For those of you going to Niederau soon.....

And I arrive Friday. Thank you Johnny!-)

Good point well made

i don't have crystal ball and you are going to have to indulge me by writing out this GMT thing in full. how presumptious of you to think that i speak in letters as opposed to full sentences. methinks you've just shot yourself in the foot. L.

I too have been reading the comments about Neiderau and I am interested in the place.

It sounds like a small resort, with not a massive ski area and isn't one of the more well known small, exclusive resorts. But, there's no doubt more forum space appears to be given to it than any other resort.

I see lots of late deals there and I think one day I would love to give it a try. I am always surprised at the amount of late deals when I see how many have been, are there or are about to go!

This is based on all the positives I've read - the night life sounds fun, lots of regulars who return time after time and the skiing does sound good.

Obviously I appreciate not everyone wants the same from a ski holiday and I've been to some of the larger resorts where you barely need to do the same run twice and had a ball. But I've also been to places full of charm that draw you back - it seems N is one of those.

Indeed and i am only 12 sleeps away and only 9 days of work left...glad to see the snow is coming back and will be well needed too....looks a bit "patchy" on the slopes via the webcam

Dids1 wrote:I too have been reading the comments about Neiderau and I am interested in the place.

It sounds like a small resort, with not a massive ski area and isn't one of the more well known small, exclusive resorts. But, there's no doubt more forum space appears to be given to it than any other resort.

I see lots of late deals there and I think one day I would love to give it a try. I am always surprised at the amount of late deals when I see how many have been, are there or are about to go!

This is based on all the positives I've read - the night life sounds fun, lots of regulars who return time after time and the skiing does sound good.

Obviously I appreciate not everyone wants the same from a ski holiday and I've been to some of the larger resorts where you barely need to do the same run twice and had a ball. But I've also been to places full of charm that draw you back - it seems N is one of those.

:lol: Dids it seems that N is a little like the proverbial (?) Marmite :lol:

I love travelling, been to a few different places although not as many as I'd like :D As I've said before I've no doubt that the charms of N can also be found elsewhere. However, the attraction for me is the small size of the villiage, which not only means that it's easy to get around, you also get the opportunity to bump into loads of different people. On my last hol I spent a fab few hours in the Bichlwirt, the oldest pub in N. The bar is really small, but it kind of throws everyone together and we met some lovely people that we would otherwise probably not have interacted with. At the same time the head instructor of the ski school was there, one of the instructors, a number of pupils etc. The locals really are genuinely nice, which is so refreshing in today's world. I've found them keen to help if they can, and if e.g. you ask a random instructor the condition of a specific piste for example, they are happy to give you any info they can even if they don't know you from Adam. There are of course a few eccentricities around - probably the most famous being Herbert Thaler, but for us this is simply amusing as opposed to irritating.

I should shut up now. Sorry for banging on guys. Am quite happy to give more info by PM though.

EmmaEvs wrote:

Dids1 wrote:

:lol: Dids it seems that N is a little like the proverbial (?) Marmite :lol:

I LOVE Marmite - !

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But I've also been to places full of charm that draw you back - it seems N is one of those.

hello DIDS: this point of yours encapsulates N for me: i went there as a single traveller all those years ago, and as a single woman.
i feel safe there, and now, as a near fossil in age, i am known well to the extent that i am perfectlty comfortable on my own or joining in with the many friends i've made there: locals, Brits, Dutch and others.
give it a go!!