St. Anton

St. Anton (Sankt Anton, St. Anton am Arlberg) is widely regarded as the leading ski resort destination in Austria. It has an outstanding provision of advanced skiing, a reliable snow record and an extensive ski area that caters for a mixed level of abilities.

Understand

St. Anton am Arlberg as seen from the Galzig slopes

Skiing has a long history in St. Anton: ski instructors from the area emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, helping to popularise the sport. St. Anton was the host of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2001.

St Anton is part of the Arlberg area of ski resorts – a region that includes 94 cable cars and ski lifts, 340 km (210 mi) of groomed pistes and 200 km (120 mi) of deep-snow runs, all of which are covered under one liftpass.

St Anton lies on the Rosanna River. The centre is a pedestrian zone.

• St. Anton tourist information

Get in

By plane

There are many airports that serve St Anton: Munich, Zürich, Innsbruck, and Friedrichshafen.

By train

St. Anton is on the main east-west rail line between Austria and Switzerland. St Anton, Langen am Arlberg, and Kloesterle (all located in the Arlberg ski region) have railway stations. Both St Anton and Langen am Arlberg are stops on international train services between Zurich and Budapest.

St. Anton am Arlberg is a railway station on the Arlberg railway line between Bludenz and Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. The station is served by RailJet, EuroCity, InterCity, EuroNight and NightJet trains of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and services of WESTbahn.

The famous Orient Express passes through the valley.

By car

St Anton is easily reached by car on the A14 motorway, which runs from Vorarlberg (Austria) and then follows the spine of the Tyrol.

By bus

St Anton and the surrounding villages/resorts are served by a network of bus routes. In the town, there are two hubs known as the "Terminal Ost" and the "Terminal West". "Terminal Ost" gives access to the Nassereinbahn Gondola and the "Terminal West" to the Galzigbahn/ Rendlbahn gondolas as well as the town's railway station.

There is a route with frequent, year-round services between St Anton and Landeck, the latter being a town located at the entrance to the main valley (Stanzertal, as it is known in the local area). Frequent free bus services also operate between different parts of St Anton as well as from Pettneu, Schnann, and Flirsch.

Sleep

• Castle Hotel Bergschlössl, Kandaharweg 13, A-6580 St. Anton am Arlberg, ☏ +43 5446 2220, welcome@bergschloessl.at. In the centre of town, next to the cable cars (Galzigbahn, Gampenbahn and Rendlbahn) the boutique hotel offers a sauna, internet and free underground parking. All rooms are furnished with selected antiques. 
• Hotel Garni Bacherhof, St. Jakober Dorfstrasse 27, A-6580, ☏ +43 5446 2716, fax: +43 5446 271627, info@bacherhof.co.at. A family-run hotel with ten double rooms. 
• Arlberg Hospiz Hotel, A-6580 St. Christoph, ☏ +43 5446 2611, fax: +43 5446 3773, info@arlberghospiz.at. 
• Hotel Gridlon, 6574 Pettneu am Arlberg, ☏ +43 5448 8208, hotel@gridlon.com. 

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• 1 Lech and Zürs am Arlberg
• 2 St. Christoph