Innsbruck Travel Forum

Hi all,

We will be traveling to Innsbruck and will spend 2 nights there.. we are planning to visit the major city attractions and we learnt that the innsbruck card offers free museum entry ++ . However, the card is quite expensive and the local daily transportation is pretty reasonable. Do you think the innsbruck card is useful if we are planning on visiting these sites?.. I mean is the card valid for these places and which card should I buy(if any at all) 1 day or 2 days??

I will be visiting : The Golden Room, Triumphal Arch, St James Cathedral, St. Jacob Cathedral, Stadturm, Ambrass CAstle, Swarovski Crystal World(may be), Bergisel Ski Jump(just for the view)

I am going to stay in Art Binders Hotel in Dr.-Glatz-Strasse 20, Innsbruck, AT 6020. The hotel is about 2 km from old innsbruck and 1.5 km fom town center
Please advise if I should get an innsbruck card!!

Thanks

I would suggest buying the card. Museum entrances are free, as is all public transport, AND the Sightseer busses: (www.sighseer.at), which come in handy. You can hop on and off these busses whenever you wish. The Sightseer bus has two routes. They travel to the Bergisel, the Ambras Castle, the Triumphal Arch, among other places. I'm not sure what you mean by the Golden Room. There is the "Goldenes Dachl", or "Golden Porch/Roof", which can be viewed for free from the street. It also does have a small museum though. There are also shuttles running to Crystal World, which are included. You also can travel on several of the "cable cars" at no cost. Gary

Thank you!! That's really helpful.

You are welcome. A few more places you may wish to visit are the Wilten Basilica, which has a stunning interior. It has no entrance fee, but you can make donations. The Imperial Palace, which is on the edge of the Old Quarter can also be partially toured. There is also the Kaiserjaeger Museum commemorating the battle for Austrian independence, and the Bell Museum, which a lot of people find quite interesting. The view from the ski jump is pretty nice, but,f or the best views of the city, you could take one of the cable cars up the mountain on the far side of the Inn River. That would be rather time consuming though. Gary

Two web sites that might be of interest: (1) www.panoramablick.com. This is a webcam site. They have a webcam of the "Goldenes Dachl", and several others, of Innsbruck. (2) www.whatsonwhen.com. This is a site that can be used world-wide, that lists local events, festivals, exhibitions, music, sports, etc. They sometimes have listings that the local tourism sites somehow miss. Gary