Hotels & Ski Resorts In Innsbruck, Austria
Innsbruck is located in the western part of Austria, is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol and one of the most popular ski resorts this country has. Austria is a mountainous country, on its territory stretching large parts of Alps, and as a result there is a huge number of excellent skiing areas. The high quality of Austrian ski trails is confirmed by the fact that Innsbruck hosted 2 editions of the Winter Olympic Games, in 1964 and 1976. The city of Innsbruck is located in a valley surrounded by imposing ridges - Hafelekar (2,334 meters or 7,657 feet), Patscherkofel (2,246 meters or 7,369 feet), and Serles (2,718 meters or 8,917 feet), offering easy access to a multitude of ski runs, but also to other winter sport facilities like cross-country skiing.
Around Innsbruck are situated several very good ski resorts - Nordkette, Axamer Lizum, Patscherkofel, Igls, Seefeld, Tulfes and Stubai Valley. Nordkette features some of the steepest ski runs in Europe, the Hafelekarrinne, which has a gradient of 70% and therefore it is recommended to expert skier only. There are also many easy slopes, so this resort near Innsbruck is an excellent ski destination also for families with kids. Axamer Lizum stretches from an altitude of 5,019 feet (1,530 meters) to 7,677 feet (2,340 meters), features numerous runs for all level skier and has a snow making systems that covers about 75% of slopes, providing in this way excellent skiing from mid-November to beginning of May. It housed several ski competitions during the Olympic Games. Patscherkofel lies at only 4 miles (7 kilometers) south to Innsbruck, rises up to 7,639 feet (2,246 meters) and was the main site of the men's downhill races during the Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck.
Today Patscherkofel offers slopes for all levels of ability and 8 lifts, being a preferred ski destination for intermediate and expert skier who book vacations in Innsbruck. Igls has several excellent downhill runs (used for high level competitions, including the Olympic Games), but is also popular for the cross-country ski tracks, the bobsled run, the natural ice skating rink, and Alpine curling. Seefeld is located at 11 miles (17 kilometers) northwest of Innsbruck and is famous in Europe as a great center for cross-country skiing; it has also two small areas for Alpine skiing recommended to beginners. Tulfes is a small village situated at about 8 miles (12 kilometers) east of Innsbruck and features mostly easy slopes suitable generally for beginners, 7 ski lifts and almost 13 miles (20 kilometers) of cross-country trails. Stubai Valley is a another picturesque village located near Innsbruck that is renowned for the Stubai Glacier, but also as a great destination for family vacations; the glacier skiing area features over 62 miles (100 kilometers) of ski trails and excellent snow conditions from October to June.
Ski resorts in the entire region around Innsbruck depend seriously on tourist industry, and as a result tourist infrastructure is very well developed including a large number of accommodation options like vacation rental properties and hotels. The lodging amenities are very good, the Austrian cuisine is fantastic and some of the most popular hotels in Innsbruck are Hotel Grand Europa, Hilton Innsbruck Hotel, Sporthotel Igls, Romantik Hotel Schwarzer Adler, Best Western Hotel Mondschein, Hotel Innsbruck, Austria Trend Hotel Congress Innsbruck, Hotel Tyrolis, Tourotel Breinossl, and many others.
In the high season hotel rooms fill up quickly with tourists, yet the extremely large number of hotels makes the competition very harsh on the travel scene and therefore most of accommodations try to attract more tourists by offering convenient ski packages, discount room rates for early bookings, different vacation specials and travel deals.
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