Walking in the Austrian Tyrol
9 days from £629pp.
Visit: Walking in the Austrian Tyrol, Austria
About the Tour
From your base in Niederau, enjoy invigorating walks amidst the spectacular scenery of the Austrian Alps. Complete with your own guide, you'll be part of a small group of walkers, as you journey through some of the most amazing natural scenery in Europe. All the walks are arranged by the Wildschönau Tourist Board, and different grades of walk are available for you to choose, from steady mountain walks, to hikes with steeper climbs and descents. This really will be a memorable holiday with a great like-minded people.
Tour Includes
- 8 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 6 evening meals
- Guided walks with a local English-speaking guide
- Convenient local joining points
- Travel by executive coach or upgrade to Silver Service
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 01709 787 463 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Your Itinerary
The walks are subject to change depending on the time of year. The below itinerary is valid for the main summer months.
Day 1
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to Belgium for an overnight stay.
Day 2
Alpine scenery
After breakfast, we travel on south through the rolling countryside of Germany, to take the superb 4-lane autobahn through the Alpine foothills to the Austrian border. Now surrounded by the true mountains of the Alps, we continue to our hotel where we stay for six nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3
Walk 1 - High Pastures on the Rosskopf (Cat. A-B)
Wilder Kaiser Mountains
Take a gondola to the top of the Markbachjoch (1500m) and enjoy magnificent views of the majestic Wilder Kaiser Mountains. Our walk takes us over high meadows, summer home to hundreds of cows. The Holz Alm or Cheese Farm offers a fascinating insight into the dairy and cheese making art and the delicious cheeses are on sale. We continue past the tiny Horler Stiegl chapel around the Rosskopf peak. The breathtaking panorama has to be enjoyed at leisure and where better to appreciate the views than at the quaint Norderberg Hut, where delicious dishes are cooked daily. From here, we meander back to the Markbachjoch Gondola for the return journey back to Niederau.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4
Walk 2 - Herb Garden on the Hintersalcherhof Farm (Cat. A)
Wild Herbs
On the way to the Hintersalcherhof Farm, we gather wild herbs in the fields and discover their healing properties. When we reach the farm, Birgit, our herb expert, works them into a delicious spread for a snack served with homemade herbal tea. We visit Birgit’s herb garden which lies at a height of 1030m above sea level and is 700m². The herbs are handpicked, dried and used for any number of natural remedies.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Innsbruck or Walk 3 - Hike to the Breiteggspitze (Cat. B)
innsbruck
A day of choices today. Why not join our optional excursion to Innsbruck by coach? Alternatively, why not purchase the optional excursion to Innsbruck combined with a trip on board the Nordkettenbahnen where you will be transported from the bustle of the city centre high into the mountain terrain. If you choose not to visit Innsbruck , a hike to the Breiteggspitze is available. The hike starts bright and early at the Schonanger Alm. Depending on the weather, we take either the forest path or the mountain path up to the Breitegg Alm. We continue over high pastures and sparse woodland and enjoy the truly inspiring panoramic views of the valley’s highest peak, the Grosser Beil and the Lampersberg Mountains (2309 and 2202 m respectively). The climb continues and our goal is in sight. On the way back, we drop into the Schonanger Alm guesthouse for refreshments on the huge, sunny terrace.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6
Walk 4 - Filzmoos Moor (Cat. A)
Deer park
The Filzmoos Moor on the Niederau Bruggberg is a wide plateau, which offers a fascinating insight into the Alpine plant and animal life. Frogs, dragonflies, butterflies and songbirds can be observed in this untouched biotope. You can also watch the deer in the nearby deer park. The gentle walk takes us north to Stockeben through the fragrant pine forests full of bilberries. After about an hour and a half we reach the moor at 1000m altitude. We return via Auenweg and back to Niederau. Don’t forget a packed lunch/snack and plenty to drink.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7
Walk 5 - Panorama Walk to the Kragenjoch Mountain (Cat. B)
Scenic walking
We start at an altitude of 938m on the Minz path from Oberau up to one of the loveliest view points in the valley, the Boarstadl hut. A further 30 minutes uphill and we will come to the Achental hut, famous for its views, snack and warm welcome. From here, it is just a short ascent to wonderful Kragenjoch peak. The array of wild flowers growing here in spring and early summer have become a rarity elsewhere. The peaks offer views over the Inn Valley. On the way back, we stop into the hut for a well-earned rest. Our return journey takes us through blueberry fields and mountain moors back to Oberau. Don’t forget a packed lunch and plenty to drink.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8
To Belgium for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Day 9
Return home.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Your Excursions
Included Excursions & Visits
Optional Excursions & Visits
- Innsbruck
Notes
The guided walks are operated by the Wildschönau Tourist Board and are divided into two categories.
