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Tyrol

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Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Tyrol, visa requirements By air By train By car / Get around / Tyrol attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Splurge / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Tyrol nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Get out

Tyrol (German: Tirol) is a historical region in the heart of the Alps. It consists of North, East and South Tyrol. North and East Tyrol together make up the Austrian federal-state of Tyrol with its capital in Innsbruck. South Tyrol, despite its German speaking majority, has been part of Italy since the end of World War I. It makes up the northern portion of the alpine Italian province Trentino-Alto Adige with its capital in Bolzano (Italian) or Bozen (German).

Regions

Cities

Other destinations

Bolzano/Bozen - capital of South Tyrol
Stubaier
Pinswang

Culture and History

Talk

Travel to Tyrol & Visa Requirements

By air

There is an international airport in Innsbruck (ICAO code: LOWI) which has schedules to Vienna, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Graz, Nice, Hannover, Stavanger, Alghero, Gothenburg and Olbia. Schedules may differ in winter. SkyEurope is a discount airline that flies to Innsbruck. The Munich Airport, 2.5 hours away, is another alternative. There are vans that will meet you at the Munich Airport and take you directly to your lodging in or around Innsbruck for the price of a comparable train ticket.

There is also an airfield in St. Johann in Tirol (ICAO code: LOIJ), with a 750 m asphalt runway.

By train

Innsbruck has connections to all major cities in Austria such as Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Linz and Bregenz.

By car

Tours & Getting around Tyrol

by car

Tyrol attractions and sightseeing

Tyrol city tours

sightseing

Tyrol cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

Splurge

Obergurgl Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl, Ramolweg 5, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ +43 (0) 5256 6223(info@edelweiss-gurgl.com, fax: +43 (0) 5256 6449), [1]. edit

Hotel Auracher Loechl, Römerhofgasse 2-5, 6330 Kufstein, ☎ +43 (0) 5372 62138(hotel-weinhaus@auracher-loechl.at, fax: +43 (0) 5372 62138-51), [2]. edit

Granat Schlössl, Schlossweg 3, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ ++43 (0)5256/636363(info@hotel-obergurgl.at, fax: ++43 (0)5256/6363 15), [3]. edit

Hotel Lamark, A-6263 Hochfügen Nr. 5, ☎ 0043-5280-225(info@lamark.at, fax: 0043-5280-227), [4]. edit

Hotel Tiroler Adler, Kirchgasse 1, A-6384 Waidring, ☎ +43 (0)53 53 53 11-200(info@tiroler-adler.at, fax: +43 (0) 53 53 53 11-50), [5]. edit

Hotel Gridlon, A-6574 Pettneu am Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5448 8208(hotel@gridlon.com, fax: ++43 (0)5448 8208-68), [6]. edit

Hotel Hospiz, A-6580 St. Christoph / Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5446 2611(info@arlberghospiz.at, fax: ++43 (0)5446 3773), [7]. edit

Tyrol Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Tyrol nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Get out

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