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On the hillside, this is as much activity centre as hotel. It offers fishing, mountain biking,
golf, horse riding, paddling and a chance to try the zipline, which lets you fly across the
valley on a tiny string. Rooms are large, plush and full of light, and decorated in faux-rus-
tic, après-ski style. The stylish suites come with stand-alone tubs.
Copperhill Mountain Lodge
LODGE
( 0647-143 00; Åre Björnen; r from Skr2400; )
Beautifully constructed of wood and stone with copper accents, this lodge looks down on
Åre from its lofty mountain perch. Its stylish, contemporary rooms are grouped according
to precious metals; the Gold Suites come equipped with Playstation 3 for après-ski gam-
ing. Its spa offers facials, massages and mineral baths and the three-course seasonal dinner
menu (Skr395) is a worthy splurge.
Eating & Drinking
Åre Bageri
BAKERY, SWEDISH
(
www.arebageri.se
; Årevägen 55; mains Skr165-235; 7am-4pm & 5-10pm; )
This sprawling organic cafe and stone-oven bakery does an enormous all-you-can-eat
breakfast spread for Skr89 (7am to 10.30am), great coffee, pastries and huge sandwiches.
In the evenings, the upstairs restaurant serves the best of Norrland's seasonal cuisine.
Broken
AMERICAN
(
www.broken-are.com
; Torggränd 4; mains Skr115-196; noon-11pm)
Just off the main square, this American-style diner is where all the hungry bikers and ski-
ers converge to replenish burned calories by hoovering down Philly cheese steak, fajitas
the size of your head, rib platters and jumbo hamburgers, washed down with frozen mar-
garitas.
Vinbaren Åre
BAR
(
www.vinbaren-are.com
;
Stationsvägen;
4pm-late Nov-Apr)
