The good memories are always kept fresh in our minds!
We wanted to ski in Austria at the end of 2009. And we did. We will do it again for sure at the end of 2010 at well. If not same place, same country! We booked our Lufthansa flights towards Munich 2-3 months before (the tickets costs about 330 EUR for 2 persons, both ways). We landed in Munich on the 30th December and stayed for 2 nights at a very nice and quiet hotel, not very central but good value for money. The main idea was to party for the New Years Eve in Munich, drink all the beer from the Beer Hall, eat a lot of pretzels and Scwein haxes and, if time will allow it, to visit some parts of the city. We menaged to do all of that.
Munich it’s a nice city, but a quite expensive one. Meal for 2 persons wasn’t bellow 30 EUR for 2 persons, no matter what was the restaurant.On the 31 December we made a Free Tour of the city – it’s supposed to be free, but they will let you know at the end there is no problem at all if you contribute with some money. Unfortunately :) we lost from the group at a Starbucks café near the Beer House.... Luckily, we met the guy who was holding the tour in the club where we went for the New Years Eve's party and bought him a beer.
On the night of 31 December, we were looking for the place where the biggest fireworks will light up the sky. We found that place! The fireworks started at 23.30 CET Time and ended somewhere around 1 AM. No kidding!
The streets were full of smoke and you would barely see when walking on the sidewalk.
On the 1st January, around 1 PM we took the train to Finkenberg. The ticket costs about 37 EUR one way for person, and it takes about 3 hours till Mayrhofen (it’s interesting that you have to get down from the train at the station Jenbach , and switch the train to other direction). In Finkenberg we had a room with multiple bedrooms, with BAD/WC SAT/TV and breakfast included at Gästehaus Astrid/ Christoph - 1 to 9 January 2010 and payed for the whole stay 840 EUR/room. The view towards the city from the guesthouse was magnificent.
In fact the multiple bedroom was an apartment with 2 rooms and one small kitchen. It was ideal for 4 persons.
2nd January – first day of ski on the Zillertal valley. It was the beginning of 7 marvelous days of ski on perfect slopes.
The ski pass for 7 days was 217 EUR, but was fully worth it. It included a Green Line Bus from each village to any bottom lift you wanted, access to 49 lifts, a grand total of 620 km of marked slopes and plenty of fun.
Be sure to check out the Tux weather channel in each morning to know if it’s worth it to go to Hintertux glacier (3250 m). From the top of the glacier, you can reach every resort - even Mayrhofen - which is the last of the "chain".
Besides skying everyday until we couldn't feel our legs anymore, we did a lot of photo magazine shootings
we played in the villa some interesting games
we partyed in the apres skis
- we had very good reasons to party as well -
and sledged some special slopes for 3 and 5 kilometers.
The sledges part is a must do. There are several restaurants in Tux area that can be reached only via Taxi (pay attention not to be ripped off). You go up, eat and than they will you give you a sledge (~5Eur) to go down the valley.
Overall, our 2009/2010 ski holiday was a success due to the people we were with, the location, the slopes and the area attractions.
If you are a ski fan, you will enjoy this resort!