Sölden Resort Guide

Ski Chalets & Apartments For Sale

Property Overview

Sölden is a top choice for investors as it offers fabulous rental returns due to its extremely long ski season. Property occasionally becomes available but it always sells extremely fast. As Sölden is located in The Tyrol Province all property here has a rental obligation. The advantage of this is that your property is fully-managed for you which is really handy as a dedicated rental company will organise all your bookings and the advertising of your property. This type of set-up is called a hands-free investment.

What We Love About Sölden

Sölden is located in the heart of the Tyrol and is the main village of the Ötztal Valley. It is located just 70 minutes from Innsbruck and 2 hours 40 minutes from Munich and Salzburg airports. The resort has developed into an internationally renowned sports and training centre. It is hugely popular due to its superb pistes and lively après-ski scene.

All of our ski property for sale in Sölden is extremely well connected to surrounding resorts. Obergurgl, a world renowned resort famous for it’s fantastic snow record, is only 15 minutes away. Obergurgl has a lively social scene in the charming Alpine huts that populate its pistes. Sölden sits in a pretty wooded valley surrounded by some of Austria’s highest mountains. The town offers an exciting mix of modern and old buildings and a huge choice of shops, bars, restaurants and clubs.

Ski Scene

Sölden is Austria’s only ski area with three mountains above 3,000m which are all accessible by lifts or gondolas. Nestled between Gaislachkogl (3,058m),Tiefenbachkogl (3,250m), and Schwarze Schneide (3,340m) lies 143km of perfectly groomed slopes, state-of-the-art ski lifts and gondolas. Skiing here is great for all abilities. There are 69km of blue runs, 47km of red runs and 27km of black runs as well as numerous off-piste opportunities and 2km of freeride routes. All of our ski property for sale in Sölden benefits from an impressively lengthy ski season. On average, it begins in October and lasts until May. There are 15km of cross-country skiing, nightly floodlit tobogganing, ice skating, curling, ice climbing, horse drawn sleighs rides, paragliding and winter hiking to keep you busy!

Reaching an altitude of over 3,250m, Sölden boasts glacier skiing and some serious vertical and long runs. It is even possible to ski the 12km from the top of the glacier down to the town without using a lifts. Sölden’s signature ski journey is called the Big-3 Rally. It is a circuit entailing 50km of skiing and 10,000m of vertical which encompasses three spectacular viewing platforms built over the valleys. Sölden is also just 15 minutes drive from the resort of Obergurgl with its high altitude skiing which is superbly family friendly and excellent for beginners. Obergurgl offers 112km of pistes which includes 60km of blue runs, 33km of red runs and 18km of black runs.

Summer Fun

In the summer Sölden offers a vast array of activities amongst the beautiful surroundings. The mountains are an internationally popular training base for climbers. Sölden also offers 300km of marked hiking and cycling trails with perfect routes to suit all abilities. Other sports include white water rafting and paragliding.

The summer glacier skiing and snowboarding on the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach Glaciers is also not to be missed! The Area 47 adventure park is also in Sölden and is considered the ‘ultimate outdoor playground’. Visitors can choose from a wide range of activities including river rafting, slide water park and bike and buggy off-roading.

Just 15 minutes away from Sölden is the scenic village of Längenfeld, a picture-book landscape of outstanding natural beauty at 1,200m. Here you will find the famous Aqua Dome, the Tyrol’s biggest wellness and spa area in the middle of the mountains. With its huge indoor and outdoor programme Aqua Dome offers a spa day with a wide selection of health and beauty treatments.