Visit Innsbruck Guide & Innsbruck Tourism

Visit Innsbruck Guide & Innsbruck Tourism

Innsbruck Guides & Innsbruck Attractions

Guide to Innsbruck, Austria

The first impression you get when you arrive in Innsbruck, capital of the Austrian province of Tyrol is amazement.

Everything, from the road system to finish the kindness of the locals, once the visitor back to a size far more livable than our chaotic metropolis. In our cities it is rare to see in the bars or bakeries people talking quietly for hours. Here in the center of Innsbruck is rather the norm and it is not tourists, but locals still have not lost her taste for fine living.

Innsbruck (home 120000 approx.) Is located in the bend of the Inn, at the confluence with the Sill, dominated by the mountain range Karwendel. Its name derives bridge over the river running through it.

Innsbruck is the capital of the Tyrol and Episcopalian.

Attractive not only for the scenery, but also for several rich monuments of interest. Innsbruck was a Roman colony and then the seat of the Habsburgs in the Tyrol in the 14th and 15th century.

Among the monuments there is the baroque church of San Giacomo, the building of the Golden Roof of the sixteenth century, the Hofkirche and the Imperial Palace. Innsbruck 2 times hosted the Olympic Winter Games and a certain atmosphere “Olympic” is breathed everywhere, not only in the beautiful ski resorts.

Even at other times of the year than the winter, the city offers so many attractions to be a city “alive” for 365 days a year. You will also pleasantly surprised by the hospitality that you will receive in a Hotel in Innsbruck, famous throughout the world. If arriving by car will be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to navigate to Innsbruck.

A timely and abundant signs, a sufficient amount of covered parking, an extensive network of cycle paths and a very efficient public transport system will make your stay relaxing and enjoyable

Tour of Innsbruck city

Taking a tour around the city will be on the main street, the Maria-Theresia-Strasse, you can admire the ‘Arc de Triomphe, erected to celebrate the wedding of the future Emperor Leopold II, and Annesaule, Column of St. Anne, built in 1704 to celebrate the city’s liberation by Bavarian troops. Finally arrive at the Market Hall, open daily, offering a wide range of local products.

Continuing along the center will cross the Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse, the street and very special feature is completely paved with cobblestones.

In the old town are the oldest monuments, such as the Altes Rathaus, the old town hall dominated by the Civic Tower in 1442, where you can enjoy a spectacular view of the city, the palace where Mozart lived (1769), the Neuer Hof, residence of the Dukes Frederick IV and Sigismund of Tyrol, the facade of which we find the famous Golden Roof (Golden Roof).

This consists of a balcony decorated with coats of arms and scenes of dancing and the protruding portion is covered by a 2657 fire-gilded copper sheets.

Other interesting places to Innsbruck Hofburg, the imperial palace used primarily by the Empress Elizabeth, surrounded by the magnificent imperial garden, the Hofkirche, the church court, and finally the court theater, conference center today.

Innsbruck Museums

Concerning the Museums, submit the Ferdinandeum, rich with prehistoric collections and the largest Austrian Gothic collection, the Museum of the Alpine Club, which presents the art of alpine last two centuries, the Castle Weiherburg (1480), a venue for exhibitions and contemporary Museum of Swarovski crystals.

It’s also a dutiful visit to the oldest inn of Austria (1390), the Golden Eagle Inn (Gasthof Goldener Adler): the entrance you can read the names of all the famous people who stopped there.