2 reviews of St Wolfgang in Austria.
Reviewed 9 Jun 2014
The village with the lake is charming, although it would have been nicer if the village actually had snow as we certainly didn’t get to see it at its best (it was the first time without snow in about 100 years!).
You can get 2 buses from the village, one takes you to the lower resort which is about half an hour away. It’s mainly red and blue with one black, basic skiing for beginners and intermediates but enough to keep us all amused for 5-6 days before getting bored. The slopes were very well maintained considering the lack of snow, they managed to keep them open and did the best they could. The second bus takes you to another resort which is higher up and more challenging. It takes about 40 minutes to get there. We didn’t do this one but would have ended up doing it if we had stayed longer.
There isn’t much to do if you don’t want to ski, there were dog sled rides but again we didn’t have any snow so it didn’t really appeal to us.
Reviewed 14 May 2014
This is a very quiet village which is quite far away from the ski resorts by bus. The nearer ski resort is the smaller one which is definitely a beginner resort, the further one is larger and more intermediate.
Speaking to one of the bar men there, it seems to be much more of a summer destination and a lot of the restaurants etc were closed in February.
This was a last minute holiday which we booked to go the next day, but I’d definitely prefer somewhere more lively where we could stay a lot closer to the ski slopes.