Hotel Fliana

Features

The hotel was extended over the summer of 2010 to add a new indoor pool, extensive spa with beauty treatment area, new lounge and bar area, refurbished rooms and has been awarded the rating of 4 star superior. You can ski back to the hotel at the end of the day and is located just 50m from the ski lifts.

Location · ski to door · 50m to Fimba and Pardatschgrat cable car stations · 2 minutes walk to resort centre

Features · new indoor swimming pool · extensive spa area with with saunas, steam room, panoramic garden and relaxation areas · extra charge for solarium, spa baths, massage and beauty treatments · spacious bar and lounge area with open fireplace · lift to all floors

Meals · hot and cold buffet breakfast · 5 course evening meals with a choice of courses · weekly themed buffets and gala dinner · Christmas and New Year's Eve gala dinners included

Rooms for 2 people on half board sharing a room with Austrian twin beds, private bath or shower, WC and balcony. Superior rooms are also available with deluxe furnishings and a spacious bathroom. All rooms can sleep up to 4 people, (max 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children) with Austrian twin and sofa bed. All bedrooms have satellite TV, bathrobes, slippers, hairdryer and safe.

Official Rating **** Superior

Ischgl Resort Info

Ischgl, set in the beautiful Paznau Valley, offers some of the best skiing that Austria has. It also provides a link into Switzerland at Samnaun for tax free shopping (take your passport). It is a lovely Tyrolean village that has high altitude and good snow, an excellent lift system and great higher intermediate skiing and boarding. There are 200km of runs, with a bus link to Galtur for a further 65km.

Beginners will have to take a lift up and back to Idalp to access the easier slopes and these can get very busy during the day. Experts also have a few problems with limited challenging stuff, although there is some great powder when the snow is good. Also, while there are two runs back to town, they are both tough reds and do get very cut up in the afternoon. Boarders have been welcomed at Ischgl for over ten years and the terrain is great for them. There is also a big half-pipe and a highly-rated specialist park.

New lifts have markedly reduced lift queues to the slopes, while the village has a largely traffic-free centre. It is an attractive place, although expensive, with a good selection of accommodation, hotels and some lively après-ski, favoured by Germans and Scandinavians. There is a reasonable range of non-skiing opportunities including shopping (see Samnaun).

Overall, Ischgl is one of the best of the Austrian resorts, particularly for better intermediates and boarders. It's expensive, but an ace choice if you want to sample an Austrian holiday at its finest.

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