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Singer’s Gäste-News Winter 2015/2016

Mellow wintertime in Berwang – a winter’s tale of wellness Every breath is transformed into a liberating burst of energy in the fresh, sparkling air; crisp snow glistens in the sun and moonlight; enchanting hilltops and glittering summits; brilliant pistes… and, of course, a relaxing oasis of wellbeing at the heart of it all: enjoy a winter holiday at the Singer Sporthotel & SPA in Berwang for a mellow, yet invigorating break away from the ordinary.

The winter wonderland that surrounds the Singer Sporthotel & SPA sets the scene for a vast array of fun activities and relaxation in the snow. An extensive network of

more than 110km of crosscountry trails attracts skiing fans to the great outdoors where they can enjoy being on their ‘planks’ free of workaday tension and knowing they are doing wonders for their health and muscle tone. This is also a walkers’ paradise where hikers can explore Berwang’s vast winter universe on more than

60km of marked footpaths. Off-path, walkers can buckle on snowshoes to explore virgin terrain and pristine peaks where they relish the experience of

being the first to leave their tracks in the dazzling snow. Those who prefer their winter pleasures at a faster pace can grab a toboggan and make for the Jägerhaus on foot or by cable car, and then roar down the natural toboggan run. Tobogganing under a starry night sky is another unforgettable experience, which is why every Thursday night from 6pm until 9.45pm it’s moonlit tobogganing time in Berwang! Night owls can also enjoy night ice-skating and night skiing in the Tyrolean Zugspitz Arena several times a week. Another way to progress smoothly across the snow, albeit

with more horsepower, is the horse-drawn sleigh – enjoy the fairy-tale romance of the ride as you snuggle down under a soft, warm blanket. The guided torch-lit hikes that are held every Tuesday in Lermoos also promise to be as charming as they are fun. If you prefer to move across the ice on two runners, the Zugspitz Arena has several artificial and natural ice rinks where you can draw tracks and pirouettes – or even chase a puck with a hockey stick. Berwang’s mellow winter pleasures are not limited to the area’s countless off-piste opportunities: gloriously

wide, gently sloping and

perfectly groomed pistes in and around Berwang are ideal for families, beginners, returners and leisurely skiers. If the weather should refuse to play ball, Singer’s exercise professionals have put together a varied indoor programme: get fit with our back exercise and aqua gym classes and be ready to face new challenges, or get in touch with the authentic, innermost you with Yoga and meditation sessions. After a mellow day in the winter wonderland it’s time to revel in some winter wellness in our Singer’s SPA. Magnificent massages soothe away tension, while

fabulous facials restore radiance after a day in the chilly winter air. And our Singer’s SPA for Kids treatments are specially designed for the enjoyment and benefit of our younger guests. To complete your day, enjoy the wintry delights of a deliciously warming dinner at Restaurant 1928 or our gourmet Singer’s Tiroler Stube restaurant. Follow this with a good glass of wine and piano music in front of the open fire as your winter’s day of wellness at the Singer Sporthotel & SPA comes to its enchanting conclusion... We’re really looking forward to a mellow wintertime in

Berwang. Are you?

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Winter 2015/2016

Snow & wellness at Singer 3 January to 3 April 2016

• 7 nights indulgence half board at our preferred rate • Fruit basket in your room on arrival • SPA cocktail with our SPA Manager Theresa Gerlach plus creation of your personal SPA journey • 2.5 hours SPA pamper time just for you – take your pick from our SPA menu • 1 x snowshoeing with a guide • Daily activity & sports programme

from €1,169 pp

A romantic winter’s tale 3 January to 5 February & 28 February to 3 April 2016

• 4 nights indulgence half board • Bouquet of roses in your room on arrival • Champagne & chocolates in your room on your first evening • Caudalie wine promenade for two (90mins) in our Private SPA Suite: - Private herbal aroma sauna - Crushed Cabernet peeling - Wine & bathe for two – with a good bottle of red - A cute little surprise • Private candlelit dinner

from €706 pp

Wellness for our youngest guests

Kids get pampered too: Singer’s SPA for Kids is great for settling down younger family members after an exciting day in the snow. A massage brings calm, and our treatments care for children’s delicate skin, which is particularly sensitive in the winter and especially in the bright mountain sunshine. Share this quality time with your little darling in our Private SPA Suite for two.

