Galtür - Silvapark

The praise is for the calm and the hardware: lifts are mostly modern and visitors report that queues are essentially non-existent. The high setting keeps the snow reliable, and because most runs are gentle, families and first-timers feel at ease. Reviewers single out the huge cross-country network and the good value of food in the mountain huts. Many come here deliberately as the quiet counterweight to noisy Ischgl, only a short bus ride down the Paznaun valley.

Size draws the criticism: confident skiers exhaust the terrain in two or three days, so regulars advise buying the valley pass covering Ischgl, Kappl and See. Steep runs are in short supply, and apres-ski barely exists - anyone who wants loud bars after the last lift is pointed towards the neighbours.