Lodging

Rates shown here are per person based on double occupancy with half board in February.€€€—€125+; €€—€75–€124; €—€less than €75.

Europa-Tyrol (5931, fax 587800; www.europatyrol.com; €€€) On Südtiroler Platz across from the train station, this is the quality choice for Innsbruck. It is only a short distance from the old city and near the top attractions.

Romantik Hotel Schwazer Adler (587109, fax 561697; www.deradler.com; €€€; photo right) is perfect for the discriminating upscale traveller. Hilton Hotel (5935, fax 5935220; www.hilton.at; €€€), formerly the Hotel Holiday Inn, is Innsbruck’s other top hotel. It’s next to the casino and close to the ski shuttlebus stop.

Hotel Goldener Adler (571111; www.goldeneradler.com; €€€) A four-star hotel in the city center operating since 1390 with a good Tyrolean restaurant.

Central Hotel (5920, fax 580310; www.central.co.at; €€–€€€) Another Innsbruck tradition on the Sparkassenplatz. Modernized lobby with classically Austrian rooms.

Hotel Weisses Kreuz (59479, fax 5947990; www.weisseskreuz.at; €€) Has nice single rates for comfortable rooms right in the old center. This a wonderful hotel hosting visitors since the 1400s. Known for possibly the best breakfast buffet in Innsbruck. A good deal.

Hotel Goldene Krone (586160, fax 5801896; €€) Traditional Austrian hotel in good location at the arch; rooms are a little more contemporary but hotel is also an old Innsbruck mainstay.

Hotel Weisses Rössl (583057, fax 5830575; www.roessl.at; €€) A family run small hotel, which guarantees good value in the Altstadt with a traditional restaurant serving local food.

Hotel Innsbruck (59868, fax 572280; www.hotelinnsbruck.com; €€–€€€) is a modern, very clean and classic hotel which boasts a gourmet restaurant and a wellness area. Not much character or charm, but very central location and a good view of the river and mountains across the way and a back door that opens into the old town.

Hotel Grauer Bär (59240, fax 574535; www.innsbruck-hotels.at; €€–€€€) is a large, newly renovated hotel across from the Jesuitenkirche with a very modern lobby, three restaurants, a wellness area that takes up a large chunk of the fifth floor, underground parking and very modern rooms.

Austria Trend Hotel Congress Innsbruck (2115, fax 2115 500, www.austria-trend.at, €€€; photo left) is a brand new upscale four-star hotel with its 104 rooms and 2 suites which will open in August 2006. The new hotel will sit on the area that lies between the ORF Center, the Congress and Messe (trade fair) Innsbruck, and the Court Gardens. Amenties will include an in-house ski stall, an open-air breakfast area in the hotel garden and a wellness area.

Igls
This is a pleasant spot but for vacationers, it doesn’t offer a complete package. It is just too small, spread out and isolated. If you plan to stay there check out these hotels. Bring a car. You’ll need it to keep from suffering from cabin fever and to move around the village. Bus connections to downtown Innsbruck are OK. Getting elsewhere is problematical with most buses requiring a connection in downtown Innsbruck. If you want this type of Alpine atmosphere, it is best to head to nearby Seefeld or Neustift where the village is concentrated and cohesive.

Sporthotel Igls (377241, fax 378679; www.sporthotel-igls.com; €€€) is in the center, directly across from the bus stop. One of the top places in Igls with an outdoor terrace for drinks and lunch as well as another at night for drinks and dancing. Restaurant is upscale Austrian.

Schlosshotel (377217, fax 378679; www.schosshotel-igls.com; €€€; photo below), Villersteig, has the ambiance of a retreat surrounded by woods and lawns on the edge of town, but it’s a 10-minute walk (at most) from the center.



Apartments, condominiums, flats
Lodging in Innsbruck is primarily in hotels and pensions. For information on chalet and apartment rentals nearer the slopes, contact the Innsbruck tourist office or www.innsbruck.info/hotels.

There are more apartments in Igls. Send your requirements to the tourist office and it will send back a list of available apartments. Private rooms in Igls will end up costing, with breakfast, cost about €30 per person a night.