3.5 Stars
Shopping street close to old part of town
Stadtturm
Karwendel
Andreas Hofer tomb
Hi,
Myself and a friend are going to visit Innsbruck in May and are thinking of staying in a hotel in Pastch. Is there public transport from Patsch to Innsbruck? How frequent is it? Are the other sights and places of interest of Innsbruck reachable by public transport from Patsch?
Thanks,
nodonnel.
Hi there :-)
I cannot give you a completely knowledgable answer but I can tell you I stayed at Hotel Bar in Patsch and... had I not had my own car I would have felt rather stranded in the middle of Heidi country :-D I do not remember seeing any other vehicles on the road in the couple of days I was there, save a coach with a tour of elderly Germans and a handful of bikers.
...enjoy the clean air and cow bells ^^
The most famous place in Innsbruck I guess. The building was built in 1420, in Friedrich IV times. It was a Tirol Dukes' Residence here. The gilded copper roof was built later by Maximillian I in 1500. There are 2738 tiles that make up the roof.
Apfelstrudel is a traditional pastry of Austria and a popular dish in many countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is the most widely known kind of strudel.
Well if you like sweet, don't miss that, you are inside the country who is really specialist in making that, in every way, so taste it, well the portions are usually pretty big, so enjoy it and lick your mustache :)
The Maria-Theresien-Strasse is one of the main streets in Innsbruck, famous for its view of the Nordkette mountain which dominates the city. I remember the morning I woke up in my hotel bedroom and having arrived quite late the night before, I was not really prepared for the view that would meet me. I looked out the window and saw rock and and actually felt quite claustrophobic by it. It seemed to rise up forever, going higher and higher.
The city is rich in history. Maximilian 1 based the imperial court here in the 1490's.
Many places of interest are situated in the central precincts of the Altstadt a small area by the river and the Graben, which is a curving street which follows the path of what used to be a moat. This leads up to the Maria-Theresien-Strasse.
Opposite Helbinghaus is the Stadtturm, the city tower. It dates from the 15th century, and from the top you get great panoramic views of the city and out towards the Nordkette mountains. We went up to get a better view of the planes as they come in to land at Innsbruck airport - they fly so low they almost seem to be level with the tower!
See further below for some great shots from up the tower.
Everybody knows the famous Sacher café in Vienna - which also opened an outlet in Innsbruck in 1999. Locals like the Sacher breakfast for special occasions, tourists will go there to try the famous Sacher cake (which I personally do not think is sooo special - but find out yourself!).
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