Want to see the towns and villages on the map? Please turn over! 1 GOOD TO KNOW 2 REGION & PEOPLE Skiing XC skiing Winter Hiking & Snowshoeing < 50 km > 50-100 km > 100 km Families Glacier 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.3 Tirol at a Tourism Boards Travelling to Tirol Tirol‘s Mountains XX Food & Drink Telephone number & Ski resorts in the region Tirol is a land of mountains, home to more than 500 summits Towns and villages in this region Website Region good for e-mail address (letters indicate km of pistes) ARRIVING BY AIR over 3,000 metres. The northern part of Tirol is dominated by glance Innsbruck Airport is ÖBB Railjet operating six the Northern Limestone Alps, which include the Wetterstein 1 Achensee Tourismus Achenkirch, Maurach, Pertisau, +43.5246.5300-0 www.achensee.com Hochalmlifte Christlum Karwendel BB, Rofan Seilbahn Steinberg am Rofan [email protected] served daily by a number times a day from Zurich to and Kaiser Mountains, the Brandenberg and Lechtal Alps, the of European airlines such Innsbruck (3 hours 31 min- Karwendel Mountains and the Mieming Mountains. The South 2 Alpbachtal Seenland Alpbach, Brandenberg, Breitenbach am Inn, +43.5337.21200 www.alpbachtal.at Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau as Austrian Airlines, Luf- utes). The company Four ern Limestone Alps run along the borders with Carinthia and Brixlegg, Kramsach, Kundl, Münster, Radfeld, [email protected] thansa, Eurowings, British Seasons (Bahnhofshuttle. Rattenberg, Reith im Alpbachtal Italy. They comprise the Carnic and Gailtal Alps as well as the Airways, Transavia and tirol) runs transfers from all Lienz Dolomites. The Limestone Alps were formed long ago by 3 Erste Ferienregion im Aschau, Bruck am Ziller, Fügen, Fügenberg, +43.5288.62262 www.best-of-zillertal.at Hochzillertal-Hochfügen EasyJet. There are direct major railway stations in Ti- sediments of an ancient ocean. As the Earth’s tectonic plates be- Zillertal Gerlos, Hart, Hippach, Hochfügen, Kaltenbach, [email protected] Ried im Zillertal, Schlitters, Strass, Stumm, Spieljochbahn Fügen connections from Innsbruck rol to your accommodation. gan to shift and push up against each other around 100 million Stummerberg, Uderns to Vienna, Frankfurt, Ham- Please book at least 72 hours years ago, they formed these mountains – a little like a snow- 4 Ferienregion Imst Imst, Imsterberg, Karres, Karrösten, Mils bei +43.5412.6910-0 www.imst.at Imster Bergbahnen burg, Berlin, Düsseldorf in advance. plough pushing together snow into a pile. This is why the sum- Imst, Nassereith, Roppen, Schönwies, Tarrenz [email protected] and Eindhoven as well as mits of the Northern Limestone Alps are so rutted and the rock international hubs such as ARRIVING BY CAR faces so craggy. Between the two sets of Limestone Alps there 5 Ferienregion Tirol Fließ, Grins, Landeck, Stanz bei Landeck, +43.5442.65600 www.tirolwest.at Venet Bergbahnen West Tobadill, Zams [email protected] London, Amsterdam and The A12 Inntalautobahn is are the Central Eastern Alps, also known in Tirol simply as the Moscow. Alternatively, the most important motor- Central Alps. Mostly made of gneiss and slate, they include the 6 Innsbruck und seine Aldrans, Ampass, Axams, Birgitz, Flaurling, +43.512.5356-0 www.innsbruck.info Axamer Lizum, Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen, Patscherkofel, way in North Tirol and gives Feriendörfer Götzens, Gries im Sellrain, Grinzens, Hatting, [email protected] Muttereralm, Rangger Köpfl visitors can fly to Munich, Zillertal, Kitzbühel and Stubai Alps as well as the Hohe Tauern, Igls, Innsbruck, Inzing, Kematen in Tirol, Salzburg Memmingen or access to many towns and Silvretta and Samnaun and Verwall Mountains. Tirol’s highest Tirol is a great place for food- Distilling schnapps is an- Kühtai, Lans, Mieming, Mötz, Mutters, Kühtai Natters, Oberhofen im Inntal, Oberperfuss, Zurich. The company Four villages in the region. Travel- mountain, the Großglockner (3,798m), is also Austria’s highest ies. From traditional dishes other tradition which dates Obsteig, Patsch, Pettnau, Pfaffenhofen, Polling Seasons runs transfers from lers coming from Germany mountain. It straddles the border between East Tirol and the neigh- in mountain huts to haute back hundreds of years, with in Tirol, Ranggen, Rietz, Rinn, Rum, Sellrain, Silz, Sistrans, St. Sigmund im Sellrain, Stams, Innsbruck and Munich air- can access the Inntalautobahn bouring province of Carinthia. The second-highest mountain cuisine in elegant restau- more than 4000 places in Telfs, Unterperfuss, Völs, Wildermieming, Zirl ports to all towns and vil- via the A93 at Kiefersfelden, in Austria is the highest mountain in North Tirol: the Wild- rants, the region has some- Tirol owning a distilling 7 Kaiserwinkl Kössen, Rettenschöss, Schwendt, Walchsee +43.501.100 www.kaiserwinkl.com Hochkössen, Zahmer Kaiser lages in Tirol. Please book at