Alpbach Travel Guide

 himalia11 Says:  At the Hösljoch, a pass between the Alpbach valley and the Wildschönau valley, there’s a nice small chapel, obviously dedicated to Saint Mary. When you walk there from Alpbach using the street, you will automatically reach the Marienweg (Saint Mary road) which leads to the... 

 himalia11 Says:  There are two high routes from Alpbach to its neighbour village Inneralpbach - the upper one ("Oberer Höhenweg") and the middle one (Mittlerer Höhenweg"). We took the middle one and had nice views back to Alpbach and the Wiedersbergerhorn mountain on the other side of the... 

 himalia11 Says:  The church of Alpbach is a small baroque church with the altars being constructed by native artists of Alpbach, the Bletzacher family. The first church was build 1200 as an even smaller church who was extended multiple times until it got its current apperance in the 18th... 

 himalia11 Says:  The Gratlspitz is the mountain where Alpbach lies on, separating the Wildschönau valley and the Alpbachtal valley. Its main summit is 1899m above sea level, and there are also two subpeaks.Several hiking paths lead up to the summit. We however did hike around the Gratlspitz... 

 himalia11 Says:  The Wiedersberger Horn is the mountain that you see from everywhere in Alpbach as it’s on the opposite side of the Alpbachtal valley. Its summit is 2127m above sea level.There’s a gondola lift from the Alpbach valley up to the Wiedersberger Horn. The mountain station of that... 

 himalia11 Says:  The Gasthof Messner’s (or Messnerwirt) offers pizzas as well as local food. We sat outside on the terrace and had a Pizza Diavolo and Mixed Grill which both was delicious. The same family also owns the Gasthof Jakober which is above the Messnerwirt; it seems they have the... 

 himalia11 Says:  The restaurant of the hotel Post was one that we got recommended by the locals and it really was good. We enjoyed our Cordon bleu and the Lasagne there. They serve mainly local food and have lunchtime specials that seems to be rather cheap. The Lasagne was a such and is not... 

 himalia11 Says:  There are two gondola lifts in that region, one in Alpbach and one in Reith, the neighbour town. Plus one in Kramsach, the Sonnwendjochbahn, a chair lift for one person each. And in winter, there are additional ski lifts.The gondola lift in Alpbach goes up to the... 

 himalia11 Says:  When you stay in one of the villages in this area, you will get the “Alpbachtal Seenland Card”. With this, you can use quite a lot of things free of charge. Okay, you pay a visitor’s tax of 2 € per day and person, but especially the gondola lifts are expensive, so I really...