Monday, May 28, 2018

Europe - Germany & Austria - Innsbruck #2 of 7

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Drive from Munich at 8am, pick up rental car, 2 hr drive + remember buy winshield ticket from petrol station











 Be sure to stop at a gas station/rest stop after leaving the airport and buy the Austrian Vignette (toll sticker for driving on highways in Austria). Sold in Germany after leaving the airport. Cost is 9 Euro for a windshield sticker for 10 days. DO NOT drive on a highway in Austria without this.
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Day 3
29-Apr
11am
Innsbruck, Austria











Innsbruck  Hotel, Salurner Strasse 15, Innsbruck Stadtzentrum, Innsbruck, Österreich 6020
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Parking
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Option: check in hotel and park car then take tram to Nordkette or Drive straight. If drive there need to pay parking. But if plan to go Swaroski then might consider drive











Innsbruck Card 24 hours - Adults
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Nordkette mountain offers the best views.Panorama of city and mountain is the highlight.

The Nordkettenbahn trip has a total of 3 different legs:
1st leg: Hungerburgbahn (tram) from Innsbruck up to Hungerburg.
2nd leg: Cable car from Hungerburg to the Seegrube station.
3rd leg: Seegrube station to the top station, Hafelekar station.

If you lucky, there will be snow at the top and allow you to have snow activities.





Cable car
Hungerburg funicular: 7.15 am - 7.15 pm (Mon-Fri) + 8 am - 7.15 pm (Sat,Sun,public holiday)
Seegrube cable car: 8.30 am - 5.30 pm (Mon-Sun) +  Friday night: 6 am - 11.30 pm
Hafelekar cable car: 9 am - 5 pm (Mon-Sun)

https://www.innsbruck.info/en/experience/tours/tour/innsbruck-nordketten-cable-cars.html





Optional:




1700
Alpine Zoo with its diverse wildlife is an exciting place to stop on your way back down into Innsbruck.










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Explore the old town and Maria Theresien Street: the Golden Roof



















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Swarovski Crystal Worlds
Add: Swarovski Kristallwelte, Kristallweltenstraße 1, Wattens, Austria
Opening hours (September - June): Daily from 8:30 to 19:30, last entry 18:30
EXTENDED OPENING HOURS: July 1 - August 31 during the Summerfestival; Daily from 8:30 to 22:00,last entry 21:00
Fees: free with Innsbruck card, normal EUR 19

Transport:  There’s a shuttle bus that runs from Innsbruck city centre and back every few hours. A return ticket costs EUR 9.50 for adults, but if you have the Innsbruck Card it’s included. Parking is available on site, free of charge. 30mins drive from city center.

https://kristallwelten.swarovski.com/Content.Node/wattens/Visitor_information.en.html#bmark-id2

Fascinating artistic exhibitions and sparkling plays of water & light – accompanied by performances of the music of spheres – await you and can be visited at various times every day on the free Crystal Worlds shuttle bus.

https://www.wanderlustchloe.com/swarovski-crystal-worlds-kristallwelten-austria/





Or Nordkette cable car ride to see night view











Eat:





Tyrolean food
1. Goldenes Dachl Restaurant , Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl, Hofgasse 1, 6020 Innsbruck
2. Café Sacher (Rennweg 1) is located in the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
3. Stiftskeller (Innsbruck Old Town) Stiftskeller, Stiftgasse 1, 6020 Innsbruck





Cafe
1. Café Munding 6,  The cafe, which is over 200 years old, claims to be the oldest Konditorei-Café in Innsbruck. It's a stone's throw from the Golden Roof, the coffee (€2.70) is roasted on the premises and the owners make jam from fruit harvested at local farms.
2.Strudel Café Kroll (Hofgasse 6) in the heart of Old Town





Burrito : Machete , Anichstr. 29, 6020 Innsbruck. 11:30 AM–2:00 AM





Bars and Beer Gardens: 1. Invinum (Innrain 1), an Old Town wine bar





Burger: Ludwig,Museumstraße 3, 6020 Innsbruck




























Europe - Germany & Austria - Neuschwanstein Castle #6 of 7

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Day 8
4-May
1000
Salzburg




1200
Munich





Stay




1300
Neuschwanstein Castle





First thing’s first, you should reserve your Neuschwanstein tickets.





Tickets with a specific visiting time can be reserved for an additional prepaid charge two days before the desired castle visit (3 pm local time) at the latest. The visiting time can only be changed or the ticket cancelled up to 2 hours before the start of the tour (also by phone).





The reserved tickets must be picked up no later than 1.5 hours before the confirmed entrance time. Otherwise the reservation will be forfeited.
















We decided just to walk around the castle instead of going in. You have to park your car at the base (6euro) and then take a bus (1.50euro per way per pax) to go up the the Castle. Walk around the castle and then at the bus station, there is another route to view the Castle from far where all the postcard photos were taken. It was the bridge. Must visit this bridge to take the postcard photo of the castle.  s a good small restaurant on the way to the castle.

















One Evening: Hofbräuhaus and main street of downtown Munich

Walk the “main” street of the fortified city of Munich, which goes in a straight line from Isartor in the East, through Marienplatz (the main plaza in the center of the city) to Karlstor to the West.  The whole street is about 3000 feet long (1 km) so walking from one end to the other will take around 15 – 20 minutes.  It is in reality two streets, called “Tal” East of Marienplatz and “Kaufingerstrasse” West of Marienplatz.

Isartor and Karlstor are two of the gates to the fortified city.  To have the best view of the gates make sure you step out of the fortified city and look at it from the outside.  In particular for Isartor it makes sense to cross the large street just outside the city gate to look at it from a distance.











Hotel Cristal
Schwanthalerstreet 36, Hauptbahnhof, Munich, Germany 80336
Schwanthalerstraße 36, Hauptbahnhof, München, Deutschland 80336
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Parking
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