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Travel Blogs from Insbruck, Austria
Innsbruck
This is a top pick! ... opportunities. It is only 30 miles north of the Italian border and 45 miles south of Germany. Innsbruck is said to rival Vienna and Salzburg for Austria's most beautiful city. It has a population of only 130,000 (all seem sooo ...
3 Inn 1 day..
This is a top pick! ... of legs... I won't say anymore so that I don't ruin it for you... but in future, I would pass... but hey, the Innsbruck pass covered it! - Took the Nordkette cable car (which consists of a funicular (a train which can go uphill/downhill with all its ...
Austria, the complete story
This is a top pick! ... with the guide, whilst giving the tour in Austrian, he gave us a personal tour in English. We climbed back down and headed for Innsbruck. We knew where the campground was and we had only come here, as we wanted to go back to Stubai Glacier for a day of ...
Downhills and bobsled runs. Austria !!!!!
This is a top pick! ... When we woke up in the morning, the tent was covered in frost. We dried the tent, packed up and off we rode towards Innsbruck. After riding uphill all yesterday, the beauty was that now we had a huge downhill that was over ten kilometres in length and it ...
Our longest trip yet
This is a top pick! · On the bus, passing through Austria · GMT +1:00hrs Entry to ...
Golden roof, lost Emma, another nearly missed bus
This is a top pick! ... what on earth we were on about but eventually we found the Golden Roof again and were able to work our way onto the bus.. Innsbruck was also host to a Winter Olympics and they left the ski jump in - but I wasn't allowed on it. Still it was pretty ...
Innsbruck ok time for a moan about ihyf the ...
This is a top pick! ... to sleep. Paul´s stay was made even more pleasurable by the fact that he had to move rooms every single day. At Innsbruck Tourist Information we asked for a hiking map and the lady told us that there was "some special hiking" happening tomorrow, and ...
Innsbruck
This is a top pick! Inssbruck is a charming little town and quite a difference from Italy. Though Trento was also a part of Tyrol- southern Tyrol that is, the cultural difference is immediately visible. We didn´t spend a lot of time here, but we would consider coming ...
All that glitters is not gold
This is a top pick! ... junk and watch TV and sit on a proper lounge, although it's a bit cold at night. We left reluctantly and headed off to Innsbruck to track down some summer snowboarding for the BOSS. After the taste she got on top of Jungfrau, she is keen to learn ...
Autruche
This is a top pick! Hey ho! Fait un bail hein?! Internet est loin de mon auberge et loin d'etre gratuit. Je suis a Innsbruck en Autriche depuis beaucoup trop longtemps! 5 jours pour une si petite ville c'est beaucoup trop! Ces temps-ci l'autriche ne cesse de battre des ...
Golden Girl
This is a top pick! ... the camera lens out of the wire though as the snow-capped Alps are beautiful and most of the houses were a nice pastel colour. Innsbruck is a cheaper alternative to Lauterbrunnen or Murren - there are views of the Alps, people speak German (and smoke) and ...
Danka!
This is a top pick! ... ; I bought a student pass that gave me unlimited use of the trams. There were 6 trams total in the area. Innsbruck has mostly Austrians and Germans working in the snowboard industry. There was even snow at the tops of most ...
Innsbruck
... my book. I know that's pretty un-cool, but the last few days finally caught up. I left early the next morning. Noteworthy, Innsbruck held the winter Olympics twice, so there is a lot of stuff for winter activies. Very similar to COP in Calgary. The ...
Austrian Alps
After a few great days in Vienna, we thought that it would be pretty fitting to head off to Innsbruck....I mean going all the way to Austria and not seeing the Alps should be a crime. We arrived in the afternoon just as the sun was going ...
Innsbruck
From fussen I cought an incredibly scenic train to Innsbruck in western Austria. A small city situated in a valley surrounded by the Austrian Alps. The city itself is beautiful, full of baroque buildings nice riverside parks, cafes and shops. However ...
Tour 5271 / 0820 Day 22
... the Inns River for a good part. We went past Eagles Nest and through Bavaria (Germany) and then back into Austria before finally reaching Innsbruck at 6pm. As we went through these areas, we thought it was so picturesque and some of the mountains had ...
Innsbruck
... is, in fact, empty) and enjoyed the multimedia history lesson. We also did a great hike up into the mountains to a view of Innsbruck from up high. A quick stop to Spar helped our journey down with beer (Radler-halbe to be specific-half beer-half lemonade) ...
2.Etappe 86km
... , dass ohnehin keine Gedanken kommen und so meditiert er am 2. Tag 11 Stunden lang und bewältigt dabei 84km in Richtung Innsbruck. Was passiert, wenn man jeden Tag 11 Stunden nebeneinander läuft? Michael sagt, dass von den 11 Stunden 20min gesprochen ...
Our European Chrismas
... this is our first Christmas as a married couple and our first Christmas away from our families. We decided to go to Innsbruck, Austria. In our heads, we pictured a quaint little village in the Alps...good food...people caroling in the ...
"Out of order til christmas"
Hallo zusammen! Langsam wird es ernst, wir sind gerade beim überlegen, was wir alles einpacken sollen "ob 5 oder 10 Unterhosen", jedenfals füllt sich der Rucksack langsam. Die Wonung ist endlich fertig gereinigt und bereits übergeben, das "rote ...
Innsbruck & Castle Neuschwanstein: Swanderful!!
After the beer haze lifted from Munich, Shannon and Rachel were on their way to bigger and better things. A side trip to Fussen and Innsbruck, Austria was on the agenda. We decided to drive this time because who doesn't love a roadtrip??? With gas at 7.50 ...
Mountains, Muslims, & Misunderstandings
... all of the extra bodies and people were restless having to stand in one place for as long as 3 to 4 hours. As we entered Innsbruck, nestled in a valley between two soaring mountain ranges, I had still not seen anyone selling tickets. Surely there would be ...
Innsbruck a beautiful old town entirely ...
... villages and highways below gave way to oohs and ahhs from the passengers. It was absolutely spectacular!! To my great disappointment, Innsbruck did not live up to be the picture-perfect city I had anticipated. The mountains hid behind thick fog. The ...
Train to Innsbruck and the first day of hiking
... was surprisingly good. The whole train ride took about 5 hours and went through a bunch of cities, including Salzburg, before getting to Innsbruck. We couldn't really see much out the window because it was very cloudy. It looked as if the only way we were ...
Schapps in Austria
... the only thing I could watch on tv since everything else was in another language. First up was a walking tour of Innsbruck. The architecture was amazing and the most famous landmark in Innsbruck was the palace with the golden roof. Its actually ...
Sep 08, 2010
The Alps
After travelling for 2 1/2 days we made it to Innsbruck, Austria in the early morning hours. Innsbruck is located in the Austrian Alps and is a beautiful city! The surrounding area has some great mountains and on our second day here I took a 5 hour hike ...
Innsbruck
... i am sitting on the world oldest computer right now. here is a link to some photos from our time in Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck, no labels yet though sorry, thats Husbands job. http://www.flickr.com/photos/melvic/sets/72157602188158394/ ...