Forget about ducks in sailor suits and red bow ties, mice with bright red shorts and big yellow shoes, and cities made from plastic building bricks. In the SkiWelt you can make water jump out of a huge copper bowl, sail on a snowmaking lake, meet a witch, measure your jumping skills against a kangaroo,…
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To conquer Kitzbühel’s Hahnenkamm, the most exciting and challenging downhill of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, allow two minutes on race day in January – or three hours, on foot, in August. Firstly, of course, if you’re Jackson the chocolate Labrador, you have to master the magic carpet lift up to the start hut…
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From a distance, this 17th century Tirolean farmhouse appears to depict the perfect postcard image of a rural holiday home. The ancient wood and stone building clings to a hillside in the heart of the Tirol, surrounded by flower-filled meadows so steep that they still have to be scythed by hand. It looks to be…
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Felice and Peter Hardy are co-editors of the ski information website, Welove2ski.com. They have spent many winters skiing in the Tirol, so this summer they have decided to base themselves in the Kitzbüheler Alps, trying out the many sports and activities that are on offer in the area. This past week they took part in a…
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