Tyrol · Austria

Innsbruck

A walkable Alpine capital with a funicular straight up the mountain.

Two hours from Munich, Innsbruck is the only city in the Alps where you can finish breakfast in the old town and be skiing or hiking above 2,000m by lunch. The Nordkettenbahn — a Zaha Hadid–designed cable system — does the heavy lifting.

How to get there

From	Car	Train	Flight
Munich	2h	1h 50m	—
Vienna	5h	4h 15m Railjet	55m
Zurich	4h	4h 30m	1h

Budget breakdown

Estimated 2-night trip for two travelers.

Old-town hotel (2 nights)	£204
Meals	£119
Train tickets	£76.50
Nordkette cable + lift pass	£76.50
Estimated total	£476

A 2-day itinerary

Day 1
Morning
Walk the Maria-Theresien-Straße, coffee at Café Munding (oldest in Tyrol).
Afternoon
Cable car up Nordkette, walk the panoramic trail at Seegrube.
Evening
Dinner at Stiftskeller — schnitzel and a Tirolean Grüner Veltliner.
Day 2
Morning
Hike or ski above Hafelekar; views to the Italian border.
Afternoon
Late lunch at Igls then the Bergisel ski jump platform.
Evening
Wine bar in the old town before the train home.