"Hiking holidays in Alpbach" Alpbach by himalia11

Alpbach Travel Guide: 14 reviews and 36 photos

Alpbach

Alpbach is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, and lies on a plateau above the Alpbach valley, at almost 1000m above sea level . It’s located between Wörgl (26 km) and Innsbruck (51 km).
It’s a touristy place with many hotels, appartments and restaurants – actually they offer as many beds as they have inhabitants, which is around 2500. But still it wasn’t busy there, maybe that changes in winter! Alpbach really is a charming town with having only wooden houses, so it’s no surprise that it was voted "Austria´s most beautiful village" in 1983.
Interesting is that they do not have any street names. Instead, all houses only have a three digit number. It’s a bit confusing, especially as I still don’t understand after which system they distribute these numbers!

Kaiserklamm

Fortunately we had a wonderful weather and therefore did spend our time with hiking. We hardly did anything else, and as I don’t walk that much usually, it’s not surprise that I was pretty exhausted afterwards! But the view was always really rewarding!

But we also did some excursions: we drove to Kramsach (11 km from Alpbach) and visited the funny cemetery there and also went to the lakes. And we visited the two gorges near Brandenberg, the Tiefenbachklamm (14 km from Alpbach) and the (more interesting) Kaiserklamm (26 km from Alpbach).

Pros and Cons

In a nutshell:A great place for hiking!

Last visit to Alpbach: Jul 2011
Intro Updated Jul 29, 2011
Add to Trip Planner (?)
Report Abuse

Reviews (14)

Not only good pizzas! Restaurants (3)

The Gasthof Messner’s (or Messnerwirt) offers pizzas as well as local food. We sat outside on the terrace and had a... more travel advice

Don't take a pizza... Restaurants (3)

The restaurant Postalm is located next to the Hotel Post, it’s on the left when coming up the main street from the... more travel advice

Good restaurant Restaurants (3)

The restaurant of the hotel Post was one that we got recommended by the locals and it really was good. We enjoyed our... more travel advice

Great appartment Hotels (1)

We had a very nice time in the “Haus Schmetterling” (butterfly house). We had appartment “Enzian” with two bedrooms, a... more travel advice

Favorites (2)
See All Get a hiking map!
Transportation (2)
See All The "Postbus"

Things to Do (6)
See All Reither Badesee (swimming lake in Reith)
Been to Alpbach?
Share your travels with the world!

Comments (1)

- Report abuse
balhannah Jan 12, 2013 at 8:39 PM

What a beautiful area for you to hike in! Fabulous photo's!
- Report abuse
  himalia11 Jan 13, 2013 at 2:04 AM
  
  Thanks for your comment! It's really great there, I could go there again...