Location: Hippach
Top Things to do in Hippach
Top 10 Things to do in Hippach, Austria
Discover the best top things to do in Hippach, Austria including Zillertaler Hohenstrasse, Zillertal Arena, Stiegenhaushof, Zeller Bergbahnen - Zillertal Arena, Granatkapelle Am Penken, Walking Trails, Kletterzentrum Zillertal, Murmelland Zillertal - Kaltenbach, Lago Schlegeisspeicher, Penkenbahn - Mayrhofen Zillertal.
Restaurants in Hippach
1. Zillertaler Hohenstrasse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By joy12Blairsville_GA - Blairsville, Georgia
AWESOME, SCENIC, PICTURESQUE - Hope you get the idea !!! The Zillertal High Alpine road is a road in the Tuxer Alps, located in the Southern part of the Zillertal. You will be driving high above the valley floor, way above the tree line. There are five different access roads from the valley floor from the villages of: Hippach, Zell im Zillertal, Aschau im Zillertal, Kaltenbach and Ried im Zillertal.
My husband, adult son and I were staying in Mayrhofen for one week in early October to attend the annual Almabtrieb Festival. In researching things to do and see before our departure from the States, I had read about this famous road and knew we would enjoy traveling on it. The day we drove the portion of the road from Hippach to Zell im Zillertal was a perfect weather day with the brightest blue skies I have ever seen.
As you leave the valley in Hippach you travel through some small clusters of houses, some perched on the steep sides of the Mountains. There is a mixture of forest and fields to drive through. All the houses were very well tended with of course the customary flowers decorating the balconies. Beautiful !!!
The starting portion of the road we took was toll free at first but further up the mountain we encountered a small building that was a toll booth. The cost for our auto was Euro 7. I was later to reflect that this Euro 7 was a fair price to pay for about five hours for a delightful day. The road condition is generally good - single lane in many sections - with places to pull off to let on coming traffic pass. My son was driving on this day and I was a passenger sitting in the back seat on the right hand side of the car. As we were assending the mountain, in many sections where you had to pull off, the pull offs were on the "open/down hill" sides of the moutain and I had to shut my eyes as to not see where we would end up if we pulled off too far. Another asset to not being the driver that day was being able to take lots and lots of pictures.
At the peak of this portion of the drive we came upon the Hutte Melchboden which is at the elevation of 2,020 meters (6,600 feet). This is a wonderful place to stop, walk around some, have lunch and enjoy watching lots and lots of paragliders taking off. The car parking area is quite large, the restrooms were clean and the food was delicious. There are some picnic tables scattered all around the building and lots of big boulders to sit on.
We ordered our meal at the walk up window and I had the pleasure of visiting briefly with the man who was taking our order (I think he might have been the owner ??). He was very helpful in explaining to me the different types of soups that were on offer that day. I tried the dumpling soup and it was delicious. My son had goulash soup and also said it was very good. You literally feel like you are on top of the world as the views were 360 degrees.
We stayed here over an hour enjoying watching the paragliders launch from various spots on the mountain. What an incredible sport. During our stay in Mayrhofen we saw many many paragliders daily in the skies but seeing them at the start of their journey was special and educational.
The day we were at the Hutte Melchboden was one day before the annual "cow parade" in Mayrhofen which was on Saturday, October 6 this year. While we were having our lunch we heard cow bells and shortly there after, about 15 cows came up the road beside the cafe .....none of them had the eloborate head decorations on like they would have the next day, but several had eloborate collars to hold the bells on. I think that maybe these were cows just going from one pasture to another ...but not sure. And a really really nice custom to see first hand was the gentleman who had taken our lunch order shut the cafe down for about 5 minutes and brought out a shot of schnapps for the cow herder. I had read about this custom and was so pleased to be able to see it happen.
We continuted on after our wonderful break taking the road that would eventually lead us to the town of Zell im Zillertal. During our drive down the mountain we caught up with the parade of cows and as there was no passing, we slowed down to traveling at cow speed. Which was fine as I was able to take even more scenic pictures. The scenes going down the mountain were every bit as lovely as climbing up the mountain.
Towards the end of the desent we had to travel past (very closely) some road/mountain construction going on. We were able to see the process of the huge wire cables, cement and rocks that were being used to enforce the sides of the mountain. Interesting.
