Innsbruck & the Tyrol in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Innsbruck & the Tyrol covers 13 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Innsbruck & the Tyrol rewards a detour.

The Innsbruck & the Tyrol route at a glance

• Day 1
• Day 2

Day 1

Day 1 covers 7 stops and about 0.5 km on foot, from Ambras Castle to Hofburg. 3 longer hops are best done by public transport or taxi. ≈ 0.5 km of walking, about 5 min

Morning

1. Ambras Castle: Ambras Castle above Innsbruck, the Renaissance residence of Archduke Ferdinand II and Philippine Welser, with the Spanish Hall and the only Renaissance chamber of art and wonders still in its original building. 2.8 km to the next stop: take transport
2. Bergisel: The Bergisel hill south of Innsbruck, with the ski jump designed by Zaha Hadid and opened in 2002, the scene of the Four Hills Tournament and two Olympic Games, and the Tirol Panorama museum. 36 km to the next stop: take transport
3. Stubai Glacier: The Stubai Glacier at the head of the Stubai valley, a high glacier ski area reached by gondola, with the Top of Tyrol viewing platform at about 3,200 metres. 38 km to the next stop: take transport
4. Old Town and Maria-Theresien-Strasse: The old town of Innsbruck, its arcaded medieval street of Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse, and the Baroque Maria-Theresien-Strasse with the Anna Column and the Triumphal Arch, below the Nordkette mountains. 0.3 km on foot (4 min) to the next stop

Afternoon

1. City Tower: The Stadtturm, the city tower of Innsbruck beside the old town hall, built between 1442 and 1450, where watchmen once looked out for fires and where a viewing gallery looks over the roofs to the Alps. 60 m on foot (1 min) to the next stop
2. Golden Roof: The Golden Roof, the Goldenes Dachl, the late Gothic oriel of Maximilian I in Innsbruck's old town, covered with 2,657 gilded copper tiles, from which the ruler watched festivals in the square below. 0.2 km on foot (2 min) to the next stop
3. Hofburg: The Hofburg of Innsbruck, the imperial palace of the Habsburgs in Tyrol, begun in the 15th century and rebuilt under Maria Theresa, with the Giants' Hall and its great painted ceiling.

Day 2

Day 2 covers 6 stops over about 51 km as the crow flies, from Hofkirche to Rattenberg. ≈ 51 km between stops, straight line

Morning

1. Hofkirche: The Hofkirche of Innsbruck, the court church built as a memorial to Emperor Maximilian I, around whose empty tomb stand 28 larger-than-life bronze figures known as the Black Men. 2 km to the next stop
2. Nordkette: The Nordkette cable cars, which climb from Innsbruck's old town to the high Karwendel mountains, by the Hungerburg funicular with stations by Zaha Hadid and then by cable car to Seegrube and Hafelekar. 8.3 km to the next stop
3. Hall in Tirol: Hall in Tirol, the old salt town east of Innsbruck, with one of the best kept old towns of Austria and the mint that struck one of the first large silver coins of Europe in 1486. 7.1 km to the next stop

Afternoon

1. Swarovski Crystal Worlds: The Swarovski Crystal Worlds at Wattens, east of Innsbruck, an art park opened in 1995 around a grass-covered Giant with crystal eyes, with underground chambers of wonder made by artists from many countries. 20 km to the next stop
2. Achensee: The Achensee, the largest lake of Tyrol, a long, clear mountain lake between the Karwendel and the Rofan, sailed by passenger ships since 1887 and reached from Jenbach by an old steam rack railway. 14 km to the next stop
3. Rattenberg: Rattenberg on the Inn, the smallest town in Austria, a medieval town of about a hundred old houses below a castle ruin, known for its glass cutters and engravers.

Walking distances and times follow streets and footpaths (routing by openrouteservice.org, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors). Times are walking only, at an easy pace; add time at each stop.

Updated: October 24, 2026

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