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Forest thaw
Our last day in Achenkirch before we have to drop the car off in Innsbruck. we chose a simple walk from the hotel up on to the mountains behind the hotel. Kögelalm was the target. We knew it would be a bit of a slog to reach the top, but even though it was on well gravelled track it was well worth it. The thaw had set in well and truly, and the beautiful morning sun made the hike up the mountain very ...
Nordic Walking
... had booked into the hotel's Nordic Walking group for 12 o' clock; swift lunch back in the hotel, then out to meet our trainer/guide who kitted us out with walking sticks and then led us on an explanatory jaunt round and round the hotel car park. Much fun over his instruction - walk normally, arms straight on the pull back, wrist release on the back thrust. Got it? Easy, innit? He asked us if we were up to an 1+ hour's walk towards the village and ...
Uplifting
... balletic grace (well, nearly!). It was a really good couple of miles' walk in warm sunshine, culminating in yet another enforced pit-stop at the café. Lunch al fresco and then back down to the valley bottom via the gondola.
The shoppers decided to cruise the limited outlets of the lakeside village, while the athletes headed off up one of the three valleys on a 4 mile stroll around a snow littered golf course.
We all met up for an adventurous tour of three ...
Walking in a winter wonderland
Monday 29 October Achenkirch still -Walking in a winter wonderland! More powdery snow overnight! Steph and I ventured out to the local supermarket to top up breakfast milk and fresh bread. We had negotiated a wintry walk on the western slopes for the wanderers and set off up the hillside surrounded by snow, conifers and stillness -wonderful stuff. Walking on the lower slopes was not too difficult. The path was relatively well defined and the ...
It's snow time
... and "handsome hunks". The menfolk were dragged over to the bar to check out the strength of the local hot chocolate, oh! and the beer too. Local plum cake could not be resisted (shock, horror!) Barry won the Cribbage 2-1. (Sure you were waiting for that result!). Supper was a supercharged pizza and Aunty Helen's fat-free chips in the oven., followed by an aggressive, red wine fuelled round or two of UNO. Geoff stormed to victory 3-0; suppressed smugness was barely ...
Other places to stay in Hopfgarten
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Hopfgarten
Brixentalerstrasse 39, Hopfgarten | 4 star hotel -
Hotel Pension Unterbrau
Braugassl 6, Hopfgarten | 3 star hotelfrom $113 -
Sporthotel Fuchs
Meierhofgasse 33, Hopfgarten | 3 star hotelfrom $76
