# Innsbruck

The capital of the Tyrol, in the Inn valley, twice host of the Winter Olympics (1964 and 1976). A funicular and a cable car climb from the centre to the Nordkette, above 2,000 m.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/tyrol/innsbruck · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## How to get there from Spain

Innsbruck has an airport, with seasonal flights, but the usual way is to fly to Munich, Zurich or Vienna and continue by train: from Munich it takes under two hours. The central station is a ten-minute walk from the old town.

## Getting around and which card is worth it

The centre can be explored on foot and the rest by tram and bus. If you are going to make more than two visits in a day, the Innsbruck Card is worth it: €69 for 24 hours, €79 for 48 hours and €89 for 72 hours, with the Nordkette, the Hofburg, the Alpenzoo, Swarovski Kristallwelten and its shuttle, public transport and the sightseeing bus. If you sleep two nights or more, your accommodation usually gives you the Welcome Card free, with transport and discounts, but without admissions.

## Crowds and what to book

You hardly need to book anything: the Nordkette and the museums are bought on the day, and Swarovski is a little cheaper online. In November 2026 the Nordkette closed from the 2nd to the 19th, and Ambras is closed all month.

## Where to sleep and eat

For two nights, sleep in the old town: the Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz, in a house from 1465 a hundred metres from the Golden Roof, is five minutes from the Nordkette funicular. If you are driving, the Hotel Bierwirt, in Amras beside Ambras Castle, has free parking; with a campervan or tent, the Ferienparadies Natterer See campsite is 7 km away, beside a bathing lake, and open all year.

To eat, the Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl serves Tyrolean cooking every day, Sundays too, with the kitchen open from 11:30 to 21:30. For breakfast or an afternoon snack, the strudel at the Strudel-Café Kröll, on the same Hofgasse. And for a special dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, Das Schindler, on the Maria-Theresien-Straße.

If you are coming from Munich, you have two day plans by train, the Nordkette and the old town or Ambras and Swarovski Kristallwelten, and a two-night getaway.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Alps
- Cerca: Munich (a 97.6 km · Germany), Dolomites (a 99.9 km · Italy), Hohe Tauern (a 112.0 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Nordkette, from the old town to the Hafelekar at 2,256 m** (4 h · All ages · Desde 59 € adult, return to the Hafelekar): What it is
The Nordkette is the mountain range that closes Innsbruck to the north, and you go up it from the very centre. From the Altstadt station, five minutes from the old town, the Hungerburgbahn funicular crosses the Inn and climbs to Hungerburg; from there, the Seegrube cable car takes you to 1,905 m and the Hafelekar one to 2,256 m. The funicular stations are the work of Zaha Hadid. You can have breakfast in the old town and be in the high mountains before mid-morning.
The route
The cable cars leave every 15 minutes, and continuously when it is busy. Allow half a day to go up, look and come down calmly.
Opening hours

Hungerburgbahn: Monday to Friday, from 7:15 to 19:15; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, from 8 to 19:15.
Seegrubenbahn: from 8:30 to 17:30. On the first Friday of each month, until 23:30.
Hafelekarbahn: from 9 to 16:45.

It closes for maintenance from 2 to 19 November 2026 and from 26 to 30 April 2027. The winter season runs from 20 November 2026 to 25 April 2027.
Prices
Fares in force from 20 November 2026, return:

To the Hafelekar (Top of Innsbruck): €59 adults, €54.30 seniors and students, €47.20 young people and €35.40 children.
To the Seegrube: €53.10 adults and €31.90 children.
To Hungerburg: €15.30 adults and €9.20 children.
Top of Innsbruck with the Alpenzoo: €64 adults and €42 children.