As we did only a small portion of this incredible road, I hope to return someday to experience more of it.
If you like mountain scenic drives, this one has to be a "10".
2. Zillertal Arena
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 355 reviews
Reviewed By Tim K
Went here with my Family and we really liked it. The Ski area is very large and therefore you have a lot of options to go for.
Some nice views you have here as well and you should also visit the Königsleiten Ski area when you are here.
Overall Ratings
5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By hhhtheone - Schwanden, Switzerland
Martin empfängt seine Gäste höchstpersönlich. Schon bei der ersten Verkostung versucht er im Gespräch den Geschmack seines Besuches herauszufinden. Im Stiegenhaushof von Martin und Kathrin Fankhauser kommt jeder auf seinen Geschmack. In kompetenter Art und Weise werden die Gäste beraten. Auch ausgefallene Wünsche versucht Martin zu erfüllen. Der kleine Umweg von der Bundesstrasse ins Dorf Schwendau lohnt sich sehr. Wir waren begeistert. Martin - wir kommen wieder!
4. Zeller Bergbahnen - Zillertal Arena
Overall Ratings
5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Roger S
We really loved this place. Very nice views, very good Almhütten, a lot to see, very nice landscape. We also enjoyed the coaster and a bagjump. Will be back!
5. Granatkapelle Am Penken
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By Tillyted - Cheshire, United Kingdom
Provides an interesting Landmark and is strangely beautiful - although looks like a rusty box the internal crafted wooden finish provides a special place of calmness peace and refuge - Different
6. Walking Trails
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 217 reviews
Reviewed By Mogeltoft - Copenhagen, Denmark
There is a walking track along the river from Mayrhofen to Hippach (5 km) with funny wooden sculptures all the way. It's an easy walk no matter how young og old you are. No excuse, off you go.
7. Kletterzentrum Zillertal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By Alex P - Boquete, Panama
Always love coming here because of the atmosphere and the friendly staff. They watch over you and assist you in your first climbs and when you all are comfortable with the safety precautions, they step back and let you do your thing. Interesting route all over the place offering a good time and a challenge to climbers of all levels.
Nice little Boulder section as well. And self secure systems to allow you to climb alone or without any knowledge of securing each other.
Good equipment to be rented at a reasonable price.
8. Murmelland Zillertal - Kaltenbach
Overall Ratings
4 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By CZonholiday
The only great thing about visiting here is the drive up. The views are breathtaking and worth to pull over and take some pictures. Beware though, the roads are narrow. When you get closer you have to pay a toll of €8 which I guess pays for the road further up. The view once you get to Murmelland is worth the drive. However, Murmelland itself was disappointing. It was very old and used looking with many parts of the playground in disrepair or broken. The whole play area looked very neglected. The restaurant was also very average in terms of food and was pricey. My advice is, just travel up there for the view but don't expect much as the kids will be disappointed. By the way, we briefly only saw one Murmel when there!
9. Lago Schlegeisspeicher
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By Tanya R - Vienna, Austria
We went out of our way on our drive from Vienna to South Tyrol to go on a little hike here a few weeks ago, and it was splendid.
Keep in mind that there's a 12€ toll fee for the last few kilometers of road to reach the artificial lake - we saw people park for free further down who were going to walk it up, but the road is narrow and there's no sidewalk, so I would no recommend that. I think there's a bus that'll take you up though. Since we were on a tight schedule we didn't want to have to worry about connections and parked our car right at the top. The drive up is an experience in and of itself, as you get to drive through tunnels chiseled into bare rock.
We visited on the last Saturday of July and weren't there until late morning, so finding a parking spot was a bit tricky, but spots kept opening up. The view is excellent, and I highly recommend the hike up to the Olpererhütte, which takes about two hours - the views from the top and during most of the hike are simply incredible, especially on a clear day. The water is a stunning color, and you'll still see the Mountains on the far side dusted with snow. It was a highlight of our summer!
10. Penkenbahn - Mayrhofen Zillertal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 227 reviews
Reviewed By RICHARD B
The Penkenbahn is great. New. Clean. Efficient. Make sure that you go to the Shop/locker room at the top. When we were there (July) they had a visual that looked like silhouettes of people taking a shower. Very clever. Very innovative. Walk up/ take other lift to the top to get lunch.
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