Hotel Gansleit

Features

Half board

With its first-class service and fine food, combined with a warm and friendly welcome from the English owner Steve and his family, satisfied guests return to the Gänsleit year after year. Steve even takes his guests skiing every week, showing them the unforgettable highlights of resort, and snow conditions permitting, you can ski right back to the hotel.

Accommodation

Rooms for 2 people on half board sharing a room with Austrian twin beds, shower, wc, safe, hairdryer, bathrobes and cable TV. Rooms with balcony or terrace, single rooms, larger rooms sleeping 3 and a family room (1 Austrian twin bedroom and living room with sofa bed) are also available (3rd & 4th person must be a child 13yrs or younger). Rooms are allocated in one of the two buildings. Interconnecting rooms are available on request.

Facilities

Fitness room

Sauna, steam room and relaxation area

Extra charge for massage, solarium, whirlpool and internet

Ski guiding with hotel owner (3 x weekly)

Relaxing bar and lounge

Cosy traditional Stube

TV and video room

Facts

Skiing back to hotel (conditions permitting)

5 minutes' walk to resort centre

8 minutes' walk to gondola

5 minutes' walk to nursery slopes

Ski bus stop outside

Söll Resort Info

The Ski Welt area is one of the largest in Austria with a total of 250km of pistes. However, its component parts make the territory rather similar, as it's basically made up of a number of smaller, lift- or bus-linked resorts. You can also access the massive 'Kitzbuheler Alpen' pass for nearly 700km of runs. The traditional view of Soll is of a pretty, cheaper, louder alternative to other Austrian villages, with good nightlife and inexpensive accommodation. While this is still partially true, the resort has consciously tried to up its family appeal by improving its ski school and childcare. Brits make up 20% of all visitors, with the ski area providing good beginner and lower intermediate skiing, decent but inexpensive nightlife and short transfers (45 minutes to Innsbruck). Advanced skiers won't find much to enjoy apart from some off-piste and boarders will only really want to try Soll if they are beginners or lower intermediates. There is a short bus journey to get to the lifts, which have been upgraded to decrease the queues.

Eating out tends to be in the hotel restaurants, while mountain eateries are good but crowded. Soll has a poor snow record and this can really affect a holiday. The SkiWelt has invested heavily in snowmaking facilities (100km of pistes now covered), but Westendorf's altitude is low (622m), shortening the season. However, there are some decent non-skiing activities (walking, sightseeing and indoor sports).

Overall, Soll is a pretty good resort, with lower costs, fine skiing for lower abilities and lively après-ski.

More Söll resort information