A single to the Hafelekar costs €35.40. Children are those born between 2011 and 2020; under-6s travel free with their parents. Young people are those born between 2008 and 2010. Bring ID: it is asked for on reduced fares.
The Innsbruck Card, sold at the Altstadt station from €69 for 24 hours, includes one ascent and one descent to the Hafelekar, without buying a separate ticket. The Freizeitticket Tirol is also valid.
Bikes
A bike pays €7 per journey. On the Hungerburgbahn it travels free before 10:00 and from 16:30; on the Seegrubenbahn it pays all day. You cannot descend with a bike at the Alpenzoo stop.
With children
Children pay €35.40 return to the Hafelekar and under-6s do not pay. The Seegrube, with its terrace and easy paths, is the place to stay with small children; the last stage and the Hafelekar summit are already high mountain.
If the weather changes
In cloud you will see nothing from the Hafelekar. Check the webcams on the Nordkettenbahnen website before buying your ticket.
- **Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens** (2 h 30 · Families and teenagers · Desde 25 € adult, online): What it is
Swarovski Kristallwelten is the museum and park that the crystal company opened in October 1995 in Wattens, about 20 km east of Innsbruck. The entrance is the Giant: a grass-covered hill with a face, crystal eyes and a waterfall in its mouth, the idea of the Austrian artist André Heller. Under the hill are the Wunderkammern, rooms in which artists and designers work with crystal; outside, a park with outdoor works, an alpine garden and a children's area.
It works in rain, through the rooms, and in sun, through the park. Allow two to three hours.
The visit
On the way out you have the Swarovski shop, the Swarovski Optik one and the Daniels Kristallwelten restaurant, with Tyrolean and international cooking, which you can enter without a museum ticket by asking for a free pass at the counter. The audioguide is not available for now.
Opening hours
Open every day from 9 to 19; last entry is at 18. The restaurant is open from 9:30 to 19.
Tickets

Adults: €25 online and €27 at the ticket office.
Day pass with shuttle from Innsbruck: €38 adults and €16 children aged 6 to 17.

The online ticket is flexible: it is valid for one entry at any time within five days of purchase, and can be cancelled free up to 24 hours beforehand. With the Innsbruck Card you get admission and the shuttle. There is a discount with a disability card, also for the companion.
Getting there

By shuttle from Innsbruck. Return, €13 adults and €7 children aged 6 to 17; single, €9 and €5. Under-6s travel free with an adult. The ticket is bought with the online admission or on the bus. Seats are not reserved and it has a wheelchair lift. Check the timetable on the website before setting out.
By train. To Fritzens-Wattens station and from there on the on-demand RegioFlink service, booked in its app or on +43 512 909033.
By car. Kristallweltenstraße 1, Wattens. Free parking during the visit, with spaces for campervans and charging for electric cars.

Accessibility and pushchairs
Pushchairs and wheelchairs can go through the Wunderkammern and the park, except the alpine garden, which has steep stretches. Wheelchairs are lent free and there are accessible toilets next to the welcome desks.
With children
With children, the park usually lasts longer than the rooms. Children aged 6 to 13 must be accompanied by an adult on the shuttle.
- **Bergisel Ski Jump** (1 h · All ages · Desde 12 € adult): What it is
The Bergisel is the hill south of Innsbruck where ski jumping has taken place since 1927. The current ski jump was designed by Zaha Hadid for the Austrian ski federation: building work began in June 2001, the first test jump was on 31 December that year and it opened on 14 September 2002. Its 50 m tower can be seen from a good part of the city.
Jumping was held here at the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Games, and at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games. Since 1953 it has been one of the four venues of the Four Hills Tournament, held each winter around the turn of December to January. The stadium has a capacity of 28,000 spectators, the K-point is at 120 m and the winter record, 138 m, has been held by the Austrian Michael Hayböck since 2015.
What you see
Admission includes the inclined funicular and the tower lift, with unlimited rides. At the top you have the viewing terrace, about 250 m above the city: you look down the 98 m in-run and see the stadium at your feet, the Inn valley, the old town and the Nordkette opposite. About 40 m up is the Bergisel SKY panoramic restaurant, with a 360-degree view. You can also walk round the stadium on your own.
Allow an hour; more if you eat at the top.
Opening hours

November to May: Wednesday to Monday, from 9 to 17 (last entry at 16:30). Closed on Tuesdays.
June to October: every day, from 9 to 18 (last entry at 17:30).

The stadium and the Bergisel SKY close for a few days in November for maintenance: the notice on its website mentions Monday 9 to Friday 13 November. Check the website before going on those dates and on competition days.
Tickets
Prices valid until 31 December 2026:

Adults: €12.
Children aged 6 to 14: €6.50. Under-6s, free.
Seniors (women from 60 and men from 65), students under 27 and people with disabilities: €11.
Family ticket (one or two adults with their children under 15): €24.
Combined with the Das Tirol Panorama museum: €16 adults and €32 family.

