St Anton - Cosmoplitan Atmosphere, Lively Nightlife, Ski Chic!

St. Anton is a resort at the centre of the massive Arlberg Ski Circus in Austria. St Anton Ski resort attracts visitors from all over the world to what has become established as one of Europe’s premier Ski resorts. With a fantastic cosmopolitan atmosphere and a whole host of off-piste activities coupled with a lively and varied nightlife, St. Anton has carved out a niche as a chic resort for perennial skiers and snowboarders of all levels. St Anton Ski holidays have proved to be popular for many decades, but over the last couple of years there has been an increase in the shorter St Anton weekend breaks, this follows the inauguration of low cost cheap flight airlines that offer cheap Flights to St Anton using Innsbruck as their hub.

Visitors can enjoy the slopes of St. Anton along with neighbouring Lech, Zurs and St. Christophe, which altogether present over 250kms of piste in the Arlberg, another plus for St Anton skiing. As well as a great skiing destination St. Anton is popular with snowboarders of all levels of ability and is welcoming of the snowboarding crowd. St Anton Hotels range from Luxury to chalets but very few self catering apartments. St Anton Flights are available from most UK Airports all bookable online at Holiday Hypermarket!

Piste Fact File On St Anton

• Resort height – 1304m
• Highest lift – 2811m
• Pisted runs (Total Arlberg Ski area) – 134
• Number of lifts – 86
• Longest run – 8km

Beginners Newcomers to skiing circles can make good use of the local Ski schools in order to get the basics under their belt. There are some wide nursery slopes near the village where you can practice your technique and build your confidence on the slopes.

Intermediates St. Anton is a superb resort for the intermediate skier, with a huge assortment of blue and red slopes to keep you busy. The Galzig and Gampen areas are often the popular starting points for intermediates, providing a good range of blue and red runs to stretch the legs. The long Valluga run presents a bit more of a challenge and helps to improve technique.

Advanced Advanced skiers will be in their element in St. Anton, thanks to an impressive array of difficult black runs, moguls and challenging off-piste trails. Highlights include the Mattun, Schindlerkar and Stuber runs and not forgetting the formidable Valluga black runs.

Snowboarding Among snowboarders St. Anton is a byword for quality. With miles of excellent terrain that will present a challenge to all different levels of rider, St. Anton is a freerider’s natural playground. In addition to the brilliant freestyle terrain with its natural gullies and kickers, St. Anton has its very own snowboard park at Rendl Beach.

Après Ski St. Anton is deservedly famous for its reputation as an alpine party scene. The resort has a lively, sophisticated social scene with a nice mix of quiet and raucous bars, plenty of very impressive restaurants and a thriving club scene. Popular venues include Krazy Kangaroo bar and the Moosewirt bar. Make a stop off at Rendl Beach to sip an ‘Absolut Dream’, a Rendl Beach concoction of peach schnapps and vodka.

Transfers – From Innsbruck approximately 1hr 45mins