Weekly Holiday Activities Summer 2020

10.00 a.m. GUIDED TOWN TOUR IN HALL - Journey to the Middle Ages
On this guided tour, you will discover enchanting squares, narrow and winding alleys, tell-tale signs and the most important sights of the largest old town in the Tyrol as the Hasegg Castle with the Tower of the Mint, the upper town square with Hall´s town hall, the Parish Church St. Nicolas and St. Magdalen’s Chapel. Love at first sight!

Duration: about 1 hour Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19

11.30 a.m. GUIDED MUSEUM TOUR IN HALL In the beginning there was salt
The Salt Mining Museum in Hall takes you underground. Immerse yourself in the Golden Age of Hall´s mining history which goes back more than 700 years. An exciting tour for the whole family!

Duration: about 45 minutes
Meeting point: Salt Mining Museum Hall, Fürstengasse 1

2 p.m. GUIDED HIKE IN WATTENBERG Chapel hike
Come and hike with us starting in Wattens along the Jakob Gapp path up to Wattenberg:
This famous spiritual way of the cross is commemorating Jakob Gapp, Tyrolean priest in times of National socialism and one of the most famous sons of Wattens, his life and destiny. Passing by partially hundreds of years old farms and chapels, which will be exclusively opened for this special hike, you will easily relax and calm down. Nature and culture in one!

Duration: about 3 hours
Meeting point: Parking Lange Gasse/ Wattentalweg, Wattens
Guest price: free
Normal price: EUR 6.- per person
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 12 persons
Booking: until Monday noon at the Hall tourist board
Walking boots, a waterproof jacket and a snack (drinks!) recommended!

8 a.m. ACTIVE HOUR IN HALL Open air yoga
Breathe out, feel how body and soul become one! Our early morning yoga session is
a combination of exercise, meditation and breathing techniques, basic positions and
flow sequences. Oohm! No special yoga experience is required, also beginners are invited to join us. The activity takes place in all weathers!

Duration: about 50 minutes
Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19
Guest price: free
Normal price: EUR 5.- per person
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 10 persons
Booking: until Monday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board

10.30 a.m. GUIDED RAMBLE IN TULFES Enjoy wild herbs with all your senses!
Let´s walk slowly through fields and meadows and collect wild herbs assisted by a professional herbal educationalist. Together, we will prepare a wonderful fresh spread of local herbs. Simultaneously, we also discover the local flora and fauna and finally taste the self-made herb-spread on homemade bread and drink berry juice. Simply delicious!

Duration: about 2 hours
Meeting point: Tulfes tourist board, Schmalzgasse 27
Guest price: free
Normal price: EUR 5.- per person
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 10 persons
Booking: until Monday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board

3 p.m. CULTURAL RAMBLE IN HALL Hall´s former salt works and port – The River Inn and the importance of shipping. For centuries, salt, silver and shipping represented the strongest pillars of the economy of the prosperous, medieval city of Hall. Let´s walk out of the town and discover historic places like the former salt works, the old port with St. John of Nepomuk´s chapel, the recreation zone Guggerinsel with its fitness-parcours and experience also the
surroundings of Hall. A healthy mind in a healthy body!

Duration: about 1,5 hours
Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19
Price: EUR 6.- per adult
EUR 3,50 per child
No need to book!

10 a.m. THEMED MUSEUM TOUR IN HALL The Hall Mint Museum - Money rules the world
This exciting, in-depth guided tour offers a wide range of topics, silver and salt, the white gold and the world´s first thaler. The tour starts at the Church of St. John of Nepomuk, the former „pan house chapel“, and ends in Hall´s Mint Museum with the Tower of the Mint, landmark of the town, offering a fantastic panoramic view of the Inn Valley as well as the Karwendel mountain group. Enjoy it!

Duration: about 1,5 hours
Meeting point: Hall Tourist Board,
Unterer Stadtplatz 19
Price: EUR 10.- per adult
EUR 7.- per child
No need to book!

6 p.m. THEMED TOWN TOUR IN HALL About wild heads, salt crystals, frogs and a queen!
This guided tour is focused on Hall´s fountains and tells stories about their artisans and importance for the town. An evening stroll through Hall, especially for nightowls und business travellers. The tour also informs about general history and the most famous sights in town.

Duration: about 1 hour
Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19
Price: EUR 6.- per adult,
EUR 3,50 per child
No need to book!

9 a.m. ACTIVE HOUR IN WATTENS Fit for the day!
Start actively into a new day and come to the communal swimming pool in Wattens, surrounded by the impressing Tyrolean mountain backdrop! A professional swimming trainer will instruct you in order to perfect your swimming style (not appropriate for non-swimmers). Let´s go!

Duration: 1 hour
Meeting point: Alpenschwimmbad, Dr. Karl-Stainer-Straße 32, Wattens
Minimum number: 2 persons
Guest price: free (entrance fee not incl.)
Normal Price: EUR 5.- per person (entrance fee not incl.)
Booking: until Wednesday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board
Note: offer valid from June 4th to September 3rd, 2020

10.00 a.m. GUIDED TOWN TOUR IN HALL - Journey to the Middle Ages
On this guided tour, you will discover enchanting squares, narrow and winding alleys, tell-tale signs and the most important sights of the largest old town in the Tyrol as the Hasegg Castle with the Tower of the Mint, the upper town square with Hall´s town hall, the Parish Church St. Nicolas and St. Magdalen’s Chapel. Love at first sight!

