Monday 15 August 2011

The Beginner's Guide to Innsbruck

To those who never heard about the alpine jewel of Austria is the following – welcome to the most appreciative mountainous place in the Alps. This relatively small, elegant and clean town offers excellent conditions for skiing, mountaineering and cultural tourism all in a tiny valley.


Innsbruck is the westernmost federal capital in Austria. It is the administrative and cultural centre of Tyrol – a region of the Austrian highlands with specific culture and peaks rising up to 2700 metres. The main attraction for the tourists is the winter sports. The natural location of Innsbruck gives awesome opportunities for skiing, ski jumps and snowboarding. The high peaks are perfect for mountaineering and climbing in summer and the glaciated terrain makes skiing possible even in August. All the resorts are surrounding the city and are never far from the places where you can reside, like hotel Innsbruck.

The Tyrolean capital offers a lot of possibilities for fun, entertainment and culture. Even when you're not in the town itself, the small villages near the resorts give a lot of authenticity to the landscape. The winter sports fans value the small tents for apres-ski where they can taste the local sweets, drink some gluwine or just have a time for chit chat.

Along with the Tyrolean folklore with its specific yodelling chants, the guests of Innsbruck enjoy several architectural marvels. Though small, this town has always been strategically important, being situated in the middle of the road connecting Verona in Italy with Munich and all the German-speaking world. Innsbruck was the main seat of emperor Maximilian of the Habsburgs in the late 1490's and his presence is commemorated in the Hofkirche cathedral where is the royal cenotaph. The Golden Roof balcony is also a remnant of these Renaissance times.

Hotel Innsbruck is the perfect place for anyone who wants to enjoy the beauty of the Tyrolean capital.

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