Active tourism Ski resort Bad Hofgastein, Austria

Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.

Bad Hofgastein is situated in the valley of Gastein.
Gastein Valley: 3 towns (Bad Hofgastein, Bad Gastein, Dorfgastein) and 4 ski areas.
This valley is all about variety. Whether you would like to spend active holidays or you would like to enjoy your wellness holiday, whether you would like to go hiking, biking, skiing or winter hiking with your partner or your whole family, Gastein offers various holidays for body and soul, all year round!
Gastein ski resort– one valley, four ski areas –a guarantee for variety-packed skiing adventures from the end of November until late April.
Regardless of where you decide to begin, you`ll quickly discover a mountain destined to become your personal favorite. All of the other ski areas are reachable within a few minutes by car or using the ski bus.
The towns of Bad Hofgastein and Bad Gastein are interconnected via the Schlossalm – Angertal – Stubnerkogel ski area. It is the largest interdependent ski area in the Gasteinertal.
It extends from 860 – 2300 m above sea level and offers pistes with a height difference...