Excursion destinations in the Kitzbühel Alps

St. Johann in Tirol is the heart of the Kitzbühel Alps region. The baroque town invites you to stroll, linger and enjoy. Numerous shops, cafes and restaurants make St. Johann in Tirol a popular meeting place. Spend your holiday in the heart of the Kitzbühel Alps!

At the foot of the Kaiser massif, cyclists, walkers and hikers are always on the right path. On foot, by pedal or on horseback, you can go to the most beautiful huts, alpine pastures, waterfalls, wildflower meadows or even cozy beer gardens. Mountain hikes around St. Johann in Tirol are special pleasure tours. More than 20 rustic snack stations, huts and mountain inns serve homemade food from their own farms or from the surrounding farms.

Between the summit and the Alpenhaus at 1,880 m above sea level lies the beautiful flower garden. Worth seeing! A detailed guide is available at all valley ticket offices and at Kitzbühel Tourism for a small fee (€ 3.50)!

Contact: Alpine Flower Garden on the Kitzbüheler Horn, Kitzbühel, Phone: 0043 (0)5356 62857

The Hohe Salve (1,829m) with the Salvenkirchlein, the highest pilgrimage church in Austria, guarantees a magnificent 360° panoramic view of more than 70 mountain peaks above 3,000m – a special feeling of exhilaration. The popular mountain peak can be reached on foot from the Hochbrixen mountain station via the Filzalm in about 1 – 1 1/2 hours on foot or by the comfortable Hochsöll/Hohe Salve gondola. Once at the top, a fantastic view is revealed. Directly at the top of the mountain is the Salvenkirchlein, built in 1641, a small pilgrimage church with an early baroque high altar. Opposite the Salvenkirchlein is the Hohe Salve mountain inn with a revolving terrace, which offers a great view of the surrounding mountains even during the meal With the construction of a gondola lift to the mountain peak, whose mountain station was built into the mountain in a chic and invisible way, a north-facing viewing platform with a beautiful view of the Wilder Kaiser was also created. on a clear day you can see far into the Inn Valley and Bavaria as well as a number of attractions such as a wind harp, stations of sundials, an oversized face of a giant for the children to climb and a petting zoo at the mountain inn.

The mine is located on the Pass Thurn federal road B 161, 10 km south of Kitzbühel. In Jochberg, mining was first mentioned historically in 1447. In 1830, 16 km of track and 2 km of shafts had already been built in multi-storey quarrying. In its heyday, 134 tons of copper ore were mined annually over a length of 30 km. 160 workers found work and bread here. Until 1874, the ore was also smelted in Jochberg. On July 31, 1926, the last shift was run in the “Kupferplatte” and operations were discontinued. In 1990, the “Copper Plate Show Mine” was built in the old Erbstollen tunnel, which can be entered by the mine train 500 m away. If required, (group) guided tours by the former operations manager.

Contact: Show mine “Kupferplatte Jochberg, Pass Thurn, federal road B 161,
Jochberg, Phone: 0043 (0)5355 5615, 5779, Fax: 0043 (0)5355 5459

Filming location for the film series “Hansi Hinterseer”. 4 km south of Kitzbühel in the direction of Jochberg-Felbertauern. Turn off the B 161 at Aurach in the direction of Oberaurach and follow the good signs to the wildlife park (1080 m). Approx. 200 animals live at 1,100 m above sea level in Tyrol’s largest outdoor enclosure on a total area of 40 hectares. On the tour you will encounter red deer, lynxes, wild boars, yaks, zebus, marmots, wild ducks, pheasants, peacocks, ibex, etc. in the enclosure or in the wild. Cozy café-restaurant. Game feeding daily at 2.30 p.m. (except during the rutting season from mid-September to mid-November)

Contact: Wildpark Aurach, Wildparkweg 6 Aurach, Phone: 0043 (0)5356 65251, 71877, Fax: 0043 (0)5356 65251 4