The two walking categories are:
Cat. A - Easy mountain walk of approx. 2 to 3 hours without considerable altitude differences.
Cat. B - Mountain hike of on average 3 to 4 hours with extended and partially steep climbs and descents. A good fitness level is required.
Please note all walks are subject to change. Transfers to start/end points are extra (approx. €15 for a weekly unlimited travel ticket on the little road train). Cable car/chairlift rides, where required, are payable locally.
You will be required to take the following equipment: Light sportswear, good walking boots (preferably above the ankle), sun protection (hat, sun cream, sun glasses), rainwear, plenty to drink, light snack such as fruit or muesli bars and/or packed lunch.
Single Room Supplement from £119.00 (9 days).
Frequently asked questions about our tours
Accommodation
You will stay for six nights at the 4-star Hotel Sonnschein in Niederau. The hotel is owned by the Thaler family and has welcomed Leger guests for many years. It has a restaurant, terrace, café and indoor swimming pool.
Overnight stays in Belgium are in city-style hotels.
Sonnschein
A warm welcome awaits you at the family run Hotel Sonnschein. Situated in its own gardens and parkland, the hotel is located on the edge of the quiet village of Niederau in the Wildschonau Valley. Gill Thaler provides a typically Tyrolean welcome – even though your hostess is actually originally from Birmingham! All bedrooms are beautifully furnished with en-suite facilities, television and hairdryer. The spacious restaurant, bar and sun terrace provide the ideal meeting place to relax. Leisure facilities include both indoor and outdoor swimming pools (subject to season), table tennis, mini-golf (small charge), sauna, steam bath and whirlpool.
- Swimming Pool
- English Speaking Staff
- Bureau de Change
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
- TV
- Hairdryer
- Bath and/or Shower
- Telephone
Frequently asked questions about accommodation
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
Travel Information
- Travel Options
- Extra Services
Executive coach
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Silver Service coach
Find out moreExecutive coach
Our executive coaches feature air-conditioning, drinks machine, onboard toilet and reclining seat.
Silver Service
On most of our holidays you can upgrade to Silver Service, luxury coach travel, for comfort and style across Europe.
Relax and have a chat in the spacious rear lounge.
Servery on board offering a range of refreshments.
Enjoy the perfect temperature onboard with climate control.
Stay overnight near Dover
Find out moreWhy not go the night before your holiday for a relaxing start? You can park for FREE for up to nine days at the Holiday Inn Ashford North and enjoy an overnight stay with English breakfast from just £38 per person. This offer is subject to availability and based on two sharing a twin/double room on a B&B basis. We’ll then collect you from the hotel on the day of departure and return you there at the end of your holiday.
To book this package, please call the hotel on 01233 713333, quoting ‘Leger Holidays’ and your booking reference. If your holiday is longer than nine days you can pay for additional days’ parking. Ask one of our friendly reservations team for more details when you book your holiday.
Single supplements and terms and conditions apply.
Our Door-to-Door service
Find out moreOn Single Traveller holidays and coach holidays of 7 days’ duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point. If you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining points we’ll pick you up from your home and take you to meet your transfer vehicle, then return you back home at the end of your holiday. The cost is just £30 per booking each way for up to four people per booking.
If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge – please enquire at the time of booking.
Join coach at Interchange
Find out moreOn most holidays if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines.
Excludes holidays to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
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*Please note pickups are subject to availability.
Frequently asked questions about travel options
Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £25pp (9 days duration and over) on all European tours. In addition to this seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £15pp (9 days duration and over). This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on feeder journeys to/from the U.K. port. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure and will depend on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
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Call our reservations team on:
01709 787 463
To book this tour, just give our friendly team a call on 01709 787 463 or book online at www.leger.co.uk