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Off the slopes – activities to keep your sense of adventure fired up!
Many people plan holidays with either two goals in mind: to relax and escape the pace of everyday life or to have an adventure and the chance to challenge themselves. Well, a ski holiday gave give you the best of both worlds.
With so many ways to enjoy your time off the slopes, you will be torn between all the options.
Our top ten ways to enjoy time off the slopes:
- Day trips
Most resorts offer day trips to nearby towns and cities for sightseeing and shopping. In Europe you can daytrip to Innsbruck, Salzburg, Rattenburg, Kizbuhel, St Moritz, Bad Gastein and the quaint village of Bormio.
- Hot air ballooning
Up, up and away in a beautiful balloon. Yes, you can take a trip to the open skies in a hot air balloon if you’re staying at Saalbach and Zell am See
- Tandem paragliding
Ride the thermals and ridge lifts in the mountains surrounding your ski resort. Travellers can take a tandem paraglide and soar like a bird.
- Horse sleigh rides
What could be more romantic than a cosy sleigh ride? Cuddle up under the blankets while you dash through the snow on a one horse open sleigh!
- Ice skating and Ice climbing
With plenty of snow around you can be assured that there will be loads of ice. And what better way to enjoy this slippery surface than by hiring a pair of skates and carving up the ice. And if you’re feeling particularly adventurous (and able) then try climbing up a frozen waterfall or a steep glacier.
- Ski-dooing and Quad biking
Ski-doing and quad biking are just two of a variety of resort activities to take advantage of. Consider snowboarding, ski-boarding, bum boarding, curling, snow shoeing, bob-sledding and tobogganing. The list is almost endless.
- Build a snowman
Build a snowman or any other sculpture, perfect your snowball-making skills or just make snow angels.
- Visit the thermal baths
After a long, hard day on the slopes head for the thermal baths of Bad Gastein to ease your weary muscles.
- Enjoy the regional food and wine
One of the best ways to discover the country you’re in is to savour the cuisine. Discover the tastes of Europe and the USA while on your ski holiday.
- The fabulous nightlife – après ski and street parties
Après ski literally means ‘after ski’ so this is when you get to indulge all the pubs, parties, discos and nightlife particular to your resort or the ski town you’re staying in.
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