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Snow Brothers from
Bulgaria
Snow Brothers from
Bulgaria
February 04, 2020
Liz buin from
Austria
Liz buin from
Austria
March 29, 2019
Bart from
United Kingdom
Bart from
United Kingdom
Undoubtedly one of the best resorts in Europe but still relatively few Brits go there.
The lifts are modern and fast. The skiing is especially good for intermediates although very advanced skiers won't be bored. Not a place for beginners.
Apres-ski is very lively and great fun. I've never seen any bad behaviour, just lots of people having a really good time.
There's a wide range of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets.
I've been six times and stayed in six hotels; all excellent.
A great places for friends, couples and families.
February 18, 2018
Harriet from
United Kingdom
Harriet from
United Kingdom
Really poor piste grooming and maintenance made for really difficult, slow and tedious skiing. Very crowded pistes and everybody going down them at a slow pace didn't make for enjoyable skiing at all. Very disappointIng. Also not particularly beautiful scenery either and full of young drunk people smoking weed.
December 25, 2017
jc from
Spain
jc from
Spain
My gf and I went to Ischgl a couple of years ago and what I remember clearly is not the skiing but the ton of men (mostly Dutch) walking the streets ugly drunk with no clear (nor good) direction. Some of these actually made a move on my gf on the street...pathetic, as pathetic is the authorities attitude towards this kind of behaviour: nothing done. A beautiful village spoiled by drunk guys.
The skiing is just ok for Austria, pretty icy in a few areas and (what else) party hard-loud music bars on the slopes. Not worthy if you are a normal person/couple/family.
December 25, 2017
David Clark from
Germany
David Clark from
Germany
Just back from our first visit to Ischgl in 24 years. The infrastructure is the best we've experienced anywhere. Fast, modern lifts everywhere, immaculate grooming, mechanized walkways to save walking through town in ski boots, and pristine lavatories all over the mountain. The town itself has moved considerably upmarket, and appears to cater to an affluent clientele of a certain age. As mentioned below, there were apres-ski bars with dirndl table dancers, but there are also coffee shops and regular bars, so each to their own. We ate well on the mountain, and in town, at considerably lower prices than comparable French resorts. We were there for the week before Christmas, so it was quiet. Maybe the frenetic apres-ski is more of an issue in high season, but it was good natured and low key during our stay. Most importantly, these are great skiing mountains where you can cover significant distances without endless traversing. We'll be back!
January 22, 2017
Jerald from
France
Jerald from
France
The town is seedy, especially at night and strangely is filled with almost all males (it's not until you are made aware of this do you actually see it). We asked some locals why this is and they can't explain it.. they say it is just the way it is. I've spent many, many years in various different resorts in Austria as well as other European snow destinations and was shocked by the attitude, in general, from staff and workers there. Ischgl has, by a large margin, the most obnoxious & rudest staff and workers I have ever encountered. If you are planning on going to Ischgl don't even think about apres ski up the mountain; you get kicked off the mountain every day at 4pm by a loud "achtung" automated voice which warns you repeatedly (every 5 minutes, or less) that the lifts are closing and to leave the mountain immediately. It resembles something like an air attack warning and during this time staff will swipe any drinks which are on tables even if there's an inch or two of beer left in them (Idalp).
As of 2017, there is a new law in Ischgl which forbids anybody in snowboard boots, ski boots, carrying skis or boards after 8pm. Don't be fooled, this law is actually enforced and you will find countless police patrolling the streets at this time stopping people from walking back to their accommodation in boots or with boards/skis, forcing them to get a taxi instead. On two occasions our group of almost 20 people had tables which we reserved in advance taken from us (!) only to find upon arriving at the restaurant that no table was available. I genuinely suspect some wealthy individuals arrived beforehand and slipped the waiter a few hundred Euros in order to get a table even though none was available. While I have no doubt ski resorts like to make the majority of their money during the high season Ischgl takes the biscuit; vastly inflated drink & food prices though some value can be found off the beaten track. 115 Euros for a litre bottle of Jagermeister when across the road you can buy the same bottle in the shop for 20 Euros. Bottles of champagne for 55,000 Euros and amazingly people are stupid enough to actually buy them as evidenced by the large empty bottles pinned to the ceiling of a certain establishment in the town. Ischgl simply feels like one big money grab. It wouldn't be so bad if the staff were friendly and welcoming but as I said, the rudest most obnoxious people I have even encountered in any resort on the planet. Some folks from our group were complete beginners and attended ski school and out of the total beginner class of 9 just 2 were left at the end of the week. Most in the class were told they should drop out and were "useless". Another was told her boots were too loose and when the ski instructor (a very large man) tightened them she lost all feeling in her feet. Even though she complained he said this is the way it was meant to be. The individual suffered on and later went to a doctor where she was told she had damaged nerves in her feet. We complained to the ski school but got zero satisfaction. Beginners in the class who fell were not told how to get up nor were they helped. I fully agree with the previous reviewer who eloquently puts it "beautiful skiing area being exploited by pure commercialism". Most of the group I was with had previously been to Ischgl 2-3 times in the past. After this year we will not be returning again.
