Damuls-Mellau Other Activities
Besides skiing and boarding, there’s an adventurous toboggan run, cross-country skiing and winter walking throughout the ski area, but winter sports activities aside there’s not much else to do in Damuls or Mellau except chill-out and relax.Tobogganing in Damuls-Mellau
Damuls has a 3.5km natural toboggan run on Uga, which is open during the day and night times from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, Wednesday and Friday. It’s quite an adventure and strict rules apply. You can rent a toboggan from Madlener Sport and at night times you must buy an extra card to gain lift access.
There’s an 800m natural toboggan run in the centre of Mellau, which is illuminated on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and at weekends from 6pm until 9:30pm. Schmucks Rodelhüsle, at the bottom of the run, serves mulled wine and Schupfnudeln and a relaxed atmosphere. Contact Mellau tourist office to confirm opening times which will be dependent on snow conditions in the village (690m). You can rent toboggans at Sport Natter.
Cross-country skiing in Damuls-Mellau
Damuls has 16km of cross-country trails, most of higher up on the mountain, and there’s 22km of groomed cross-country skiing down in the valley at Mellau including a routes of varying difficulty from beginner level to advanced cross-country skiers.
Winter walking in Damuls
Damuls has 22km of groomed winter walking trails, also used for horse drawn sleigh rides, including well-lit trails for romantic evening walks. There’s a map of winter walks which includes the locations of nearly 20 hotels and mountain restaurants most of which can be reached on foot. The walks range from 1.5km to 6.5km and typically take between 45 minutes and 3 hours to complete.
Night skiing nearby at Faschina
There’s night skiing with music at Guggernűlli ski lift in Faschina on Thursday evenings from 6pm until 9pm in high season, free for ski pass holders.
Horse-drawn sleigh rides in Mellau
Wrap up warm and enjoy a horse drawn sleigh ride, day time or evening, with a variety of routes through snowy winter forest and the delightful winter landscape. Your sleigh drivers Raimund Dietrich (Tel: +43 (0) 5518 2164) and George Simma (Tel: +43 (0) 5518 2768) will be pleased to advise you further.
Spa & Wellness in Mellau
Not everyone can afford to stay in a luxurious 4-star superior hotel, but you might like to check out the spa facilities at Sonne Lifestyle Hotel in Mellau, which offers an extensive range of wellness treatments.
Explore other Bregenzerwald
Travelling to other villages is easiest by car, but there are regular bus services running between six villages. Bregenzerwald Landbus No. 43 runs at regular intervals during the day between Damuls and Au, and from Au, bus No 40 runs regularly to Mellau, Schoppernau, Schroecken and Warth.
The villages of Au-Schoppernau are full lovely lovely traditional buildings, sometimes sympathetically modernised with expansive areas of glass as well as traditional shindeln clad wood walls. There are several good hotels with restaurants and cafés open to the public and shops selling handicrafts and local cheeses (for which Bregenzerwald is famous). For women, the Wolfurt factory outlet shop in Schoppernau (well signposted and easy to find) is significantly cheaper than retail outlets and handy for stocking up on lingerie.
Damuls and Mellau Tourist Offices
For more information contact the Tourist Office:
Damuls Faschina Tourist Office
Kirchdorf 138, A-6884 Damuls
Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 5510 620
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.damuels.at
Mellau Tourist Office
Platz 292, 6881 Mellau
Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 5518 22 03
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mellau.at