Duration: about 1 hour Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19

11.30 a.m. GUIDED MUSEUM TOUR IN HALL In the beginning there was salt
The Salt Mining Museum in Hall takes you underground. Immerse yourself in the Golden Age of Hall´s mining history which goes back more than 700 years. An exciting tour for the whole family!

Duration: about 45 minutes
Meeting point: Salt Mining Museum Hall, Fürstengasse 1

4 p.m. BAKING COURSE IN ABSAM Baking bread on a farm
Grain from a local mill is blended with natural yeast and aromatic spices. Fresh from the oven, the bread tastes simply divine! Combined with real butter and something to drink, life couldn´t be better. Nothing beats homemade bread!

Duration: about 1,5 hours
Meeting point: Pungghof farm, Salzbergstraße 52, Absam
Guest price: free
Normal price: EUR 5.- per person
Minimum number: 2 persons with guest-card
Maximum number: 8 persons
Booking: until Wednesday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board

9.30 a.m. GUIDED HIKE IN GNADENWALD Pasture time in the Karwendel nature park
The winner of the year 2020 among all Austrian nature parks is the Karwendel mountain group! A good occasion to hike, starting in Gnadenwald, up to Walder Alm, mountain pasture and real place of power and spiritual energy in Austria´s biggest nature park. Reaching its high plateau, you will enjoy a fantastic panoramic view over the alps North and South of the Inn Valley. After a brake and tasting delicious Tyrolean delicacies in the mountain hut, we return
via another pasture, Ganalm, or straight to where we started. It depends on your spirit and condition! Let´s walk and talk together!

Duration: about 5 hours (hiking time approx. 3,5 hours)
Meeting point: Parking bus stop /Gnadenwald – Kranzach (Bus no. 3)
Guest price: free (pasture snack EUR 9.- per person)
Normal price: EUR 10.- per person (pasture snack see above)
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 8 persons
Booking: until Thursday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board
Walking boots, a waterproof jacket and drinks recommended!

3 p.m. THEMED TOWN TOUR IN HALL Tourism in the course of time
Founded in the year 1850 as an association of embellishment, the Hall tourist board represents
the oldest of its kind in the Tyrol. Already in the Middle Ages, Hall was known for its baths, during the 20th century the town was even called Solbad Hall, literally salt bath Hall. Guests from all over the world came into the region to take a cure, to hike and go skiing and profit from various occasions to enjoy nature in summer as well as in winter. At any time, Hall and its surroundings were worth travelling.

Duration: about 1,5 hours
Meeting point: Hall tourist board,
Unterer Stadtplatz 19
Price: EUR 6.- per adult EUR 3,50 per child
No need to book!

10.00 a.m. GUIDED TOWN TOUR IN HALL - Journey to the Middle Ages
On this guided tour, you will discover enchanting squares, narrow and winding alleys, tell-tale signs and the most important sights of the largest old town in the Tyrol as the Hasegg Castle with the Tower of the Mint, the upper town square with Hall´s town hall, the Parish Church St. Nicolas and St. Magdalen’s Chapel. Love at first sight!

Duration: about 1 hour Meeting point: Hall tourist board, Unterer Stadtplatz 19

11.30 a.m. GUIDED MUSEUM TOUR IN HALL In the beginning there was salt
The Salt Mining Museum in Hall takes you underground. Immerse yourself in the Golden Age of Hall´s mining history which goes back more than 700 years. An exciting tour for the whole family!

Duration: about 45 minutes
Meeting point: Salt Mining Museum Hall, Fürstengasse 1

3 p.m. GUIDED E-BIKE TOUR IN TULFES Crossing low mountains on an e-bike!
Experience the impressing landscape around Tulfes on a bike! A professional
bike-guide brings you to the most beautiful spots in the region. It doesn´t matter
whether beginner or advanced, the tour is possible for anyone. Pedal hart!

Duration: about 2,5 hours
Meeting point: Skischule Total, Glungezerstraße 17, Tulfes
Guest price: EUR 35.- per person (incl. e-bike rental fee)
Normal price: EUR 45.- per person (see above, incl. e-bike rental fee)
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 5 persons
Booking: until Friday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board

4 p.m. SCHNAPPS DEGUSTATION From fruit to schnapps
Enjoy a guided tour in a Tyrolean distillery, where passionate schnapps distillers from the Hall-Wattens region proudly present their expertise. The tasting comprises five different types of schnapps (included in the price). Cheers!

Duration: about 1,5 hours
Price: EUR 15.- per person
Minimum number: 2 persons
Booking: until Friday 5 p.m. at the Hall tourist board
Dates: www.hall-wattens.at/schnapsroute

9 a.m. GUIDED HIKE IN ABSAM Hiking as in the early days – From St. Magdalena to Issboden pasture
At the entrance of the Hall Valley, a shuttle service will bring us to St. Magdalena. Along a wild and romantic path beside the Hall Valley stream, we experience the Karwendel nature park, Austrian winner of the year 2020. Reaching the Issboden pasture, a great diversity of alpine plants will be our reward. Maybe we will also be lucky and see chamois, ibexes and eagles around. With binoculars made by Swarovski, we will at least try!

Duration: about 5 hours
Meeting point: Parking Halltal, Absam
Minimum number: 2 persons
Maximum number: 12 persons
Guest price: free
Normal price: EUR 10.- per person (shuttle EUR 5.- per person and ride)
Booking: until Saturday 12 noon at the Hall tourist board
Walking boots, a waterproof jacket and a snack (drinks!) recommended!