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Austria |
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Language(s) | German |
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Currency | Euro |
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Phone Code | +43 |
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Population | 8,316,487 |
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Area | 83,872 sq km |
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Capital | Vienna |
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GDP | $307.07 billion |
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Austria |
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Language(s) | German |
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Currency | Euro |
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Phone Code | +43 |
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Population | 8,316,487 |
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Area | 83,872 sq km |
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Capital | Vienna |
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GDP | $307.07 billion |
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Innsbruck Alpenzoo Innsbruck, The Tyrol 0512 29 23 23 http://www.alpenzoo.at |
Zoo/Aquarium Hours: It’s open daily from 9 am |
Innsbruck Alpenzoo is a hit with kids, and involves a ride up the Hungerburgbahn funicular at the base of the Seegrube and a pleasant stroll through the woods. The zoo is home to more than 2,000 Alpine animals – 150 species are represented. The park can also be reached by car.
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Herzog Friedrich Strasse 15 Innsbruck, The Tyrol 0512 58 11 11 |
Museum Admission Fee: €Euro 4 Hours: Visit May through September daily from 10 am-6 pm, and October through April, Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am-5 pm |
Innsbruck’s small but charming old town is the center of the city’s tourist action. Here, visitors wander back alleys, shop in the boutiques, and dine in outdoor cafés. Additionally, Innsbruck boasts 18 museums on topics ranging from alpinism to bells, running second only to Vienna among Austria’s museum cities. At Herzog Friedrich Strasse 15, beneath the landmark Goldenes Dachl, or Golden Roof, is the Maximilianeum Museum. The museum memorializes the life of Emperor Maximilian I, great patron of Austrian art, music, and architecture.
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Ötzi, The Ötztal Innsbruck, Innsbruck & the Tyrol 05253 649 49 http://www.oetztaler-funpark.at |
Theme Park Admission Fee: €Euro 4.00 Hours: Daily from July through late September, 9 am to 11 pm, on September weekdays closing at 6 pm |
More popular with kids is the nearby Ötztaler Fun Park, a climbing, jumping, swinging, skating kind of place – a playground paradise open daily from July through late September, 9 am to 11 pm, on September weekdays closing at 6 pm.
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Langenfeld, Innsbruck, Innsbruck & the Tyrol 05253 55 40 http://www.oetztal-museum.at |
Museum Admission Fee: €Free Hours: June through September, Monday through Friday, 10 am-noon and 2 to 5 pm, Sundays from 2 to 4 pm |
Farther up the valley at Langenfeld, the Ötztaler Heimat-und Freilichtmuseum shows off historical buildings, tools, and traditions from a more recent age. It’s open June through September,
Monday through Friday, 10 am-noon and 2 to 5 pm, Sundays from 2 to 4 pm. An English- language guide to the park is available.
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Via Museo /Museumstraße 43 I- 39100 Bolzano, Innsbruck & the Tyrol +39 (0)471 320 100 http://www.archaeologiemuseum.it |
Museum Admission Fee: €Euro 10.00 Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: entry 10 am - 5.30 pm |
The Timmelsjoch high Alpine road leads south from Hochgurgl up through the Ötztal’s glacier country, over the 2,509-m Timmelsjoch Pass, descending across the border into Italy. The scenic route is open in summer only, from late May through September, and the current toll is Euro 10.
Farther into Italy along the same route is the town of Bolzano, home to Ötzi and the South Tyrol Archaeological Museum.