There is a breakfast package at the Bergisel SKY with admission included: €35.20 adults and €21.50 children. Tickets are bought at the ticket office or in the Bergisel online shop.
Getting there and parking

By tram. Line 1 to the Stift Wilten stop and a few minutes' walk.
On the Sightseer. The sightseeing bus stops at the Tirol Panorama museum, about a 5-minute walk from the entrance.
By car. Leave the motorway at Innsbruck Süd, 1.8 km away, and put Bergisel 2 in your satnav. The car park, behind the museum, has about 90 spaces; it costs from €4 for an hour and a half and €21 for the day.

The Tirol Panorama
Five minutes' walk away is the Das Tirol Panorama museum, dedicated to the history of the Tyrol. The combined ticket with the stadium costs €16 per adult and €32 per family. Note: the Restaurant 1809, next to the museum, stops operating on 31 December 2026.
With children
Children and teenagers are impressed by leaning over the ramp from above. The funicular and the lift avoid the slopes. The stadium organises live jumping displays and guided tours: check the programme on its website.
- **Alpenzoo, the animals of the Alps** (2 h 30 · Families with small children · Desde 16 € adult): What it is
The Alpenzoo is the zoo of the animals of the Alps. It covers a little over five hectares on the slope of the Nordkette, at 750 m, above Innsbruck's old town, and brings together about 2,000 animals of about 150 species. There are no lions or elephants: everything you see lives, or used to live, in the Alps. It has about 20 of the 80 Alpine mammal species, 60 of the nearly 200 birds, 11 of the 15 reptiles, 6 of the 21 amphibians and almost all the fish of the region, in aquariums.
As well as exhibiting, it breeds endangered species: it has programmes for the citril finch and the northern birch mouse, and takes in injured or orphaned wild birds.
What the visit is like
The zoo is on a slope. Most of the paths are paved, but there are steep stretches and some steps. Allow two to three hours to see it all without rushing. The aquariums are the covered part if it rains. There is a playground and the Animahl Bistro, with simple dishes and drinks, about 70 covered seats and 80 outside.
On the zoo's website you can download the PDF map and check the public themed tours, which cost €5 on top of admission.
Opening hours
It is open every day of the year, including Sundays and public holidays:

Summer (April to October): from 9 to 18.
Winter (November to March): from 9 to 17.

The change coincides with the clock change.
Tickets
Individual prices:

Adults: €16.
Students and pensioners, with card: €13.
Children aged 6 to 17: €9.
Children aged 4 to 5: €4.

In the last hour before closing there is a reduced ticket: €9.60 for adults and €5.40 for children. With the Innsbruck Card admission is free. The season ticket costs €70 for adults.
Getting there

By funicular. The Hungerburgbahn, which leaves from the Altstadt station, next to the Congress, has its own stop, Alpenzoo. At the Altstadt station ticket office they sell the combined funicular and zoo ticket: €26 adults and €16 children, according to the Nordkette fare in force from 20 November 2026. If you also want to go up the mountain, the Top of Innsbruck Plus ZOO ticket, with the Hafelekar, costs €64.
By bus. Line W runs direct from the market square (Marktplatz) to the zoo.
On foot. About 20 minutes from the old town, uphill.
By car. Pay parking from 9 to 19: €0.50 per half hour for the first three hours and €1 for each following half hour. On some weekends and public holidays it fills up.

It combines well with the Nordkette: go up the mountain and stop at the zoo on the way down. The Hungerburgbahn station is five minutes from the old town.
With children, a pushchair or a wheelchair
It is a visit designed for families with small children. The lower area has wide paths and can be done easily in a wheelchair or with a pushchair; some paths in the upper area are steep and need assistance. There are accessible toilets. The zoo organises visits for people with disabilities, the Bärenmobil ones: they are booked at least a month ahead, from May to October, on +43 512 292323.
Dogs are not admitted, except assistance dogs registered at the ticket office with their vaccination record.
- **Ambras Castle and its chamber of art and wonders** (2 h · Adults and teenagers · Desde 16 € adult, online): What it is
Ambras Castle, on the hill south-east of Innsbruck, is one of the world's first museums. Documented since the 10th century, it was the seat of the Counts of Andechs and in 1564 became the residence of Archduke Ferdinand II of the Tyrol, who came to live here with his wife, Philippine Welser, and their two children. Ferdinand gathered armour, weapons, paintings, works of art, natural history pieces, scientific and musical instruments and a library, and had the lower castle, the Unterschloss, built to house them: the first building constructed as a museum.
Since 1919 it has belonged to the Republic of Austria and is run by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
What you see

The lower castle. Around a pentagonal courtyard are the armour rooms and the chamber of art and wonders (Kunst- und Wunderkammer), with the rare and curious objects the archduke collected, and the Antiquarium.
The upper castle. The medieval core, remodelled in the Renaissance as a residence. It has an inner courtyard, the Chapel of St Nicholas, Philippine Welser's bath, the Strasser glass collection and the Habsburg portrait gallery, which opens only from 1 April to 31 October.
The Spanish Hall. The great hall of the complex, built under the residence; in the 19th century it received a new west facade.
The park. The castle is surrounded by gardens; the Gothic sculpture collection, open from April to October, can be visited without a museum ticket.

