Tirol

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Tirol, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Ischgl’s Michelin star Mountain Huts. Heavenly dining.

05/08/2019 by .
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Rupert Parker fine dines at altitude when he hiked up to Ischgl’s Michelin star Mountain Huts

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Skiing in Ischgl and Kappl. Experience fantastic skiing experiences.

18/02/2019 by .

Hiking the Brandenberg Alps

12/08/2017 by .
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Rupert Parker goes round in a circle, starting and finishing in Kramsach, hiking up and down for 50kms.

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The Stubai Valley

17/07/2017 by .
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Around 30 minutes from Innsbruck, the Tyrolean village of Neustift makes a good base for exploring the Stubai Valley and its surroundings. Rupert Parker enjoys some Tyrolean hospitality.

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Night Train to Berlin

27/11/2014 by .
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On a rainy night in February, I was waiting in Paris’s Gare de L’Est station for the night train to Berlin. Those last four words are loaded with romance. And I was taking this winter journey in search of the romance of rail travel in a European winter.

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Jakobsweg Culinary Festival in Ischgl

22/03/2014 by .
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It was a sound I came to look forward to each day; the clanking of a thousand dull bells echoing their intermittent beats across the sweeping Paznaun valley as The Tyrol’s famous dairy cows wandered around snacking on the lush summer Alpine grass.

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Robbie Williams headlines at Ischgl

12/12/2013 by .
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Robbie Williams will headlining Ischgl’s  annual end of season concert with his entire Big Band 7,600 feet up the Alps.

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Cary Arms Hotel. Devon

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Devon and Cornwall, England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Tirol, United Kingdom and tagged , , on by .
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That clever Peter de Savary brought us Bovey Castle in Devon, and now his wife Lana has scored a coup in the county of cream, cider and sailing villages – The Cary Arms Hotel in Babbacombe Beach. She identified a rundown pub with the most beautiful location in Britain and decided to endow it with five-star rooms and a spa, while keeping the pub pubby and the food service nice and casual.

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Ischgl. Heaven For Hungry Hikers

21/07/2013This entry was posted in Austria, Europe and Middle East, Tirol, Travel News and tagged on by .
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Mountain hikers are in for delicious dishes when they stop for lunch along the historic pilgrims’ path of Jakobsweg in the Paznaun-Ischgl region of the Austrian Tirol.

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