large part of it to be honest (4 beginners and i suspect they%26#39;re coming along for the beer more than the skiing...). i will have a good look at the resort and see what i can find that might match what we want.

will also have a look at the other ares you mention- thanks for those.

have you been to any other resorts in austria?

thanks

nge

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If you%26#39;re after apres ski, then you probably should try and stay in Mayrhofen then I would say.

The apres there is pretty hardcore and comes in two waves. There%26#39;s a few bars (Ice Bar and Bruck %26#39;n%26#39; Stadl) that are open from 4pm-8pm for people that want to get on it straight off the slopes.

Then there are other bars that get going from about 9pm onwards into the wee hours.

We had the most fun straight off the slopes to be honest, then had dinner at about 8pm, and hit the sack by 10pm. This way we got a decent nights kip and could be up for first lifts the following day.

I%26#39;ve been to Schladming, Zell am Zee and Westendorf in Austria. Mayrhofen has the best and most extensive ski area out of these. The only downside really is that you can%26#39;t ski back to Mayrhofen (apart from one run on the Ahorn side of the mountain). And access to the other parts of the Zillertal valley means getting buses and things, so it can take a while before you%26#39;re actually up the mountain.

But the pros of Mayrhofen (extensive ski area, fantastic apres ski, pretty village, good hotels, easy access to Innsbruck, access to glacier if snow conditions aren%26#39;t great etc) outweighed the negatives for me.

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Also, I notice you mentioned the potential hot tub. It%26#39;s worth noting that alot of the hotels/b%26amp;b%26#39;s have saunas and spa facilities.

We stayed in Gasthof Bruecke which was a fairly bog standard 3* hotel, and were surprised to find it had 3 saunas, a steam room, and these hot/cold pools for your feet. I did a review on here for Bruecke if you wanted to check it out. It wasn%26#39;t fantastic, but great location, good hearty food, and the spa area was a nice bonus.

Bruecke might not give you the privacy you%26#39;re after as it%26#39;s a pretty big hotel, but there are smaller B%26amp;B%26#39;s with saunas that might suit you if you can%26#39;t find a private chalet.

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thanks for the info - really appreciated.

i%26#39;ve been doing a lot of reading about the resorts and had been starting to lean towards Kitzbuhel.

with what your saying though, it looks like mayrhofen ticks all the boxes. i guess in reality, the apres-ski is the most important thing this time round, given most of the group are beginners. Will be nice for me and the other guy thats done a lot of boarding though to have a large ski area so we can go off and find a lot of different runs!

think the way you went about things is pretty much what we%26#39;d do. hit it straight of the slopes then back for something to eat, in the hot tub(if we can find one), then to bed so we can be early next morning (although most likely some of the others will get rat-@rsed and give the next morning a miss....).

have read your review on the hotel and will have a look at prices for it if i cant find the halet i%26#39;m ideally looking for (think will get in touch with tourist info)

I see it%26#39;s a couple of mins from the lifts but you say that you can%26#39;t ski back to mayrhofen. is it a case of getting a lift back down to the resport at the end of the day??

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Yes mate, you have to get the lift down at the end of the day.

There are two big lifts in Mayrhofen village, one takes you to the Ahorn and one takes you to the Penken. These are the two main ski areas.

The Ahorn side only has about 8 runs or something, so you%26#39;ve only got enough to spend a morning or afternoon on really, but it does have a really long red that brings you all the way back to Mayrhofen.

The Penken side is much more extensive and is where you would spend almost all of your time. But there%26#39;s no run coming back to the resort from here.

So at the end of the day, you have to get the lift back to resort, which is a bit of a pain in the neck to be honest, and it is the main (and only in my opinion) problem with Mayrhofen.

If you do decide to go there, I would advise getting to the lift at 8.30am as we found no queue at that time. If you get there around 9am the queue can take about half an hour. Getting back down wasn%26#39;t as much of a problem, but we tended to get the lift around 4ish or just before. So a kind of start early, finish early routine which avoided the worst of the queues.

With this in mind, I think it%26#39;s worth staying somewhere close to the lifts if you can, as what you don%26#39;t want is to have to get a bus or have a long walk, after having had to get the lift down at the end of the day. That would be a bit of a pain.

Mayrhofen is great for borders though. Lots of good off piste and the Vans park there is brilliant. It%26#39;s got loads of reds, with only a few blacks, and some blues. So to be honest, the terrain isn%26#39;t ideal for total beginners as there aren%26#39;t lots of beginner areas, but at the end of the day they only need a few runs to practice on really, which it does have. Check out a piste map on http://www.mayrhofen.at

They also have a list of chalets on there I think.

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In addition to the ahorn run to the valley, you will also find a good run back to the valley by the Horbergbahn.

Not just a good way back , but at the bottom numerous apre ski opportunities.

I find very little waiting at this good gondola - rather than usinfg the Penkenbahn-

easy ski bus transfer to /from all areas of mayrhofen.

Some accomodations in this area Hippach /Schwendau

www.mayrhofner-bergbahnen.at

supplies good ski info , maps, apre ski etc.

Also good is the Gondola bahn in Finkenberg just above Mayrhofen-

Gondola takes you quickly to the Penken- fewer use this lift

a good hotel with spa close by

Sport Stock

wwwsporthotel-stock.com

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thanks for all the info.

think definately going to go to mayrhofen. i%26#39;ve had a look at several websites on it after what you%26#39;ve said and it looks ideal.

unfortunately can%26#39;t find the exact accomodation i%26#39;m after so may well end up in a hotel...

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Try checking out this website, they have alot of huts for rent.

http://www.huetten.com/(3iwarf45raaqvua5d2y2dk45)/Default.aspx

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Just remembered another website, we have actually used this this website and were very happy with the accomodations.

www.huettenpartner.de/index.php…