Allow at least an hour; with the portrait gallery and the park, two.
Opening hours
Open every day from 10 to 17. Closed all of November. Tickets are valid until 17:00 on the day of purchase.
Tickets

Adults: €16 online, €18 at the ticket office.
Concession: €12 online, €14 at the ticket office.
Children and young people: free.

The audioguide costs €5 per person, €7 for two and €9 for a family; it covers the armour rooms, the chamber of art and wonders, the Spanish Hall and the portrait gallery. There are public guided tours daily for €6, but only in German. Buy your ticket on the castle's website to save €2.
Getting there and parking

By bus. Bus M goes direct to the Schloss Ambras stop. Bus 540 takes about 10 minutes from the central station.
By tram. Line 3 to Philippine-Welser-Straße and 1.2 km uphill, about 10–15 minutes. Or line 6 to Tummelplatz or Schönruh and 400 m downhill.
By car. There is little room. On the Schlossstraße you pay from 9 to 19: €1 per half hour and €8 maximum per day. Spaces for people with disabilities are next to the entrance.

Accessibility
Being a historic building, it is not fully accessible. In the lower castle, the ticket office, the armour rooms, the chamber of art and wonders, the Antiquarium and the small armoury (with lift) are barrier-free. In the upper castle the courtyard, the chapel, Philippine Welser's bath, the portrait gallery and the café are also barrier-free. The Spanish Hall is reached by stairlift. Wheelchairs are lent if you ask.
With children and dogs
It works better with teenagers than with small children: the armour and the strange objects in the chamber of wonders are what hooks them most. On Saturdays at 14:30 there is a tour for children, in German. Dogs may walk on a lead in the park, but in the museum they only enter if carried or if they are assistance dogs.
The Ferdinand café and bistro opens at the same hours as the museum. The cloakroom is free.
- **Old Town and the Golden Roof** (1 h 30 · All ages · Independent · free): What it is
Innsbruck's old town, the Altstadt, is the medieval core of the city: a few streets with arcades between the River Inn and the Hofburg, the Habsburg palace. It can be explored on foot in an hour or two and seen from the outside for free. Its main street, the Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, ends at the Goldenes Dachl, the Golden Roof, the symbol of the city.
The Golden Roof
The building was erected in 1420 as the Neuhof, residence of the princes of the Tyrol. Between 1497 and 1500, the architect Niklas Türing the Elder added to it, commissioned by Maximilian I, then king and later emperor, the oriel that has made it famous: a covered balcony with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles, built to celebrate the turn of the century.
Look at the reliefs on the balustrade. They show Maximilian with his two wives, Mary of Burgundy and Bianca Maria Sforza, a chancellor, a jester, a dancer and coats of arms. What you see are copies: the originals are in the Tiroler Landesmuseum.
The Golden Roof museum
Inside is the Museum Goldenes Dachl, at Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 15. It tells the story of the building and the emperor with antique pieces and multimedia displays, and lets you step out onto the balcony itself above the street. It has children's stations, a clue game and a stairlift to the balcony.

Hours: from May to September, every day from 10 to 17. From October to April, Tuesday to Sunday from 10 to 17; closed on Mondays. In the 2026–2027 season it is also closed on 3 and 4 November, 1 December, from 24 to 26 December and from 31 December to 1 January.
Admission: €6 adults; €3 pensioners and students; free for under-6s and with the Innsbruck Card. Family, €12.50.
Combined tickets: with the Stadtmuseum, €7.20; with the Stadtmuseum and the city tower, €10.50.

