Leslie Woit’s Mystery Shopper Tour: Innsbruck and Eagle Way

Travel journalist Leslie Woit continues to discover Austria’s Hidden Treasures in the summertime. This time she explores Innsburck and goes on a little walk down Eagle Way. Read on to find out about her experience…

Beauty, old and new.

Headset guide sightseeing tour of the town: found the headsets annoying to work and difficult to figure out if I was standing in correct spot and indeed looking at correct site. However, just walking around was a real pleasure—beautiful city in the summer and top pedestrian-friendly layout. Among the highlights, the Nordkette and Bergisel Ski Jump for the Hadid design.



The Nordkette excursion to the top must be one of the top attractions, with supreme mountain-top accessibility in such stylish infrastructure. Kudos for maintaining art deco lift stations and integrating the 60 million euro lift system into it. Love it.



The hiking tour with Georg Pawlata came alive with such an interesting and informed guide. He is a star, and as the trail designer for the Eagle Walk we couldn’t have had better. Fantastic concept, as he explained, to package 2-3 day options which allow hikers to get back to starting point after achievable shorter tours. It showcases all that’s fine in Austria – stunning mountainscape, clean environment, nice huts, catering to all levels from hardcore mountaineering to luggage-delivered hotel hikes.





original on treasures.austria.info