Kitzbühel in Tyrol
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Kitzbühel is a small medieval town in
Tyrol and the administrative centre of the
Kitzbühel district . It has a population of 8,100. The town is situated in the
Kitzbühel Alps about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the state capital of
Innsbruck . It is a ski resort of international renown.
In summer there are 120 km (75 mi) of mountain bike paths and 500 km (311 mi) of hiking trails. Other attractions include six tennis courts and four golf courses, the Kitzbühel swimming pool, Austria’s only curling hall and the bathing lake of Schwarzsee.
Kitzbuhel, seen from Hanenkahmbahn lift © Msedwick/cc-by-sa-3.0
Together with the pistes and ski lifts in neighbouring
Kirchberg in Tirol ,
Jochberg and by the
Thurn Pass Kitzbühel is one of the largest ski regions in Austria. With around 10,000 hotel and guest house beds, Kitzbühel and its neighbours have an unusually high density of guest accommodation.
Holidaymakers in Kitzbühel have 56 cableway and lift facilities and 168 kilometres of slopes available to them, as well as 40 kilometres of groomed cross-country skiing tracks. Of note is the relatively new
3S Cable Car , the cable car with the highest above-ground span in the world.
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