Top Active Breaks in the Austrian Tirol

May 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Alpine Sports Week in Wilder Kaiser

The Wilder Kaiser region in the Austrian Tirol is offering a special Alpine Sports Week (http://www.wilderkaiser.info/en/summer/special-offers/mountain-sports-week.html), where you can try your hand at six different mountain sports over six days with like-minded people. From 18th - 25th  June 2016, you can experience various sports under expert instruction, try the Via Ferrata on the Jubiläumssteig and newly built Klammlsteig, challenge the legs to a mountain bike tour, head high on the High Rope Garden course, go canyoning through the deep gorges and test your stamina trail running. Come evening there are various social events taking place where you can swap stories and from the day on the mountain. All participants are divided into different groups, depending on their ability. For more information visit www.wilderkaiser.info.

Yoga Mountain Festival

New in St Anton am Arlberg this summer will be the first Yoga Mountain Festival (http://mountainyogafestivalstanton.at/en/experience/#welcome), taking place from 1st - 4th September 2016. Take your yoga practice to the mountain this summer, feel the grass under your feet, the mountain air penetrating deep into your lungs and the sun warming your skin as you leave everyday life behind. The 4-day programme will incorporate different yoga styles from relaxed to challenging practice, held by international and national teachers and will include various yoga workshops, yoga talks and market stalls. For more information visit www.stantonamarlberg.com (http://www.stantonamarlberg.com/en/events/mountain-yoga-f...)

Largest E-biking region in Austria

The best place for e-biking is the Kitzbüheler Alps, the largest e-bike region in Austria and possibly the world! There's over 1,000 km of cycling trails, 310 e-bikes, 43 rental stations, 80 battery replacement stations and seven service-bike-specialist shops in this region. The tourist region of the Kitzbüheler Alps is home to over 20 holiday villages, including Brixen, Kirchberg, Hopfgarten, Westendorf, Fieberbrunn and St Johann in Tirol.  Kirchberg is also home to the 3-day E-Bike Festival (http://www.ebikefestival.at/en/) in the Kitzbühel Alps from 1st - 3rd July 2016, and the programme includes themed leisure cycling tours, speed-testing-sessions, biking safety courses, an electric bicycle night-tour and more. For more information visit www.kitzbuehel-alpen.com

New wakeboarding lake at AREA 47, Oetztal

Located at the entrance to the Ӧtztal, Area 47 opened six years ago and has become one of the most unique outdoor adventure parks in Europe, offering the ultimate in climbing, canyoning, rafting, watersports and more. New for 2016, a 19,000m² large lake will open for wakeboarders and become the first Wakeboard-Centre in Western Austria. With five masts and a lift distance of 420m, the cable system can tow up to six wakeboarders at a time around the lake. All standards of wakeboarder are catered for, with trained guides and pros to assist, as well as a variety of kickers and boxes for experts to perform tricks and jumps off. If that's all too much and you would rather just watch, then enjoy the stunts from the roof terrace of the new Wake Café. For more information visit www.area47.com; www.oetztal.com

FLIGHTS

Innsbruck is the closest airport to all the resorts mentioned and is served by easyJet (www.easyjet.com) from London Gatwick. Alternatively fly to Munich airport, which opens up a host of additional UK regional airports and is served by Lufthansa (www.lufthansa.com) from Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester, by British Airways (www.ba.com) from London Heathrow, by easyJet (www.easyjet.com) from Manchester, Gatwick, Luton and Edinburgh, by BMI Regional (www.bmiregional.com) from  Southampton and Bristol and by Flybe (www.flybe.com) from Cardiff. Affordable resort transfers are available through Four Seasons Travel (www.transfer.tirol.at).

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