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Want to see the towns and villages on the map? Please turn over! 1 Good to know 2 Region & people 1.1 Tourism Boards Long-distance hiking MTB Climbing Families X 1.2 Travelling to Tirol 2.1 Tirol‘s Mountains XX 2.3 Food & Drink Telephone number & Towns and villages in this region e-mail address Webseite Region good for ARRIVING BY TRAIN coming from Switzerland Tirol is a land of mountains, home to more than 500 summits International Intercity via St. Anton am Arlberg. over 3,000 metres. The northern part of Tirol is dominated by 1 Achensee Tourismus Achenkirch, Maurach, Pertisau, +43.5246.5300-0 www.achensee.com trains run by the ÖBB Drivers using Austrian the Northern Limestone Alps, which include the Wetterstein Steinberg am Rofan [email protected] (Austrian Federal Rail- motorways must pay a and Kaiser Mountains, the Brandenberg and Lechtal Alps, the ways) are a comfortable way toll charge. Toll stickers Karwendel Mountains and the Mieming Mountains. The Sou- 2 Alpbachtal Alpbach, Brandenberg, Breitenbach am Inn, +43.5337.21200 www.alpbachtal.at to get to Tirol. The central (Vignetten) can be bought Brixlegg, Kramsach, Kundl, Münster, Radfeld, [email protected] thern Limestone Alps run along the borders with Carinthia Rattenberg, Reith im Alpbachtal train station in Innsbruck from Austrian automobile and Italy. They comprise the Carnic and Gailtal Alps as well serves as an important hub associations as well as at as the Lienz Dolomites. The Limestone Alps were formed long 3 Erste Ferienregion Aschau, Bruck am Ziller, Fügen, Fügenberg, +43.5288.62262 www.best-of-zillertal.at im Zillertal Gerlos, Hart, Hippach, Hochfügen, Kaltenbach, [email protected] and so do the stations at petrol stations and border ago by sediments of an ancient ocean. As the Earth’s tectonic Ried im Zillertal, Schlitters, Strass, Stumm, Stummerberg, Uderns the entrances to the valleys. crossings. For short stays plates began to shift and push up against each other around 100 Several regions, like Kitz- a ten-day toll sticker is million years ago, they formed these mountains – a little like a 4 Ferienregion Imst Imst, Imsterberg, Karres, Karrösten, Mils bei +43.5412.6910-0 www.imst.at bühel, Seefeld, St. Anton, sufficient. There are also snowplough pushing together snow into a pile. This is why the Imst, Nassereith, Roppen, Schönwies, Tarrenz [email protected] Zillertal and the Kitzbühel two-month and one-year summits of the Northern Limestone Alps are so rutted and the 5 Ferienregion Fließ, Grins, Landeck, Stanz bei Landeck, +43.5442.65600 www.tirolwest.at Alps including St. Johann toll stickers for visitors rock faces so craggy. Between the two sets of Limestone Alps Tirol West Tobadill, Zams [email protected] in Tirol, Kirchberg and who plan to stay in Tirol there are the Central Eastern Alps, also known in Tirol simply as 6 Region Innsbruck Aldrans, Ampass, Axams, Birgitz, Flaurling, +43.512.5356-0 www.innsbruck.info Westendorf, have direct for longer. the Central Alps. Mostly made of gneiss and slate, they include Götzens, Gries im Sellrain, Grinzens, Hatting, [email protected] Igls, Innsbruck, Inzing, Kematen in Tirol, train connections. For the the Zillertal, Kitzbühel and Stubai Alps as well as the Hohe Kühtai, Lans, Mieming, Mötz, Mutters, final leg of your journey ARRIVING BY AIR Tauern, Silvretta and Samnaun and Verwall Mountains. Tirol’s Tirol is a great place for sugar. Distilling schnapps Tirol at Natters, Oberhofen im Inntal, Oberperfuss, Obsteig, Patsch, Pettnau, Pfaffenhofen, Polling we recommend using the Innsbruck-Kranebitten highest mountain, the Großglockner (3,798m), is also Austria’s foodies. From traditional is another tradition which in Tirol, Ranggen, Rietz, Rinn, Rum, Sellrain, Silz, Sistrans, St. Sigmund im Sellrain, Stams, “Bahnhofshuttle Tirol”. This airport is served daily highest mountain. It straddles the border between East Tirol and dishes in mountain huts dates back hundreds of Telfs, Unterperfuss, Völs, Wildermieming, Zirl shuttle service, which can by a number of interna- the neighbouring province of Carinthia. The second-highest to haute cuisine in elegant years, with more than 4000 a glance be booked 72 hours before tional airlines and is well- mountain in Austria is the highest mountain in North Tirol: restaurants, the region has places in Tirol owning a 7 Kaiserwinkl Kössen, Rettenschöss, Schwendt, Walchsee +43.501.100 www.kaiserwinkl.com [email protected] departure, is operated by connected with the most the Wildspitze (3,768m). something for all tastes – distilling license. the company Four Seasons important European air literally! More than 120 8 Kitzbühel Tourismus Aurach bei Kitzbühel, Jochberg, Kitzbühel, +43.5356.66660 www.kitzbuehel.com Reith bei Kitzbühel [email protected] Travel. It picks you up from transport hubs of Amster- restaurants and guesthouses Schnapps made in Tirol the railway