CityBest December – March, June – September

Innsbruck

Tyrol's capital, a medieval bridge town on the Inn with the mountains standing directly over the old town.

Innsbruck began as a crossing point over the Inn — the name means "bridge over the Inn" — and became one of Emperor Maximilian I's residences, which is where the Golden Roof in the old town comes from. It is a working city of more than 130,000 people rather than a resort, with the Brenner Pass 30 kilometres to the south and peaks close enough to the centre to see from the end of most streets.

Photo: Simon Legner (User:simon04), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where to stay in Innsbruck

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Krampus

The Best Places to See Krampus

Seven Alpine towns where horned Krampus and Perchten run the streets in late November and early December — including Austria's smallest town, which drums on petrol tanks.

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Seefeld

An old farming and pilgrimage village on a high plateau north-west of Innsbruck, now a cross-country skiing resort.