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Innsbruck special report
The word Innsbruck conjures up images of skiing, snow, gluwein and quaint little Austrian chalets and that is a pretty good assessment – it is an amazingly picturesque city with massive mountains in its back yard.
Silvana Giuliani, who has responsibility for international marketing for the city told TravelMole at the actb’07 trade show in Vienna that while Innsbruck had grown immensely and is now the pre-eminent ski resort in Europe, but has lost none of its magic and charm.
She explained that amazing thing about Innsbruck was that the mountains were so close and you could actually get a cable car from the city centre to the ski reports and slopes.
“There are 25 resorts on the sunny terraces alone between 900m and 1500m without taking into account those higher up,” said Giuliani.
“There are nine ski areas with 285kms of downhill and 70 lifts and cable cars so there is never any shortage of ski runs and variety and most are interconnected in one way or another and the amazing thing is that a ski pass will only cost you €165 for six days.
“If you do not want to ski, the city and resorts have masses of really great shopping, bars, cafes, restaurants and entertainment to choose from and Italy is only 30 minutes away by motorway.
“In the summer from the beginning of June to the end of August, we also offer a
free mountain hiking programme, which is very popular and the guides are from the Mountaineering School so highly trained and we also offer free shuttle buses.
“We are also very fortunate that Innsbruck features in all the major ski and summer Europe programmes so it should be fairly easy to book.”
For more information on Innsbruck visit www.innsbruck.info
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