Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Innsbruck, Austria
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6.8 km
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Explore Innsbruck in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in InnsbruckIndividual Sights in InnsbruckSight 1: Botanischer Garten
The Botanical Garden of the University of Innsbruck is a 2-hectare botanical garden operated by the University of Innsbruck. It is located in Hötting at Sternwartestraße 15, Innsbruck, Austria. The gardens are open at no cost every day; its greenhouses are open on Thursday afternoons for an admission fee.
Wikipedia: Botanical Garden of the University of Innsbruck (EN)
Sight 2: Alte Universitäts-Sternwarte Hötting
Innsbruck Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the institutes of astrophysics out of the University of Innsbruck. It is located in Innsbruck, Austria.
Sight 3: Landschaftliche Kirche Mariahilf
The Roman Catholic Landscape Parish Church Mariahilf is a church in the district of Hötting, on the Left Bank of the Inn in Innsbruck, Germany.
Sight 4: Helbling House
Book Ticket*Helbling House is a building located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck, Austria, across from the Golden Roof at Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 10. The original structure was built in the fifteenth century, but evolved significantly with new architectural styles in subsequent centuries.
Sight 5: Golden Roof
Book Ticket*The Goldenes Dachl is a landmark structure located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck, Austria. It is considered the city's most famous symbol. Completed in 1500, the roof was decorated with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles for Emperor Maximilian I to mark his wedding to Bianca Maria Sforza. The Emperor and his wife used the balcony to observe festivals, tournaments, and other events that took place in the square below.
Sight 6: Stadtturm
Book Ticket*The town hall tower, called Stadtturm, is located in the middle of the historic centre of Innsbruck, at Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 21.
Sight 7: Cathedral of St. James
Innsbruck Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St. James, is an eighteenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck in the city of Innsbruck, Austria, dedicated to the apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee. Based on designs by the architect Johann Jakob Herkomer, the cathedral was built between 1717 and 1724 on the site of a twelfth-century Romanesque church. The interior is enclosed by three domed vaults spanning the nave, and a dome with lantern above the chancel. With its lavish Baroque interior, executed in part by the Asam brothers, St. James is considered among the most important Baroque buildings in the Tyrol.
Sight 8: Hofburg
Book Ticket*The Hofburg is a former Habsburg palace in Innsbruck, Austria, and considered one of the three most significant cultural buildings in the country, along with the Hofburg Palace and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. The Hofburg is the main building of a large residential complex once used by the Habsburgs that still includes the Noblewomen's Collegiate Foundation, the Silver Chapel, the Hofkirche containing Emperor Maximilian's cenotaph and the Schwarzen Mandern, the Theological University, the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, Innsbruck Cathedral, the Congress, and the Hofgarten.
Sight 9: Leopoldsbrunnen
The Leopold Fountain in the Tyrolean state capital is a listed monument near the Altstadt of the city of Innsbruck. The fountain, which is on the Rennweg and is not far from the Tyrolean State Theatre features an equestrian statue of Archduke Leopold V who lived from 1586 to 1632 and gave the fountain its name.
Sight 10: Court Church
The Hofkirche is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt section of Innsbruck, Austria. The church was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564) as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture. The church also contains the tomb of Andreas Hofer, Tyrol's national hero.
Sight 11: Jesuit Church
The Roman Catholic Jesuit Church in Innsbruck is a Holy Trinity church near the Old University, east of the Old Town.
Sight 12: Tiroler Landestheater Großes Haus
The Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck is the state theatre in Innsbruck, Austria, located near the historic Altstadt section of the city. The theatre is surrounded by the Imperial Hofburg, the Hofgarten, and SOWI Faculty of the University of Innsbruck. The main theatre has about 800 seats and the studio theatre in the basement has around 250. Plays, operas, operettas, musicals and dance theatre are performed at the theatre.
Sight 13: Hofgarten
Book Ticket*The Hofgarten is a protected park located on the edge of the Altstadt section of Innsbruck, Austria. The park covers an area of 10 hectares, and borders on the Hofburg, the Kongresshaus, and the Tyrolean State Theatre.
Sight 14: Kapuzinerkirche
The Capuchin Monastery Innsbruck is a monastery of the Capuchin Order in Innsbruck, Austria. The monastery is also the seat of the Provincial of the Capuchin Province of Austria-South Tyrol.
Sight 15: Dreiheiligen
The Dreiheiligenkirche is a Catholic parish church in the Innsbruck district of Dreiheiligen-Schlachthof, which was built in 1612/13 as a fulfilment of a vow in the face of the plague and is dedicated to Saints Sebastian, Pirmin, Rochus and Alexius. It is a listed building.
Sight 16: Siebenkapellenkirche
The Siebenkapellenkirche, also known as the Holy Sepulchre Church or the Seven-Cross Chapel, is a profaned church building in the Dreiheiligen-Schlachthof district of Innsbruck, Austria.
Sight 17: Evangelical Church of Christ
The Christuskirche is a Protestant church in the Saggen district in the state capital Innsbruck in Tyrol, which was built in 1905-1906. It is the main church of the Evangelical Superintendur Salzburg and Tyrol and is listed.
Sight 18: Pauluskirche
St. Paul's Church, often referred to as Paulus Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Reichenau district of Innsbruck. It was built in 1959 to 1960 and is dedicated to the apostle Paul. The church is under monument protection (list entry).
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