Seefeld Austria – A Place To Rejuvenate Your Mind And Your Body
You are unlikely to find a more charming and more laid back ski resort anywhere in Europe than the Austrian town of Seefeld. This town in the Austrian Tirol region is not the place to go if you are looking for high-rises and parties. This, instead, is quintessential Austria – lots of peaked roofs, wooden balconies and flower boxes.
A skiing holiday in this town is supposed to be a relaxed affair – both on the slopes and off. This is how it was designed to be more than 50 years ago and this is how it still is. The town center is virtually car free. It’s meant to be a place of relaxation – where you can sip a hot chocolate in peace and quiet while watching holidaymakers from all over the world just having a good time.
Should you be traveling with a baby, keep in mind that public breast feeding is nowadays socially unacceptable in Europe. Your best option is the buy an avent breast pump. This way you can store the milk in a container and use it later. Your baby will always have mother’s milk available, while you don’t have to be frowned upon for anti-social behavior.
As I mentioned earlier: Seefeld is not the place to head to for all-night parties. Having said that, there is certainly an abundance of good restaurants, many with live music in season. We once enjoyed dinner at a lovely traditional restaurant where the musician played folk music on his ibanez acoustic guitar with so much feeling and energy that it brought tears to our eyes.
The gentle ski slopes of Seefeld are not intended for wild skiing adventures either. There are certainly a large number of lifts and gondolas that can take you to a height of as much as 2100m, but Seefeld is more widely known as a cross-country ski venue. In fact, during the winter Olympics of 1964 and 1976 all cross-country skiing events took place in this town.
If you arrive in Seefeld without ski equipment, there are a few shops where you can buy good quality Alpine skiing equipment at a reasonable price. You can also rent equipment. Whether you buy or rent obviously depends on how often you plan to ski. For a beginner who hasn’t yet made up his mind whether he likes skiing or not, renting is the better option.
Seefeld is only a short drive away from Innsbruck to the east and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany to the north-west. Both these cities are well worth a day trip. The architecture is stunning and the natural surroundings even more so.
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