Travel Eye on Kaprun (Austria)

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Overview:

Bus-linked to Zell am See, Kaprun makes up part of the 'Europa Sport' region, with 130km of pistes, 50 of which are local. Like its neighbour, Kaprun is a year-round resort, with the Kitzsteinhorn glacier and lots of summer pursuits (golf, climbing, water sports).

Unlike the bigger Zell, Kaprun is a traditional Austrian village, with a decent selection of restaurants and accommodation. It has quieter nightlife, but it's still pretty fun and varied. Its skiing is mainly for beginners, intermediates and cross-country, while experts don't receive extensive attention. You'll have the slight inconvenience of a bus ride to get to Zell. Kaprun is great all year round, but for more varied skiing, it's worth exploring some of the other nearby terrain, such as Saalbach and Schladming.

Locality:

Kaprun is centrally placed within the west of the Salzburg region. (it is 6 mls S of Zell am See. 55 mls SW of Salzburg city and its airport. 250 mls SW of Vienna. 110 mls E of Innsbruck and its airport). It is on mainly flat land, straddling the river at the foot of the mighty Kitzsteinhorn glacier.

Entertainment/Activities/Things To Do:

There are 5 ski-schools offering tuition and guidance for all levels, plus snowboarding and children's lessons..

All general requirements are well catered for with pharmacies, supermarkets and a fairly large shopping centre. Good selection of sports shops, providing ski-equipment (rent or buy) and outdoor wear. Some small designer jewellery and clothes shops. Nearby resort of Zell am See offers more serious shopping opportunities.

During the daytime there is a wide range of winter-sports activities including snowboarding (2 fun parks with half-pipe), ice-skating, ice hockey, curling, tobogganing, sleigh rides; sports centre with indoor/outdoor pools and saunas; tennis; bowling; horse riding; squash; a few museums, including classic-car option and local heritage. In summer, golf and walking (many hiking trails start from the village).

The nightlife offers a good selection of bars and discos/nightclubs, one of the more popular haunts being the Baum Bar; live music on offer ranges from traditional zither music to rock bands. Floodlit cross-country trails and tobogganing.

There is a reasonable range of restaurants , mostly based in the larger hotels , with choice ranging from traditional cuisine and local specialities to Chinese, Italian, Mexican and Greek. There area a few coffee-shop options for snacks and cakes. Apres-ski continues in many places into the small hours.