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Unterberg 40 (Brennerstrasse), Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
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South side of the River Inn,Innsbruck,Austria.
Hi all,
We will be traveling to Innsbruck and will spend 2 nights there.. we are planning to visit the major city attractions and we learnt that the innsbruck card offers free museum entry ++ . However, the card is quite expensive and the local daily transportation is pretty reasonable. Do you think the innsbruck card is useful if we are planning on visiting these sites?.. I mean is the card valid for these places and which card should I buy(if any at all) 1 day or 2 days??
I will be visiting : The Golden Room, Triumphal Arch, St James Cathedral, St. Jacob Cathedral, Stadturm, Ambrass CAstle, Swarovski Crystal World(may be), Bergisel Ski Jump(just for the view)
I am going to stay in Art Binders Hotel in Dr.-Glatz-Strasse 20, Innsbruck, AT 6020. The hotel is about 2 km from old innsbruck and 1.5 km fom town center
Please advise if I should get an innsbruck card!!
Thanks
I would suggest buying the card. Museum entrances are free, as is all public transport, AND the Sightseer busses: (www.sighseer.at), which come in handy. You can hop on and off these busses whenever you wish. The Sightseer bus has two routes. They travel to the Bergisel, the Ambras Castle, the Triumphal Arch, among other places. I'm not sure what you mean by the Golden Room. There is the "Goldenes Dachl", or "Golden Porch/Roof", which can be viewed for free from the street. It also does have a small museum though. There are also shuttles running to Crystal World, which are included. You also can travel on several of the "cable cars" at no cost. Gary
Thank you!! That's really helpful.
You are welcome. A few more places you may wish to visit are the Wilten Basilica, which has a stunning interior. It has no entrance fee, but you can make donations. The Imperial Palace, which is on the edge of the Old Quarter can also be partially toured. There is also the Kaiserjaeger Museum commemorating the battle for Austrian independence, and the Bell Museum, which a lot of people find quite interesting. The view from the ski jump is pretty nice, but,f or the best views of the city, you could take one of the cable cars up the mountain on the far side of the Inn River. That would be rather time consuming though. Gary
Two web sites that might be of interest: (1) www.panoramablick.com. This is a webcam site. They have a webcam of the "Goldenes Dachl", and several others, of Innsbruck. (2) www.whatsonwhen.com. This is a site that can be used world-wide, that lists local events, festivals, exhibitions, music, sports, etc. They sometimes have listings that the local tourism sites somehow miss. Gary
See the Goldenes Dachl(Golden Roof)it was added to the front of the previous ducal palace to commemorate Emperor MaximilianI's marriage to Bianca Maria Sforza of Milan in 1494.It is decorated with more than 2,000
gilt copper tiles.
Duke Friedrich IV got the house in 1401 . Queen Maria Theresia had it transformed into a monumental residence of late baroque style.
In 1990 a renovation of the Imperial Residence begun. Inside there´s today restauration and a museum.
The buiding itself is very beautiful, on the photo you can see a part of it.
This is a picture of the arch at the end of the Maria Thereisenstrasse. It was quite weird to see all the traffic going around it and even through the arch. Hahaha, add to that a little bit of rain, and the arch looked more like a traffic obstacle than a monument.
History of the arch :
Empress Maria Theresia had the Triumphal Arch built to commemorate the marriage of her son, the later Emperor Leopold II, to Maria Ludovica from Spain. His father, Francis I Stephen of Lothringen, died during the celebrations.
The marble reliefs were created by Balthasar Moll in 1744. One side of the Arch symbolizes the joyful aspect of the event, the other side the sadness.
It's wonderful how the people of Innsbruck celebrate their new year's eve. There's a big party on the streets of the old town. At midnight there is a big firework display at the river - along with music especially composed for this event. Afterwards the people are waltzing in the street. A very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. I can really recommend this place for new year's!
Bring water!!!!! Because you are up so high and walking so much, you should bring a bottle of water to stop you getting dehydrated. We found a water pump up around Hohenstrasse on the west bank and we were so glad to find it :)
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