Bad Hofgastein, Hotel Norica

I will be going again next year to this Hotel.

The Hotel Norica is also connected to the Alpen therme via an underground passageway that you can get to directly from your room in a bathrobe. The Alpen therme is a huge swimming area, it has both heated outdoor and indoor pools. Other facilities are named Relax World, Ladies World, Sauna World, Sports World and Family World that also has water slides, all which you get to use free if you stay in the Hotel Norica. Skiing in this resort is very good but there was a slight lack of fresh snow there the week of 13th Jan 2007 but it is not usually like this. There is four main areas you can ski with your pass and all are worth trying and you get to use the free ski bus that takes you to these areas. All in all, I do think Bad Hofgastein is worth a visit and the Hotel Norica is a good place to use as a base, especially if you're German is better than mine, which by the way in pretty poor.