MINI GUIDE
Active in the Tyrol
COMPILED BY NATALIE MILLMAN, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KERRY CHRISTIANI. PHOTOGRAPHS: BART PRO/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO, GMBH/REX SHUTTERSTOCK, © MEDIA LOUNGE/HERBERT WACKERLE, MARTIN RAFFEINER/MULTI VISUAL ART, © TVB ST ANTON AM ARLBERGTyrol essentials The know-how
FURTHER READING
Lonely Planet’s Austria
(US$24.99) has a chapter
on Tyrol & Vorarlberg,
which is also available to
download at lonelyplanet.
com (US$4.95). Zillertaler
Gästezeitung magazine
contains plenty of
information on outdoor
activities – see zgs.at/
medien/zillertaler-
gaestezeitung (in German
only). Scenes from the
recent Bond film Spectre
were filmed in Sölden,
the Ötztal
and
Obertilliach
in eastern
Tyrol.APRÈS-SKI FAVOURITES
St Anton is Austria’s après-ski
king. Here’s where the locals
like to party as hard as they ski:
OTaps The cheapest beer on the
mountain and a resident DJ
keeping the party in full swing.
There’s a huge sun terrace and
free homemade schnapps.
OFanghouse A laid-back
hangout with a big terrace and
Jägermeister shots served at
-17°C. Live music and quiz nights
are also on offer.
OPiccadilly A loud, crowded
British pub with live music.
OHeustadl A shack fit to
bursting, with live music
most afternoons.
OMooserwirt Beer drinkers
dance the evening away to
a Eurotrash mix.
OKrazy Kanguruh
Owned by two-time
slalom world
champion Mario Matt,
this slope-side hot-
spot is loud, fun and
jam-packed after 5pm.Hotel Weisses Kreuz has
hosted guests in Innsbruck for
500 years, including a 13-year-
old Mozart. There are wood-
panelled parlours and a twisting
staircase, rooms are comfortable,
and breakfast is a lavish spread
(weisseskreuz.at; from US$80).
Pretty gardens, warm-hued
rooms with pine trappings,
balconies with mountain views- Hotel Villa Licht is a charming
Tyrolean chalet in Kitzbühel, and
the owner goes out of her way
for guests (villa-licht.at; Franz-
Reisch-Straße 8; from US$160).
WHERE TO STAY
High on a hilltop near Zell am
Ziller, Enzianhof is a rustic
farmhouse perfectly located for
hiking and skiing, and has warm,
spacious rooms. The farmer
makes his own schnapps and
smokes his own ham (enzianhof.
eu; Gerlosberg 23; from US$58).TRANSPORT
Lufthansa provides the most
direct flight from Singapore to
Tyrol’s capital with one stop
(from US$1,051; lufthansa.com).
Innsbruck Airport lies three miles
west of the city centre, and bus F
departs every 15 or 20 minutes to
Maria-Theresien-Strasse
(US$2.18), while taxis charge
about US$11. Salzburg Airport
may also be useful for the
easternmost parts of Tyrol.
Regional transport, covering
buses, trams and Österreiche
Bundesbahn trains, is run by the
Verkehrsverbund Tirol (vvt.at). A
single ticket costs US$2.18, a day
pass US$4.10.Activities SleepingHotel Villa Licht features eight
doubles with individual designs