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HIKING IN TIROL

(Innsbruck - Kirchberg - Kitzbühl - St Johann - Fieberbrunn - Leogan - Salzburg)

DAY 1 INNSBRUCK Maximilian with 24 depicts showing his Salve or Pillersee Valley, offer the visitors
Arrival at the airport and transfer to life; the colored houses along the river Inn a wide range of hiking and biking trails,
the hotel. In the evening we invite you and the famous Golden Roof. ski slopes and swimming alternatives in
to join a typical Tirolean dinner with a Free time to enjoy the city on our own winter and summer.
show of folklore dances and music at and in the afternoon transfer to Kirchberg Through forests and alpine meadows, we
Gundolf’s. Transfer back to the hotel and in Tirol. Arrival and accommodation. will hike to the world-famous ski slope
accommodation. “Hahnenkamm” ( Alternative: you can
DAY 3 KIRCHBERG IN TIROL also take the cable car to the top, if you
DAY 2 INNSBRUCK – KIRCHBERG IN – KITZBÜHEL ( 1st hiking day, 15km, want an easier way ).
TIROL approx. 7 hrs ) From here we will get the best views
In the morning, we will go for a guided Crossing along 8 countries, from France over the Wilder Kaiser Mountain and
tour around the city, combining a bus to Slovenia, the Alps are the largest the valleys. Afterwards we start the
tour to Bergisel Ski Jump, built on 1920 and highest mountain range in Europe, way down to the valley until we arrive in
and used for 2 Winter Olympic Games with magnificen tops like Mont-Blanc, Kitzbühel, the glamorous alpine village.
editions, in 1964 and 1976. The current Matterhorn or Kreuzjoch, among other Accommodation.
form is due to a reconstruction on 2003, majestic mountains. Lunch on the way with the prepared
designed by the architect Zaha Hadid. Within the mountain range there are the picnic lunch to take away from the hotel.
We go back to the city center, where we so-called Kitzbühel Alps, which extend
will see its main sightseeing on a walking between Tirol and Salzburg, being the DAY 4 KITZBÜHEL – ST JOHANN
tour, such as the Maria-Theresia Arch; the Tirolean part the largest one. Towns like in TIROL ( 2nd hiking day, 18,5km,
Imperial Apartments; St James Cathedral Hopfgarten, Kitzbühel and Kirchberg, approx. 8 hrs )
and the Court Church with its impressive surrounded by mountains and parks Kitzbühel has turned to be the ski hotspot
cenotaph dedicated to Emperor as Wilder Kaiser, Hohe Tauern, Hohe in Austria, so it is quite easy to meet
famous faces around. This medieval town
with colorful painted houses hosts the ski
race at the Hahnenkamm, which joins the
best skiers and personalities for the race
and its after-ski parties.
Through the beautiful landscape of
Kitzbüheler Alps we will arrive in St
Johann in Tirol, center of this alpine area.
Salzburg Accommodation.
Lunch on the way with the prepared
St. Johan AUSTRIA picnic lunch to take away from the hotel.
Kitzbühel Fieberbrunn
innsbruck DAY 5 ST JOHANN in TIROL
Kirchberg Leogang – FIEBERBRUNN ( 3rd hiking day,
in Tirol 10km, approx. 5 hrs )
In the morning we will enjoy a walking
tour around the town, which history
goes back to the 8th century. With the
discovery of cooper and silver mines in
the surroundings, the town experienced
its larger increase of wealth and

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