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Saalbach

Description: Salzburg, Austria.

Newest Review: ... baggage for the return flight. This is a big improvement on most other airports. Saalbach ~~~~~~~~~~ Saalbach is located a couple of hours by transfer coach from Salzburg. Thomsons take their guest for Zell am See and Saalbach on the same coach and so Saalbach guests have the delights of a detour before finally reaching their destination. It adds about half an hour to the overall ... more

... journey. Saalbach falls within the ski area called Ski Circus. The symbol for the area is a clown with his pant on fire, or that’s what it looks like! The valley is shared with its near neighbour, Hinterglemm and the three small hamlets of Viehhofen and Vorde...more

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Saalbach: Could do better (2919 words)
by - written on 15/02/05 (Very useful, 1700 readings)
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When we first arrived in Saalbach our impression was that this was as near a skiing paradise as we were ever likely to find. After a couple of days we were disinclined to change our mind but as the week wore on we started to see inadequacies that took something of the gloss off of our experience. Saalbach is in the Austrian Alps and was for us a new destination. We had been in nearby Zell am See some twelve years ago, as a family, when we first learned to ski. We knew the area was very good for skiing and, being at a relatively low altitude (1,000 to 2,000 metres) would provide plenty of tree-line skiing as at this altitude you are mostly below the maximum ... Read the complete review

Drunken memories of a great resort (606 words)
by - written on 27/02/01 (Very useful, 477 readings)
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I have been to Saalbach twice now. The last time was Easter 2000 when I went on the BUSC ski holiday. This is a holiday organised by and for all the University ski clubs in the UK. I was quite impressed with the resort the first time I went, and last year they surpassed themselves. The BUSC holiday 2001 is returning to Saalbach, and I for one am glad. The resort itself has over 200km of prepared slopes, which caters for all skiers from beginners through to the most advanced. The slopes are well serviced by 52 lifts which never seem to have too much of a queue. The slope also has quite a good fun park with some nice jumps (hopefully they will have a rail this ... Read the complete review