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00:00Yee-haw!
00:16So it's our forward award here in the UK.
00:18I'll show you what a single face looks like at this time of the morning.
00:20I'm bleary-eyed, excited.
00:23On the way to Innsbruck for the Ski City Tour 2024.
00:26Looking forward to it. So let's see what it's got to offer.
00:30Beautiful morning here in Kutai.
00:52As you can see, the ski is coming down behind me.
00:54The conditions are a little bit icy, but other than that, it's absolutely beautiful.
00:57The sun's out, so I've found absolutely stunning views.
01:01It's been a little while since I've been skiing, so it's a bit ropey to start with,
01:05but I'm getting there. I'm starting to get the hang of it again.
01:07But yeah, absolutely perfect conditions and stunning views.
01:10Nowhere I'd rather be right now.
01:28Second day of skiing here in Aix-en-Valence, now.
01:32Instead of Kutai yesterday, this is where the Olympics were held.
01:35So we went down where the females are.
01:37Females are on today.
01:38They did it under two minutes.
01:40I think we did it in about 25-30 minutes, so a bit of a difference.
01:43But no, another beautiful day.
01:45A little bit overcast on the side of the mountain,
01:48so conditions, a little bit of visibility is not great,
01:51but still got down it fine.
01:53There's lots of snow here.
01:54Not as icy as it was yesterday,
01:56so it's been beautiful again.
01:58Some of the slopes are quite challenging.
02:00We went down a blue, probably closer to a red,
02:03but still it was a really nice run.
02:05Yeah, looking forward to some more skiing.
02:20What can I say about Innsbruck?
02:22First things first, it's beautiful.
02:24You fly straight into the city, really.
02:26The airport is pretty much in the city centre,
02:28and it's worth a five-minute car ride to get into the old town.
02:31But yeah, first thing you notice is obviously the mountains,
02:34surrounded by mountains, which are just absolutely breathtaking.
02:37And then you come into the old town, and it's got these painted houses.
02:41And it's like a throwback in time, really.
02:44These, for want of a better word, magical,
02:47which I'm probably going to be using quite a lot in this review of it.
02:51But it's, yeah, there's so much to see.
02:54Obviously you've got the ski slopes all around, 12 of them.
02:58And then in the middle of that, it's a European city
03:01with lots of history and tradition.
03:04That's, you know, there's something to see here.
03:07If you're not a big skier, then it's good to have that balance.
03:10You can go skiing in the morning and sightseeing in the afternoon.
03:13And, you know, I used the Ski Plus City Pass,
03:17which enabled you to do both.
03:19You've got access to the slopes and access to a lot of the sights in the area as well.
03:23So really good for balance.
03:25If you've got a family and you want to go on a skiing holiday,
03:27but not everyone's that into the skiing, this is the perfect location for it.
03:31Because, you know, there's just so much for people to do beyond skiing.
03:34You could come here for a weekend and not go skiing,
03:36and still have more things you want to see.
03:39It is a perfect winter city break.
03:42And obviously we've come here, well, since December now.
03:45It's got the Christmas market, which is picturesque to say the least.
03:50You know, it gives you, you realise what actually people are trying to achieve
03:54with the Christmas markets back at home,
03:57but are failing miserably at compared to here.
04:00You can probably see the clock tower behind me,
04:03as well as the fairytale alley, which has got lots of different fairytale characters.
04:07But it's like that all over the city.
04:09You kind of find yourself lost in a little alleyway,
04:11and there's some more unique decorations.
04:13It definitely does Christmas well.
04:15It certainly knows how to do it.
04:17Yeah, it's just stunning, it really is.
04:20There is something to see, always something to get lost into.
04:24Obviously it's a modern European city,
04:26so it's got all the things you'd expect from that city,
04:30you know, all the amenities.
04:32But here in the old town, it's full of character, full of beauty.
04:36There's so much to see.
04:38And, you know, in terms of the actual city,
04:41I haven't really touched the sides,
04:42but there's still much more to see,
04:44and much more that the ski plus city pass gives you.
04:46So it's great for a long weekend,
04:49but you can spend longer here too,
04:51or just wait to come back.
04:53So I'm certainly going to try and come back.