March 29, 2016
steve from
Austria
steve from
Austria
I went to Ischgl from St Anton to visit friends. A friend booked an appartment in her name. We collected keys from the main hotel and my friend was told that it was ok that just her name was on the registration. Next morning I want a 5 day pass and am asked for my guest card and don't have one. No problem I tell them that I will pay for a non discounted pass (witnessed by 2 people). On the third day I am escorted from the lift entrance to the lift office like a criminal and told to go and get a guest card. We are staying in Mattun 7 or 8 km away and virtually a day would have been lost just sorting out the comedy of errors. I could not get back to St Anton fast enough. Ischgl is seedy in places with no alpine village atmosphere at all. Such a beautiful skiing area being exploited by pure commercialism...
March 31, 2015
Mateusz from
Poland
Mateusz from
Poland
I am skiing in Ischgl for already 2 days and what I can say about this ski resort is that this place is crap. Price of ski pass is too high (we got 5 day one) and what you get in return? Only two ski lifts are working over there and slopes are not prepared at all. Some might say that this is because of weather but this day (just got back to hotel) was pretty sunny and weather was not that bad as stuff (ed?) would say. For too many people it is difficult to get to the bottom of the mountain by skiing. What makes slopes really crowded: people literally were standing in the middle of the slopes and resting over there. Otherwise, some could loose their legs. What I want to say is that this place is not worth money. Tomorrow we are driving to Switzerland because we can use our ski passes over there and get better prepared and much longer slopes than the crap that they offer out here.
February 26, 2013
John from
United Kingdom
John from
United Kingdom
Just returned having visited Ischgl for the first time in over ten years. I read some of the reviews before I went and thought the resort must have changed as some of the reviews did not match with my memory. Myself, my wife and two teenage children visited at half-term and had a fantastic holiday.
I agree with previous reviewers that it is not for extreme skiers but then it never has been and has never marketed itself in that way. For a half-term once a year ski holiday it was perfect. Massive plus points are: perfectly groomed runs. A fantastically efficient lift system that, even at half-term, coped superbly. Apart from at the start of the day the longest wait was three or four minutes, on many occasions there was no wait at all. Apart from one chair lift all chairs are high speed and the majority have covers, a god send at minus 17. Some even have heated seats. Good quality and good value mountain restaurants serving a variety of food at a sensible price, all with clean well appointed toilets, something my wife and daughter would love to be exported to France.
On the skiing front there is more than enough for most on piste with a good variety of runs. On the minus side there isn't much in the way of steep slopes and the off-piste is skied out very quickly.
To answer some of the points raised by others, I have skied all over France including the 3 valleys, Espace Killy and Chamonix and I didn't notice any reduction in the ability of skiers here than in any of those resorts. Also, on the whole, the slopes were no more crowded and I didn't see an accident all week.
The resort has one major issue, the runs back to the valley. We followed local advice and called in at a restaurant at 4.00 as the lifts closed, had a drink then skied down. The slopes were virtually deserted. However, on the last day we skied down with the crowds and it was chaos. Most of the runs down are icy and in places narrow, if you are anything other that a good confident skier then I would imagine they can be frightening. Parts of the runs, in particular just above the mid stations and the last pitch into the resort resembled a battle field with bodies strewn all over. My advice is if you have to go down with the crowd and are a beginner or early intermediate then take the gondolas back down, it just isn't worth the risk. But don't let that put you off, if you are after a place that gives you the all around experience of good hotels, good skiing, especially for a family, and good mountain restaurants then this place is perfect. We have already booked for next year.
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