Winter wellness at Singer’s SPA Nature’s power is boundless and indisputably the most effective source of vitality for our health and wellbeing. This is why at Singer’s SPA we place our trust in nature, and base our treatments on the restorative, invigorating and relaxing powers of herbs, fragrances, wine and minerals. After spending an exhilarating day in Berwang’s winter wonderland, treat yourself to a relaxing herbal bath, an Alpine milk bath with honey or a Tyrolean pine & honey bath. The cold Alpine climate can wreak havoc on your skin, so our SPA team is ready with exceptional, pampering facials including vitamin kick to reinvigorate, and Alpine power to strengthen the skin’s natural defences. If your action-packed day on the slopes results in aches and pains, try our ENERGISE body pack

with Tyrolean shale oil for immediate relief. A Tyrolean massage administered by one of our SPA therapists gets you back into shape and ready for your next sporting challenge.

New this winter: Vine Resveratrol by Caudalie

Magical wellspring treatment (50mins or 80mins) at Singer’s SPA now with Caudalie’s revolutionary anti-ageing products tailored to suit your individual skin type.

Singer’s SPA for Kids Children’s massage............25mins €35 Beauty time.........................40mins €55

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back2ski Berwang’s mellow winter’s tale of wellness continues on the slopes as well as off-piste and in the Singer Sporthotel & SPA programme. Fabulously wide and perfectly groomed pistes invite you to practise your skills at leisure. Avoid the queues and crowds: skiing in Berwang is a relaxing treat for the whole family as well as beginners, returners and experienced skiers. 36km of slopes and 12 lifts add up to excellent skiing in Berwang. Skis: tick, snow: tick... but? Not everyone’s heart immediately fills with thrilled anticipation when they look to the valley from the top of a ski slope. Many don’t even make it to the lift. Be it after an accident, after a long break or after a lifetime without skis: ski learners and returners can relax in the knowledge that they are

discover a new and wider skiing perspective. Falger recommends one-to-one lessons for nervous would-be skiers: ‘During these sessions we start by observing the student. We use video analysis to make an assessment and then we work with them on their skiing’. Special courses for seniors and people with disabilities are also available in Berwang.

well looked after here in Berwang. Walter Falger, the head of Berwang’s ski school explains that ‘Berwang’s ski region has wide slopes, gently descending pistes and, most importantly, an ideal practice area where the transition from absolute beginner to confident skier happens smoothly’. Skischule Berwang’s highly trained instructors offer

lessons in small groups for beginners and returners, or in one-to-one sessions: you’ll be whizzing down those slopes in no time at all. ‘We get many enquiries from ‘old hands’ who would like to get back on their skis, and we have instructors who deal specifically with returners’, says Falger. These highly trained teachers are recipients of the Tyrolean Ski Association’s Quality Award, and gently help their students to

Fun & pizzazz on the slopes Since life is a constant learning experience, even experienced skiers can pick up tips from the pros to add the finishing touches to their fun on the slopes. For summiteers, the Tyrolean Zugspitz Arena offers even more piste and powder fun with a total of 6

ski areas, 139km of slopes and 58 cable cars. The Zugspitzplatt glacier, for example, is located at almost 3,000m above sea level, but can be reached from the hotel in just 15 minutes! Top tips for snow kids It’s not only grown-up beginners and returners who find themselves in the best of hands with Skischule Berwang’s

ski instructors. Bobo’s Kinderclub® provides your budding little snow bunnies with an age-appropriate, playful and fun introduction to the sport – all with the help of Bobo the cuddly penguin. Snow kids are taught in small groups with others of their age and ability. The amount of time the children are taught daily also varies depending on their age. Time spent on the slopes can be rather tiring, which is why 3 to 4-year olds have lessons for no more than 1¼ hours per day. Their lessons become longer with increasing age and ability, and the maximum each day is 4 hours for children and teenagers aged 5 to 15. The highlight of the children’s courses is the weekly ski race that takes place every Thursday, and in which everyone wins: all participants receive a Bobo’s Kinderclub® medal and certificate. When every member of the family has fun in the snow, you can say,

‘skis: tick, snow: tick... yay!’

