Hotels in Tyrol
Austria

Hotels in Tyrol, Austria

Tyrol is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a 20-kilometre (12 mi) -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of South Tyrol. North Tyrol borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the state of Vorarlberg in the west, Italy and Switzerland in the south and Salzburg in the east. East Tyrol also borders Carinthia in the east.

Tyrol is popular for its famous ski resorts, which include Kitzbühel, Ischgl and St. Anton.

Tourism is the most important source of income for Innsbruck, largely because of Innsbruck's beautiful town centre with its historic buildings, the friendly ambience and the extensive sport facilities both in winter and in summer. Innsbruck has twice hosted the Winter Olympics making it not only an interesting and beautiful situated city but the "largest ski resort in the alps".

Until 1959 Fendels was only reachable by cable car. Fliess is located south of Landeck on the upper course of the Inn River. Fliess was founded around the 6th century and now its main source of income is from tourism especially skiing.

Ischgl is a small village and ski resort. Ischgl is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland. Together this ski area belongs to the largest skiing resorts in the Alps. Its 238 km of groomed pistes are served by over 40 mechanical lifts including cable cars, gondolas, detachable chair lifts and some T-bars. Ischgl is well-known (and sometimes criticized) for its lively après-ski parties and roistering nightlife. The resort became famous when it began regularly hosting pop concerts celebrating the end of the annual ski season.

Nauders is near both the Italian and Swiss borders, at the end of World War II numerous Nazi officials fled through Nauders to escape arrest.

Lermoos is set on a beautiful location looking towards the Zugspitze (the highest mountain in Germany) and the Sonnenspitze. Lermoos is most popular for its skiing and snowboarding in the winter and is very popular resort in the zugspitz arena. There is good public transport to lermoos and buses for skiers running around the resorts.

In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated Luge track was completed at Imst. The track was 1000.9 meters long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 meters, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%

Soelden is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated. With tourist bed nights running at over two million per year, the municipality is third only to Vienna and Salzburg as an Austrian tourist destination. Soelden has lost some its former small village charm, but other attractions have been enhanced in recent years. The first World Cup race of the year usually takes place there in late October. The Ötztal Glacier Road, is the highest paved road in Europe. It is the access road from Sölden to the Rettenbach glacier and Tiefenbachferner glaciers in the Ötztal Alps.

Seefeld is an important centre for cross-country skiing. The alpine skiing area is small and appropriate for beginners. There are two separate small areas which are not connected except by a ski bus or taxis. Seefeld is popular with walkers because of its plateau location; there are many attractive walks which don't depend on climbing up and down mountains. However, the walks into the mountains are beautiful too, especially since the Karwendel is a huge nature reserve.

Mayrhofen offers a variety of summer and winter sports including skiing, hiking, mountain biking and paragliding. Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier, which, at 3250m above sea level, is above the snowline. Skiing is available all year round here. Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer. The Penken mountain offers Austria's steepest piste, named Harakiri, as well as a large range of ski runs at different levels of difficulty.

Tux has a total of 245 km of meticulously prepared slopes, 74 of the most modern lift and cable car facilities, 30 traditionally rustic restaurants and a wide-ranging programme of events away from the slopes are the essential aspects that go to ensure a perfect holiday in the snow.

Alpbach is also a well known ski resort and its quiet pistes are well groomed and provide beginner to intermediate runs with lots of off pistes as well as unpatrolled route 5 which is popular with the more advanced skiers. A new lift has been opened in 2006-2007 which is a gondola and allows people to move from Inner-Alpbach to near the top of the wiedersbergerhorn (the mountain used for all of the runs). Alpbach is also more popular with skiers than snowboarders due to the lack of extreme off piste, but is a very popular place for beginner boarders, or those looking to re-kindle their boarding passion. There is also a halfpipe for the more adventurous.

The adjacent hills to the south of Ellmau have several lifts and a railway ascending them. In the winter several Drag Lifts are in operation for skiers going into the lower stage of hills, in addition to smaller nursery slope lifts. The main lifts are open in both summer and winter.

Söll is one of the principal ski-holiday villages of the region Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser. It is located beneath the conical Hohe Salve peak, the highest point in the ski area. The Hohe Salve also offers some of the most breath-taking skiing in the entire region with black and red classified ski runs as well as ski routes from the top lift station. After dark Söll offers one of the best apres-ski scenes in Austria, with slope-side bars offering dancing and drinking until late in the night.

Fieberbrunn is a winter sports resort and venue of international snowboarding events (like Lords of the Boards), as well as a hiking and mountaineering resort in summer.

Hopfgarten is a popular place for all levels of skier with a variety of slopes ranging from black slopes for expert skiers to nursery slopes for beginners.

Westendorf is a popular ski resort as well as a popular location for Summer tourism especially for excursions and walking-tours.