Mittenwald in Upper Bavaria

11 October 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Mittenwald and Lake Lautersee © Kogo

Mittenwald and Lake Lautersee © Kogo

Mittenwald is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with 7,500 inhabitans, in Bavaria. Mittenwald is located approx. 16 kilometers to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, on the northern foothills of the Alps, on the route between the old banking and commercial centre of Augsburg, to the north, and Innsbruck to the south-east, beyond which is the Brenner Pass and the route to Lombardy, another region with a rich commercial past and present.   read more…

Seefeld in Tyrol

7 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Tom McCall

© Tom McCall

Seefeld in Tyrol is a municipality of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol, located about 17 km (11 mi) northwest of Innsbruck. With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for skiing in winter, but also for walking holidays in the summer.   read more…

The congress and university city of Innsbruck

13 August 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Chithiraiyan

© Chithiraiyan

Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km (18.6 mi) south of Innsbruck.   read more…

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