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3 January to 5 February & 28 February to 3 April 2016 • 7 nights indulgence half board at our preferred rate • Ski pass for 4 of 6 days (supplement for 6-day ski pass €50) • Ski hire for 6 days: platinum skis and boots provided by Sport Hofherr • 2 x 2 hours of one-to-one ski instruction provided by Berwang’s ski school • Your back2ski set: welcome Schnapps, daily fitness sessions, and some refreshing mountain pine lotion for your legs • Calf massage (25mins)

from €1,595 pp

Singer’s ski facts Singer ski-in and ski-out: The Singer Sporthotel & SPA is located adjacent to the slope and the Sonnalmbahn cable car. This means you step from the hotel straight into the Berwang ski area and back again when you’ve finished skiing! • Children’s shuttle service to the Ski School assembly point • Piste facts: The Berwang ski area encompasses 36km of slopes and 12 lifts - all connected and reachable on skis without unbuckling. • Location: Berwang is located at 1,336m altitude in an area of high snowfall. The ski runs are between 1,000m and 1,740m altitude: good news for skiers who are sensitive to cold. • Snow guarantee: Berwang’s slopes are in an area of orographic lift, which ensures high snowfall. In addition, there are snow canons on 80% of the slopes.

Best rate! Loving the snow week

13 to 20 February 2016 During this special week, our 4-day SKI & SPA, 7-day SKI & SPA and Snow & wellness at Singer offers are available at our low season rate! Save between 15% and 20% off our usual room rates. Book now and make great savings!

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Hot snow tips

Say goodbye to luggage stress

Snow fantasy, retro skiing, jump action and snowcat fun under a starry sky with Berwang’s ski school and friends including Bobo the Penguin and Brauni the Bear: look forward to the Berwang Ski Show every Tuesday from 29 December 2015 to 8 March 2016. If this spectacle isn’t hot enough for you, try the mulled wine or non-alcoholic punch!

If you’re tired of hauling your bulky skis and boots around, why not use Sport Hofherr’s ski rental service? Find the ultra-

Cool & new – laser biathlon: Every Wednesday, daring biathletes and biathletes in the making try their hand at biathlons with laser rifles on the Moosloipe ski run in Berwang. Don’t worry if you’ve never competed in a biathlon before: free trial lessons are available before the race. Lessons and race take around 2 to 3 hours to complete.

modern equipment of your dreams next door to the Singer Sporthotel & SPA, and simply arrive,

First come, first track: Every Thursday, early bird winter sports fans can set off for Grubigstein in Lermoos at 7.30am, and be the first to draw tracks in the fresh, pristine snow. Follow your skiing pleasure with some delights of the culinary kind with a hearty mountain breakfast.

hire, buckle up, and get straight into the fun of the slopes!

Top tip: The Top Snow Card gives you one-card access to all the lifts and slopes in the Zugspitz Arena, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitz – a total 207km of pistes, of which 36km are in Berwang itself.

www.sport-hofherr.at

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Food Festival

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Singer’s 1st Ausserfern

– the delights of local fare

Because ‘local food tastes better’, the Singer Sporthotel & SPA and Berwang’s restaurateurs held an exceptional culinary celebration in October 2015: the first Ausserfern Food Festival. Gourmands were spoilt for choice: a bread baking course, a farmers’ market with tastings of local delicacies and a real Berwang-style 5-course gala dinner. The cooks were Singer’s Chef Thomas Kunath, Sous Chef Max Korschinsky and the town’s restaurateurs. Together they conjured up the finest delicacies from the local

repertoire, and used only products sourced from the best suppliers within the region. Hotel guests and locals enjoyed an agreeable evening being spoiled by the talented chefs and entertained by folk music ensemble ‘Die Grageler’ – and they also picked up a tip or two from the professional chefs and food suppliers...

On 4 July 2015, some 120 invited guests joined BMW and partners at the 2nd ‘Special Moments’ event for connoisseurs. The day was filled with adventure, fun and delights at the most beautiful locations on the shore of Lake Wörth; with presentations by BMW of their latest vehicles, as well as art, music and, of course, haute cuisine provided by selected Relais & Châteaux award-winning chefs. Classic motorboats from Carinthia’s motor yacht club set off for five magical places on the shores of the lake where the latest BMW models could be admired: BMW’s 7 Series, M6 Convertible, i8 Spyder Concept and Mille Miglia Concept. The perfect stage was set for these exclusive cars with additional delights and ‘money

can’t buy’ experiences provided by Louis Vuitton, Montblanc, Rahimi, Relais & Châteaux, Julius Meinl and many more. Among the chefs offering uncompromising pleasures of the palate were Thomas Kunath and Max Korschinsky from the Singer Sporthotel & SPA. They took up their positions at the exclusive Villa Riva’s Station 3 where they offered the attending connoisseurs a light summer menu to match the searing temperatures: Mango tartare with red onions and baked avocado with sour cream | Whitefish and root vegetables in a crustacean decoction with smoked potato espuma | Raspberry and lemongrass sorbet or coconut and lime sorbet.