play, rest and work in st anton
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Renowned the world over for its technical skiing it’s some wonder any skiing is done here at all given the fast and furious nature of it’s apres ski. Without doubt the kaiser of Austria's skiing, the Arlberg Ski area
includes the resorts of Lech, Zurs, Sonnenkopf, St. Christoph and
not forgetting powdersville : Stuben. World Championship standard
facilities and a superbly cosmopolitan winter population make St.
Anton a prime candiate for a cracking season. That is if you can
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The Krazy Kangaruh - Apres wild and multinational. Worker’s Thursday hangout. On red 23 from the Gampen. Can traverse across from Blue 1 as long as you see the sign. The Mooserwirt - Fun starts at 3 in the afternoon and earlier. Ends when it feels like it. More beer sold here than anywhere else in Austria by all accounts, it’s certainly packed for the complete season. Hang out in the igloo tent outside for a bit more space, and to look out for the piste bashers grooming your ski home in the dark. Follow the noise from either home run. The Sennhutte - Schnapps, bier, dancing on tables, austrian music from accordians and djs…typical austrian apres then. Just off Blue 1 before you head towards the Mooserwirt a bit lower down. Taps - Next to the KK, slightly quieter, still have to ski home from it. Hold the annual Antoner’s races in April. Then if you make it to the resort in one piece… Scotty’s - Starting point in the village for all the UK seasonworker’s evening antics. Mark Warner run place, with great pizza in the adjoining Rosanna Pizzeria. Great staff prices. Heinous drinks of all colours! Home of the Turbo Rum Death and a bi weekly fancy dress. The Funky Chicken - Skandi-ville. Home of beautiful swedes, and the resort’s southern hemisphere population. Also birth place of the very alcoholic Frozen Margharita! Endless ski vids and grilled chicken dishes. Staff prices too. Movies on Weds PM. Bar Cuba - Later opening bar and disco. More heinous exclusive drinks including the aquamarine wonder Cuban Cocaine. Whoa! Staff prices. Fasching and Silvester antics in Fancy dress. Amazing self service beer dispenser. New for 2002/3 doing apres! Full football program and their self pour beer machine is up and running causing quite a stir, and is now my favorite barperson in town. The Underground / Black Hole - Two music based venues, one building, two very different atmospheres. Upstairs piano bar. Very full always. Downstairs dark and atmospheric. Better fun, and better music (IMHO). Room to jump around should the urge take you. Great long island ice teas. Bobo’s - Tex mex food, and occasional live music. Pub crawl venue for most. Piccadilly / Postkeller - Front bar with live music. Back bar with everything that a german holidaymaker might like. Live acts and occasional celeb PAs like the all too popular DJ Otzi. One of the biggest in town. Kartouche - Sadly no longer with us. Kandahar - By day an asian restaurant. By night…allsorts. Site of the Renaissance club visits fortnightly Winter 2002. Stanton - Not a a lot of UK seasonaire business, but if you want a quiet very late drink then that’s your place. Platzl bar - Music bar, occasional fantastic music. Other apres places include the Hotel Post’s outside Igloo, and the Anton Café at the foot of the home run…many a cheeky beer there, only really populated in the early apres hours. Off-piste Otherwise it’s everywhere. Notable routes include the back and front sides of the Rendl. A good starting point for the timid are the skiroutes from the back lifts (Valluga cable and Shindlergrat chair), which are unpisted, steep and patrolled. Zurs, Stuben, and Lech have plentiful routes also. Moguls Everywhere else – as the pistes are quite
technical, and are left ungroomed for a little while after snowfall,
much to the annoyance of less accomplished skiers. Speed Snowparks Events You can always go celeb spotting.
Those allegedly spotted last season include Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalgleish,
Jonny Ball, Dermot and Vernon from T4. Gary Lucy and the guy who
plays Lewis from Hollyoaks. DJ Otzi. Right Said Fred. Louis Theroux.
And reports of Robbie Williams from Lech. Away
Days Shopping Internet
Cafés New for 2002/3 - New Versalla
gallery : Brand new development this year includes among other things
a new internet laundry. Yes, you read that right. Surf the net while
washing your clothes! Open until 10pm for internet access when the
mailbox is shut. Eating
Out Rosanna - (referred
to normally as Scotty’s due to proximity) The Mark Warner central
hub. Like Pizza Express, but more filling, and better. Pomodoro
- When Rosanna is full…nearly as good. Mountain Restaurants McDonalds Shopping
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Day Après-ski
Options Living Otherwise, most chalets are located in the Nasserein area, which has it’s own lift to the ski area, although is a 10 minute trek into town. Certainly nowhere is far away in St. Anton and skibuses connect the burbs in well.
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