The city tower
A few steps away, the Stadtturm, completed in 1450, is half a century older than the Golden Roof. It is 51 m tall and its viewing platform, at 31 m, is reached by 133 steps. For almost 450 years watchmen warned from the top of fires and dangers, and its lower floors were a prison. The onion dome was added a century later.
It is open every day from 10 to 17, and until 20:00 from June to September, from 15 November to 23 December and on 31 December. Admission costs €4.50 adults, €3 students, under-17s and pensioners, and €2 children aged 6 to 15.
How to explore it
Start at the Golden Roof, climb the tower to see the rooftops with the Nordkette behind, and follow the arcades to the Hofburg and the Hofkirche, at the edge of the old town. To the south, the Herzog-Friedrich-Straße leads into the Maria-Theresien-Straße, the shopping street of the new town. The Hofburg and the Hofkirche have separate admission: check hours and prices on their websites.
Getting there
The old town is pedestrianised. Leave the car in a public car park in the city or arrive by tram or bus. From the Golden Roof, in five minutes you are at the Altstadt station of the Hungerburgbahn, the funicular to the Nordkette, which also stops at the Alpenzoo.
When to go
First thing in the morning, before the museums open, the streets are quieter. In December the old town hosts its Christmas market and the tower is open until 20:00, so you can see the illuminated rooftops.

## Dónde comer
- **Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl** (Restaurant, Innsbruck, €€). Qué pedir: the Tiroler Dachl Gröstl (€19.80), the tafelspitz soup with Kaspressknödel (€9.80) or the Tyrolean veal schnitzel (€33.50), and for dessert the Kaiserschmarrn.
- **Strudel-Café Kröll** (Café, Innsbruck, €). Qué pedir: a savoury strudel, spinach or vegetable and potato, and a sweet one of apple (€6.40) or curd cheese and sour cherry; if you don't know which, the assortment of three small ones.
- **Das Schindler** (Restaurant, Innsbruck, €€€). Qué pedir: the three-course menu of your choice (€74) with the organic Angus beef tartare, the Schwaz char or the Wiener Schnitzel, and for dessert the Wiener Melange of Topfenknödel and Kaiserschmarren.

## Car-free: By train from Munich and on foot around Innsbruck
Innsbruck is one of the easiest Alpine cities without a car: there are direct trains from Munich, the main station is twenty minutes' walk from the old town and the mountain starts in the centre, with the Nordkette funicular. Swarovski Kristallwelten has a shuttle from the station and Ambras a bus. The Innsbruck Card includes public transport.
Presupuesto orientativo: 120–200 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz** (Small hotel): The house
The Weisses Kreuz occupies a house in Innsbruck's old town that has been a meeting place since 1465, on the main street, the Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, less than 100 metres from the Golden Roof. The hotel says that in 1769 the young Mozart stayed here; the room where he slept is now the Mozart Suite. The current owners bought the building in 2017 and reopened it renovated in summer 2021.
It has four stars and 48 rooms, all different: from the small "Besenkammer" to suites with views of the Golden Roof. The life of the hotel is on the sixth floor: reception, open 24 hours, breakfast and the bar are there. There is a lift.
Rooms, breakfast and bar
Breakfast is served every day from 7:00 to 10:00. It is not an enormous buffet: it changes daily, with eggs made to order, barista coffee and products from local farms, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options if you let them know beforehand. The website does not publish room prices: you see them in its booking engine with your dates.
At the very top is the Blaue Brigitte, a blue bar under the roof with cocktails with and without alcohol. You don't book: you go up and sit down.
Some rooms have a sofa bed for one adult or two small children, with a supplement and always letting them know beforehand. A cot costs €40. Animals are not allowed.
Getting there and parking
From the main station it is about 20 minutes on foot. If you have a suitcase, tram 5 drops you at Anichstraße/Rathausgalerien, five minutes away. From the airport, the F bus reaches the centre in about 15 minutes without changing. A taxi can reach the door at any hour.
By car you can only enter the old town from 6:00 to 10:30, to load and unload in front of the hotel. After that, the hotel sends you to the Altstadtgarage, at Innrain 4, about 400 metres away: you take a ticket on entering and pay at reception a rate of €15 a day. That garage has no lift or chargers; for an electric car there are points at the Rathausgarage, five minutes away.
From here you have everything on foot: the Nordkette funicular station is five minutes away and the Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl and the Strudel-Café Kröll, on the Hofgasse, two.
- **Hotel Bierwirt** (Hotel, desde 118 € / night): The house
The Bierwirt is an inn in Amras, the old village in the south-east of Innsbruck where the Ambras castle stands. According to the house, it was built in early 1615, a few decades after the castle took on its Renaissance form, and it has stayed in the same family for generations. The name comes from the time when travellers in carriages brought their own food and asked the innkeeper only for beer.
Today it is a four-star hotel with 62 Tyrolean-style rooms, almost none the same as another because of years of renovation, and a restaurant with Tyrolean cooking and several wood-panelled rooms. It is a quiet place, a few minutes by car from the centre, designed for anyone arriving by car or who prefers to sleep outside the old town.
Rooms and prices
There are singles, doubles, triples and quadruples, and one adapted room. All have a bathroom, television and free Wi-Fi. The prices it publishes for 2026, per room per night, start at €118 for the single, €158 for the twin and €166 for the standard double; the triple is from €219 and the quadruple, with a double bed and a sofa bed, from €246. Half board costs €35 per person.
Breakfast is a buffet with gluten-free options. The Finnish sauna, steam bath and saunarium are open Monday to Friday from 16:00 to 22:00; on Sundays and public holidays they are closed. The restaurant keeps the same rhythm: Monday to Friday from 16:30 to 22:00, with the kitchen until 21:30, and closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. If you arrive at the weekend, have dinner in the centre.
Animals are accepted only on request and in some rooms: ask before booking.
Getting there and parking
By car, leave the A12 motorway at Innsbruck-Ost and enter by the Bichlweg. There are 70 free outdoor spaces and an underground garage for €12 a space; if you book on its website, the garage is not charged and you can cancel free up to one day before. There is a garage for bikes.
Without a car it also works: the C bus from the centre stops in front of the hotel and the tram 3 stop is a few minutes away. The main station is about 3 km away and the airport 15 minutes by taxi. You can walk to Ambras castle.

