 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all
Looking to break with tradition and avoid the beach this year and go to Austria for a week in the summer.
Have narrowed our search down to saalbach or Schladming. Have 2 teens in tow. Will self cater/eat out so looking for a town with a bit of life/variety as well as lots of access to activities such as mountain bike, rafting, canyoning, hiking, zip wire, swimming etc etc.
Also have a car so can venture out for day trips.
Can anyone recommend one over the other for this ?
Have found accommodation but is one better value for eating out etc ?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've not been to Schladming, so can't comment on that, but I have stayed in Saalbach in summer and I think it would suit your requirements well. There is plenty to do there. Eating out was more expensive than I'm used to paying (a tourist tax of sorts, I suppose), but not so high that you would feel robbed.
A couple of tips – book any mountain bike hire in advance, as it does get busy and booked out. Take some cheap gardening gloves or similar for the high-wire park (loads of zip wires) – they sell them on site, but they're more expensive than they need to be, and any nice gloves will get destroyed. Go early because it's massive and will take all day and you still might not complete it!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've not been to Schladming, so can't comment on that, but I have stayed in Saalbach in summer and I think it would suit your requirements well. There is plenty to do there. Eating out was more expensive than I'm used to paying (a tourist tax of sorts, I suppose), but not so high that you would feel robbed.
A couple of tips – book any mountain bike hire in advance, as it does get busy and booked out. Take some cheap gardening gloves or similar for the high-wire park (loads of zip wires) – they sell them on site, but they're more expensive than they need to be, and any nice gloves will get destroyed. Go early because it's massive and will take all day and you still might not complete it! |
great info - thanks Scarlet
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@melandnick, to add to @Scarlet, comment its a good MTB area in the summer there plenty of walking variety, there is a swimming pool or you can drive down to Zell and sit by the lake where there is a pool and access to the lake paddle boarding, water skiing is available at Strandbad Thumersbach, some summer skiing in Kaprun , in Legoang there is teh flying fox zip wire.
Look for accommodation that gives you the Joker Card https://www.saalbach.com/en/summer/joker-card
Eating out in Saalbach there should be a choice of restaurants Del Rossi and Pizza Napoli are reasonable, not sure if that latter will open this summer, there are some places in Hinterglemm to that won't blow the budget, for lunch there will be quite a few mountain restaurants open or you can get a decent sandwich from Mpreis.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Never been to Schladming but have been to Zell and Kaprun a few times in summer, visiting S-H each time for a day or 2. Mountain biking looks great but never took part. Lovely place to visit. How old are the teenagers? I got the feeling it was pretty quiet, compared to Zell for example. One of the times we were at Zell had been a 2 week 2 centre holiday with one week in mayrhofen and one in Zell. Mayrhofen was great and had a real buzz about it. Might be worth adding that to the list? Regardless you'll have a great time in S-H if you do go. We loved our day trips there and summer tobogganing at Saalfelden just along the road. Loads to do in the area
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