those coming from Italy via spitze (3,768m). thing for all tastes – literal- license. Schnapps made in [email protected] least 72 hours in advance. the Brenner Pass and those ly! Wherever you choose to Tirol regularly receives prizes coming from Switzerland eat, you are likely to come at national and international 8 Kitzbühel Tourismus Aurach bei Kitzbühel, Jochberg, Kitzbühel, +43.5356.66660 www.kitzbuehel.com Bergbahn Kitzbühel Reith bei Kitzbühel [email protected] ARRIVING BY TRAIN via St. Anton am Arlberg. across a number of local competitions. Beer is tradi- Trains run by the Austrian Drivers using Austrian 2.2 Geography specialties served either in tionally bottom-fermented 9 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Brixen im Thale, Kirchberg in Tirol, +43.57507.2000 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com Bergbahn Kitzbühel und Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser Brixental Brixental Westendorf [email protected] Federal Railways (ÖBB), motorways must pay a toll traditional style or with a like in Bavaria. Tirol has a Swiss Federal Railways charge. Toll stickers (Vig- Almost 740,000 people live in Tirol. With a total area of more modern twist. Dumplings number of local breweries 10 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Angath, Angerberg, Hopfgarten im Brixental, +43.57507.7000 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser Brixental (SBB) and German Railways netten) can be bought from than 12,000 square kilometres, Tirol is the third-largest pro- are a popular dish which such as Huberbräu in St. Jo- Hohe Salve Itter, Kelchsau, Kirchbichl, Mariastein, Wörgl [email protected] (DB) travel to and from Austrian automobile asso- vince in Austria – and relatively sparsely populated. Just 12% exist in many varieties such hann, the Brauerei Schloss 11 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Fieberbrunn, Hochfilzen, St. Jakob in Haus, +43.5354.56304 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn Tirol. The ÖBB Railjet runs ciations as well as at petrol of the area is taken up by permanent settlements, while two as bacon dumplings, spin- Starkenberg in Tarrenz and PillerseeTal St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Waidring [email protected] 14 times a day from Vienna stations and border cross- thirds are covered by mountains and forests. The regional ach dumplings and cheese Zillertal Bier in Zell am Steinplatte Waidring, BB Pillersee Buchensteinwand via St. Pölten and Linz to ings. For short stays a ten- capital Innsbruck is home to around 131,000 people and is dumplings. Schlutzkrapfen, Ziller. Beer is traditionally 12 Kitzbüheler Alpen – Erpfendorf, Kirchdorf in Tirol, Oberndorf in +43.5352.63335-0 www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com Skigebiet St. Johann Innsbruck, with the fastest day toll sticker is sufficient. first mentioned in documents from the year 1187. The second- also known as Schlipfkra- served in half-litre glasses St. Johann in Tirol Tirol, St. Johann in Tirol [email protected] Skilifte Lärchenhof, Skilifte Kirchdorf trains connecting Vienna There are also two-month largest town is Kufstein with a population of around 18,700. It pfen, are small pockets of known as “Krügeln”. There and Innsbruck in just 4 and one-year toll stickers is believed that the area around Kufstein was home to the earli- dough filled with finely is also the option of a “Pfiff”, 13 Kufsteinerland Bad Häring, Ebbs, Erl, Kufstein, Langkampfen, +43.5372.62207 www.kufstein.com Schneeberg-Hagerlifte Thiersee Niederndorf, Niederndorferberg, Schwoich, [email protected] hours 14 minutes. There is for visitors who plan to stay est settlement in Tirol, dating back around 30,000 years. The mashed potato and served which is just 0.2 litres. Even Thiersee a Eurocity train seven times in Tirol for longer. From 1 third-largest town is Telfs with chives and melted more natural, but no less a day from Munich to Inns- November until 15 April all butter. Kiachl are circles delicious for it, is Tirol’s 14 Lechtal Tourismus Bach, Elbigenalp, Elmen, Forchach, Gramais, +43.5634.5315 www.lechtal.at Jöchelspitze, Skilifte Knittel with 15,300 residents. Tirol Häselgehr, Hinterhornbach, Holzgau, Kaisers, [email protected] bruck. The connection from vehicles travelling on roads borders the German region of of yeast dough filled with mountain spring water, Pfafflar, Stanzach, Steeg, Vorderhornbach Berlin (change in Munich) in Austria must be fitted Bavaria to the north and the either sauerkraut or cran- which can be enjoyed from 15 Mayrhofen-Hippach Brandenberg, Ginzling, Hippach, Mayrhofen, +43.5285.6760 www.mayrhofen.at Mayrhofner Bergbahnen to Innsbruck takes just 8 with winter tyres. Visitors Swiss canton of Graubünden berry jam and icing sugar. the tap or, even better, fresh Ramsau im Zillertal, Schwendau [email protected] hours. There is also the ÖBB who