station and takes dam, Frankfurt, London, in the region have received regularly receives prizes at 9 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Brixen im Thale, Kirchberg in Tirol, +43.57507.2000 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com Brixental Westendorf [email protected] you to your accommodation. Manchester, Berlin and 2.2 Geography the Tiroler Wirtshaus seal national and international Luggage (two suitcases per Vienna. Both large airlines of approval in recognition competitions. Beer is tradi- 10 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Angath, Angerberg, Hopfgarten im Brixental, +43.57507.7000 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com passenger) and one bicycle such as British Airways, tionally bottom-fermented Hohe Salve Itter, Kelchsau, Kirchbichl, Mariastein, Wörgl [email protected] Almost 740,000 people live in Tirol. With a total area of more of their excellent food and are included in the price. Lufthansa and Austrian than 12,000 square kilometres, Tirol is the third-largest welcoming atmosphere. like in Bavaria. Tirol has a 11 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Fieberbrunn, Hochfilzen, St. Jakob in Haus, +43.5354.56304 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com Airlines as well as low-cost province in Austria – and relatively sparsely populated. Just Wherever you choose to number of local breweries PillerseeTal St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Waidring [email protected] ARRIVING BY CAR airlines such as easyJet, 12% of the area is taken up by permanent settlements, while eat, you are likely to come such as Huberbräu in St. 12 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Erpfendorf, Kirchdorf in Tirol, Oberndorf +43.5352.63335-0 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com The A12 Inntalautobahn jet2.com and Transavia fly two thirds are covered by mountains and forests. The regional across a number of local Johann, the Brauerei Schloss St. Johann in Tirol in Tirol, St. Johann in Tirol [email protected] is the most important to Innsbruck-Kranebitten. capital Innsbruck is home to around 133,000 people and is specialties served either in Starkenberg in Tarrenz and 13 Kufsteinerland Bad Häring, Ebbs, Erl, Kufstein, Langkampfen, +43.5372.62207 www.kufstein.com motorway in North Tirol Alternatively, visitors can first mentioned in documents from the year 1187. The second- traditional style or with a Zillertal Bier in Zell am Niederndorf, Niederndorferberg, Schwoich, [email protected] Thiersee and gives access to many fly to Munich, Memmingen, largest town is Kufstein with a population of around 19,500. modern twist. Dumplings Ziller. Beer is traditionally towns and villages in the Zurich or Salzburg. Ex- It is believed that the area around Kufstein was home to the are a popular dish which served in half-litre glasses 14 Lechtal Tourismus Bach, Elbigenalp, Elmen, Forchach, Gramais, +43.5634.5315 www.lechtal.at region. Travellers coming clusive or shared transfers earliest settlement in Tirol, dating back around 30,000 years. exist in many varieties known as “Krügeln”. There Häselgehr, Hinterhornbach, Holzgau, Kaisers, [email protected] Pfafflar, Stanzach, Steeg, Vorderhornbach from Germany can access operated by “Taxi Tirol”, as The third-largest town is such as bacon dumplings, is also the option of a “Pfiff”, the Inntalautobahn via the well as car hire companies, Telfs with 16,000 residents. spinach dumplings and which is just 0.2 litres. Even 15 Mayrhofen-Hippach Brandenberg, Ginzling, Hippach, Mayrhofen, +43.5285.6760 www.mayrhofen.at Ramsau im Zillertal, Schwendau [email protected] A93 at Kiefersfelden, those are available to make the Tirol borders the German cheese dumplings. Schlutz- more natural, but no less coming from Italy via the final journey to your desti- region of Bavaria to the krapfen, also known as delicious for it, is Tirol’s 16 Naturparkregion Breitenwang, Ehenbichl, Höfen, Lechaschau, +43.5672.62336 www.reutte.com Reutte Musau, Pflach, Pinswang, Reutte, Vils, Wängle, [email protected] Brenner Pass and those nation. north and the Swiss canton Schlipfkrapfen, are small mountain spring water, Weißenbach am Lech of Graubünden as well as the pockets of dough filled which can be enjoyed from with finely mashed potato the tap or, even better, fresh 17 Nauders – Tiroler Faggen, Fendels, Kaunerberg, Kaunertal, +43.50.225 100 www.nauders-tiroleroberland- Italian provinces of Bolzano Oberland – Kaunertal Kauns, Nauders, Pfunds, Prutz, Ried office@nauders- kaunertal.com and Belluno to the south. and served with chives and from the source. im Oberinntal, Spiss, Tösens tiroleroberland- kaunertal.com A large region, Neighbouring provinces melted butter. Kiachl are within Austria are Vorarlberg circles of yeast dough filled 18 Olympiaregion Leutasch, Mösern-Buchen, Reith bei Seefeld, +43.50.8800 www.seefeld.com but only sparsely Seefeld