## By car: By car around Innsbruck and its plateau
A car is superfluous in the old town, which you can only enter in the small hours to unload, but it is useful if you sleep outside the centre, if you arrive in a motorhome or if you want to combine Innsbruck with Wattens and the nearby valleys. Sleep where parking is easy and enter the centre by public transport.
Presupuesto orientativo: 90–170 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Hotel Bierwirt** (Hotel, desde 118 € / night): The house
The Bierwirt is an inn in Amras, the old village in the south-east of Innsbruck where the Ambras castle stands. According to the house, it was built in early 1615, a few decades after the castle took on its Renaissance form, and it has stayed in the same family for generations. The name comes from the time when travellers in carriages brought their own food and asked the innkeeper only for beer.
Today it is a four-star hotel with 62 Tyrolean-style rooms, almost none the same as another because of years of renovation, and a restaurant with Tyrolean cooking and several wood-panelled rooms. It is a quiet place, a few minutes by car from the centre, designed for anyone arriving by car or who prefers to sleep outside the old town.
Rooms and prices
There are singles, doubles, triples and quadruples, and one adapted room. All have a bathroom, television and free Wi-Fi. The prices it publishes for 2026, per room per night, start at €118 for the single, €158 for the twin and €166 for the standard double; the triple is from €219 and the quadruple, with a double bed and a sofa bed, from €246. Half board costs €35 per person.
Breakfast is a buffet with gluten-free options. The Finnish sauna, steam bath and saunarium are open Monday to Friday from 16:00 to 22:00; on Sundays and public holidays they are closed. The restaurant keeps the same rhythm: Monday to Friday from 16:30 to 22:00, with the kitchen until 21:30, and closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. If you arrive at the weekend, have dinner in the centre.
Animals are accepted only on request and in some rooms: ask before booking.
Getting there and parking
By car, leave the A12 motorway at Innsbruck-Ost and enter by the Bichlweg. There are 70 free outdoor spaces and an underground garage for €12 a space; if you book on its website, the garage is not charged and you can cancel free up to one day before. There is a garage for bikes.
Without a car it also works: the C bus from the centre stops in front of the hotel and the tram 3 stop is a few minutes away. The main station is about 3 km away and the airport 15 minutes by taxi. You can walk to Ambras castle.
- **Ferienparadies Natterer See** (Campsite, desde 55 € / pitch): The campsite
The Natterer See is a small bathing lake on the sunny plateau south of Innsbruck, in the municipality of Natters, and around it is a five-star campsite that opens all year. It is 7 km from the city, according to its website, with the Nordkette opposite and the forest behind. It covers 150,000 m² with 180 grass pitches of 55 to 160 m², all on terraces, and it has reinforced pitches for heavy motorhomes.
Besides pitches, it rents mobile homes, an apartment and glamping lodgings, such as wooden cabins, safari tents and floating houses. For one or two nights near Innsbruck, what fits best is the pitch, with a motorhome, van or tent.
Pitches, prices and services
There are five categories. The standard one has electricity and is close to the toilet blocks; the deluxe ones, with a hedge, also have water and drainage, and some face the lake. The prices it publishes start at €55 a night for the standard pitch for two people and €60 for the deluxe ones. In high season they ask for minimum stays of up to five nights, so book early or write to have them find you a gap.
All pitches have electricity, 150 have water and drainage, and there is an emptying area for motorhomes and electric charging points. Wi-Fi is paid separately. The toilet blocks, with private bathrooms for hire if you want them, are adapted. Reception is open from 8:00 to 17:00; the minimarket and the bistro breakfast operate all year, and the restaurant with pizzeria, according to this season's calendar, until Easter 2027.
Dogs are welcome on the pitches, up to three, but not in the lodgings or the bathing area.
Getting there
The practical way is to arrive by car or motorhome: it is 7 km from the centre of Innsbruck and you can leave the car on your pitch. The barrier closes from 23:00 to 7:00, so don't come back late from dinner in the city. The campsite also offers a bus transfer and small-car rental; ask for times and prices at reception.
In summer the lake is a bathing area with a slide and boat hire, and there is a children's programme.

