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Tirol

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Austria · Inn valley

Tirol47.25 · 11.40Open map

A valley floor with mountains on both sides, where the season turns twice a year.

See

  1. 01Rock facesGrey walls standing straight above the meadows and roofs.
  2. 02Painted housesScenes and dates worked into the plaster of village fronts.
  3. 03High pastureSummer grazing above the trees, with huts and bells.
  4. 04Glacier edgesIce retreating up the valleys, marked by bare grey rock.

Do

  1. 01Cable car upTen minutes from the valley to a view over the whole range.
  2. 02Walk hut to hutMarked routes link shelters across the high ground.
  3. 03Winter on skisThe valleys fill and the villages work through the season.
  4. 04Swim in a lakeMeltwater, very cold, clear straight to the bottom.

Eat

  1. 01Dumpling soupBread dumpling in clear broth, the standard mountain lunch.
  2. 02Cured hamSmoked over beech and air dried through the winter.
  3. 03Fried pastryTorn into pieces, sugared, eaten after a long walk.

Make

  1. 01Wood carvingPine and lime worked in the villages through the winter.
  2. 02Loden and feltWool boiled dense enough to shed rain.