Tyrol
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Tyrol (German: Tirol) is a historical region in the heart of the Alps. It consists of North, East and South Tyrol. North and East Tyrol together make up the Austrian federal-state of Tyrol with its capital in Innsbruck. South Tyrol, despite its German speaking majority, has been part of Italy since the end of World War I. It makes up the northern portion of the alpine Italian province Trentino-Alto Adige with its capital in Bolzano (Italian) or Bozen (German).
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- Bolzano/Bozen - capital of South Tyrol
- Stubaier
- Pinswang
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There is an international airport in Innsbruck (ICAO code: LOWI) which has schedules to Vienna, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Graz, Nice, Hannover, Stavanger, Alghero, Gothenburg and Olbia. Schedules may differ in winter. SkyEurope is a discount airline that flies to Innsbruck. The Munich Airport, 2.5 hours away, is another alternative. There are vans that will meet you at the Munich Airport and take you directly to your lodging in or around Innsbruck for the price of a comparable train ticket.
There is also an airfield in St. Johann in Tirol (ICAO code: LOIJ), with a 750 m asphalt runway.
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Innsbruck has connections to all major cities in Austria such as Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Linz and Bregenz.
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by car
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sightseing
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- Obergurgl Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl, Ramolweg 5, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ +43 (0) 5256 6223 (info@edelweiss-gurgl.com, fax: +43 (0) 5256 6449), [1]. edit
- Hotel Auracher Loechl, Römerhofgasse 2-5, 6330 Kufstein, ☎ +43 (0) 5372 62138 (hotel-weinhaus@auracher-loechl.at, fax: +43 (0) 5372 62138-51), [2]. edit
- Granat Schlössl, Schlossweg 3, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ ++43 (0)5256/636363 (info@hotel-obergurgl.at, fax: ++43 (0)5256/6363 15), [3]. edit
- Hotel Lamark, A-6263 Hochfügen Nr. 5, ☎ 0043-5280-225 (info@lamark.at, fax: 0043-5280-227), [4]. edit
- Hotel Tiroler Adler, Kirchgasse 1, A-6384 Waidring, ☎ +43 (0)53 53 53 11-200 (info@tiroler-adler.at, fax: +43 (0) 53 53 53 11-50), [5]. edit
- Hotel Gridlon, A-6574 Pettneu am Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5448 8208 (hotel@gridlon.com, fax: ++43 (0)5448 8208-68), [6]. edit
- Hotel Hospiz, A-6580 St. Christoph / Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5446 2611 (info@arlberghospiz.at, fax: ++43 (0)5446 3773), [7]. edit
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