## By plane: Fly to Munich and take the train to Innsbruck
Innsbruck has its own airport (INN), a few kilometres from the centre, but according to Geocalia's route table it has no direct flights from Spain. The usual way is to fly to Munich (MUC), which does have them from several Spanish cities, and continue by train: from Munich's main station there are direct trains to Innsbruck, and from the airport you go with one change.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz** (Small hotel): The house
The Weisses Kreuz occupies a house in Innsbruck's old town that has been a meeting place since 1465, on the main street, the Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, less than 100 metres from the Golden Roof. The hotel says that in 1769 the young Mozart stayed here; the room where he slept is now the Mozart Suite. The current owners bought the building in 2017 and reopened it renovated in summer 2021.
It has four stars and 48 rooms, all different: from the small "Besenkammer" to suites with views of the Golden Roof. The life of the hotel is on the sixth floor: reception, open 24 hours, breakfast and the bar are there. There is a lift.
Rooms, breakfast and bar
Breakfast is served every day from 7:00 to 10:00. It is not an enormous buffet: it changes daily, with eggs made to order, barista coffee and products from local farms, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options if you let them know beforehand. The website does not publish room prices: you see them in its booking engine with your dates.
At the very top is the Blaue Brigitte, a blue bar under the roof with cocktails with and without alcohol. You don't book: you go up and sit down.
Some rooms have a sofa bed for one adult or two small children, with a supplement and always letting them know beforehand. A cot costs €40. Animals are not allowed.
Getting there and parking
From the main station it is about 20 minutes on foot. If you have a suitcase, tram 5 drops you at Anichstraße/Rathausgalerien, five minutes away. From the airport, the F bus reaches the centre in about 15 minutes without changing. A taxi can reach the door at any hour.
By car you can only enter the old town from 6:00 to 10:30, to load and unload in front of the hotel. After that, the hotel sends you to the Altstadtgarage, at Innrain 4, about 400 metres away: you take a ticket on entering and pay at reception a rate of €15 a day. That garage has no lift or chargers; for an electric car there are points at the Rathausgarage, five minutes away.
From here you have everything on foot: the Nordkette funicular station is five minutes away and the Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl and the Strudel-Café Kröll, on the Hofgasse, two.
- **Hotel Bierwirt** (Hotel, desde 118 € / night): The house
The Bierwirt is an inn in Amras, the old village in the south-east of Innsbruck where the Ambras castle stands. According to the house, it was built in early 1615, a few decades after the castle took on its Renaissance form, and it has stayed in the same family for generations. The name comes from the time when travellers in carriages brought their own food and asked the innkeeper only for beer.
Today it is a four-star hotel with 62 Tyrolean-style rooms, almost none the same as another because of years of renovation, and a restaurant with Tyrolean cooking and several wood-panelled rooms. It is a quiet place, a few minutes by car from the centre, designed for anyone arriving by car or who prefers to sleep outside the old town.
Rooms and prices
There are singles, doubles, triples and quadruples, and one adapted room. All have a bathroom, television and free Wi-Fi. The prices it publishes for 2026, per room per night, start at €118 for the single, €158 for the twin and €166 for the standard double; the triple is from €219 and the quadruple, with a double bed and a sofa bed, from €246. Half board costs €35 per person.
Breakfast is a buffet with gluten-free options. The Finnish sauna, steam bath and saunarium are open Monday to Friday from 16:00 to 22:00; on Sundays and public holidays they are closed. The restaurant keeps the same rhythm: Monday to Friday from 16:30 to 22:00, with the kitchen until 21:30, and closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. If you arrive at the weekend, have dinner in the centre.
Animals are accepted only on request and in some rooms: ask before booking.
Getting there and parking
By car, leave the A12 motorway at Innsbruck-Ost and enter by the Bichlweg. There are 70 free outdoor spaces and an underground garage for €12 a space; if you book on its website, the garage is not charged and you can cancel free up to one day before. There is a garage for bikes.
Without a car it also works: the C bus from the centre stops in front of the hotel and the tram 3 stop is a few minutes away. The main station is about 3 km away and the airport 15 minutes by taxi. You can walk to Ambras castle.

