Innsbruck
Travel Blogs from Innsbruck, Austria
Three Countries in One Day
... fairy tale place as we wander through the mountains on our way to Germany. In the afternoon we stop in the town of Innsbruck, Austria. This is our only stop in Austria and I think it is an excellent choice. In the winter time it is ...
Hohenschwangau
This morning we headed off early for the village of Hohenschwangau in southern Bavaria. The town is known today for the fairy tale castle of Neuschwanstein. When we first saw the castle it wasn't as white as I imagined but its colour seems to change ...
Climb every mountain......
... the sun was making an attempt at coming out. Both rugged up though, and headed for the hills. Started off looking at the Innsbruck camping map, and it had tracks criss-crossing all over the mountains up behind Kranebitterhof, so we decided to start there. ...
Steepest Scariest,Fastest!
Had another great day yesterday.Up @ 6:30,quick breaky downstairs then off to the train station for an 8:30am departure to Kitzbuhel.We wanted to hike the Hahnenkamm,for those that don,t know,it's the steepest scariest and fastest skiing downhill race in ...
Awesome Austrian Alps!
Well Everyone,got another stamp on the passport.Left Venice yesterday,took the water bus to the train station,then the train to Verona Italy where we had enough time for couple beerz! and lunch.Then back on the train to Breenan wher transfered to an ...
Austria
Also high on space cakes. Mostly I slept, but we also saw a castle with a golden roof, which you were not supposed to ...
New City.....New Stuff
So we arrived in Innsbruck today and I think the heat followed us from Germany! We were hoping it was going to be cooler since we are at the base of the Alps but no. Oh and we do not have AC in our hotel here so the heat exhaustion is kicking in!! My ...
3-0
Eins: Alpii Austriei, zapada inca pe culmi, autostrada impecabila marcata si curata, sosele perfecte, semnal full la telefon, supermarket in dreapta, benzinarie cu service in stanga. Unu: Carpatii Transilvaniei, zapada topita in intregime, poate ramasa ...
Munich to Concentration Camp to Innsbruck
... made me teary eyed but I've always been curious to know what one really looked like. After the concentration camp, we headed down to Innsbruck which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen next to the Rhine Valley. Wow was it ...
Shaky legs!
Today, after our policy test and mgmt class, the girls and I set out to see a few sites. We saw one of the Hofburg palaces (we saw another one in Vienna), we went to a church right across the street from our hotel, and we climbed up 148 steps to the top ...
Untouched by Tourism
... and the road from Seefeld. Innsbruck is a city I've heard of, and that's about it. No one really knows that much about Innsbruck besides the Innsbruckers themselves. We first went to the Olympic ski jump, just to look at it, then back down to the coached ...
A lazy day as it rains
So today we woke up and it was raining. It has maybe gotten to be high 70's and the rain didn't stop til about 5 or so. It was a much welcomed change to the heat. Needless to say no one moved far from their beds other than to eat or do laundry. It ...
Back to the Grind
It is already mid-February. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. We just went on our winter excursion to Innsbruck, Austria. We skiied at Axamer Lizum, the same place the winter Olympics were held in 1976. The whole time I was there I just ...
Tyroling along
... dialect as in Switzerland.] But we ate it all up. The valley now flattened out as we approached and entered Innsbruck. We drove up the main street, parked underground and walked across the road to what looked like it might be the older ...
Innsbruck for 3nts 7th 8th 9th
7th - Rest day 8th - Another fine, sunny day Maria Therese Strasse Old Town - beautiful, enjoyed just wandering, bought Paul's birthday present - beer mug Hofgarten Palace 9th - Big storm last night & rain today Drove to Olympic ...
1 day, 3 countries - Germany, Austria, Italy
... Venice via Innsbruck. We got to Innsbruck not long after 10am and stopped for 40 minutes. While the guide took the people staying in Innsbruck to their hostel we were free to look around the town. I went to look at the house with the golden roof and also ...
Muttering and Nattering
A Sunday morning lie in, after I switch off the phone alarm that was set for 06:30. (schoolboy error). The sun is shining; it looks like it's going to be another hot day. After another good breakfast we set off to the station for a tram into the ...
A Room with a View
... time we get to Brenner we are more than 30 minutes late but who cares the scenery is spectacular with snow above 2500m Arriving at Innsbruck I see that there is a lift from the platform to the underpass and it is working. A crowd gets in and just as the ...
Exploring Innsbruck
... guide, Oleg, transportation in a nice coach bus to a location in the mountains about 30 min outside of Innsbruck, hiking boots, a backpack, and a “Innsbruck medal” all FOR FREE. The other three Americans andAustralians kept wondering what ...
La capital del Tirol
... el rio bajaba muy rápido y con mucha agua, asi que el espectáculo en la época del deshielo debe ser impresionante. Aunque Innsbruck se encuentra a una altitud mas baja que Madrid, la sensación es toda la contraria. El aire era frio y seco y el ...
We love to go a wandering ♪ ♪ ♫
... 2012 winter Olympics. We head downward across pastures and through woods to the village of Lans where we have lunch. Waiting for the bus to Innsbruck we have to find a shady, it is so hot and of course up here we are closer to the sun! In Innsbruck we ...
Innsbruck
The train from Vienna to Innsbruck - passing briefly through Germany - went through yet more flat open farmland, with the small fields I am coming to expect in Europe. The air pollution got noticeably worse along the trip, I think I had ...
Shopping & washing
Only spent a night in Innsbruck as a stopover but managed to buy all of the remaining walking goods we needed like waterproof pants and more hiking poles and wash all of our clothes before Trins. It was good to be in Austria where the prices were half ...
Into the Austrian Alps.....!
Now, I´m in Innsbruck, Austria. I´ve arrived at my final destination before driving to Munich, Germany to fly home. I´m here to see about, possibly, attending the master´s program in Peace, Security, Development and Conflict Transformation. The ...
Innsbruck
... his horns. After the Alpine Zoo, I started up a trail to the Hungerburg plateau. It's a plateau above the city of Innsbruck going up the main mountain chain, that is basically it's own little village. It was a long winding steep uphill ...