## As a family: A city with a mountain, a zoo and crystal

Innsbruck is easy with children: short distances, transport included in the Innsbruck Card and plans that mix mountain and city on the same day.

### What works best
The Nordkette, with a stop at the Alpenzoo on the way back

Swarovski Kristallwelten, with a park and a play tower

The Bergisel ski jump, with a €24 family ticket

### Where to sleep
Hotels and apartments in the centre, near the funicular station

Igls or Hall, quieter and well connected

### Where to eat
The market and cafés of the old town

The Seegrube terrace, on the Nordkette

### Bear in mind
Dogs are not admitted at the Alpenzoo

The Innsbruck Card costs half price for children aged 6 to 15

### Qué hacer as a family
- Nordkette, from the old town to the Hafelekar at 2,256 m
- Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens
- Bergisel Ski Jump
- Alpenzoo, the animals of the Alps
- Old Town and the Golden Roof

## With teenagers: Ski jumps and the mountain at 2,256 m

Teenagers like Innsbruck for its sporting side: the Olympic ski jump, the high mountains a funicular ride away and a city that is easy to explore on their own.

### What works best
The Hafelekar, at 2,256 m, with the Karwendel behind

The Bergisel tower, above the jumping hill

The armour at Ambras Castle

### Where to sleep
Hostels and hotels in the centre

Near the station, for excursions by train

### Where to eat
Fast-food stands and cafés in the centre

A Kaiserschmarrn at the Seegrube

### Bear in mind
The Innsbruck Card includes transport: they can get around on their own

Ambras closes in November

### Qué hacer with teenagers
- Nordkette, from the old town to the Hafelekar at 2,256 m
- Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens
- Bergisel Ski Jump
- Ambras Castle and its chamber of art and wonders

## With young children: Animals, funicular and a giant

With children under six, Innsbruck is done at their own pace: short funicular stretches, animals up close and a park with games.

### What works best
The Alpenzoo: ages 4 to 5 pay €4

The Hungerburgbahn funicular, only as far as Hungerburg

The park and carousel at Swarovski Kristallwelten

### Where to sleep
The centre, to get back to the hotel at nap time

Apartments with a kitchen

### Where to eat
A picnic at Hungerburg

Pastry shops in the old town

### Bear in mind
It is cold and rocky at the Hafelekar: with little ones, the Seegrube is enough

Bring a folding pushchair to combine funicular and walk

### Qué hacer with young children
- Nordkette, from the old town to the Hafelekar at 2,256 m
- Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens
- Alpenzoo, the animals of the Alps

## Consejos

### Do the sums before buying the Innsbruck Card
The Nordkette alone costs €59. With Swarovski or the Alpenzoo on the same day, the 24-hour card already pays off.

### Go up in the morning
Clouds often roll in over the Nordkette during the day.

### Sleep in the centre
Everything is on foot or a tram ride away, including the funicular station.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is the Innsbruck Card worth it?
Yes, if you do the Nordkette and at least one other visit on the same day. It costs €69 for 24 hours and includes transport.

### How many days do you need?
Two: one for the old town and the Nordkette, another for Swarovski, Bergisel or Ambras.

### Can you go with children?
Yes. The Alpenzoo, the Swarovski park and the Seegrube work very well with little ones.

### Can you reach the mountain without a car?
Yes. The Nordkette funicular leaves from the old town.