Kitzbühel - Travel Diary

I have never been to Kitzbühel, so I was really excited to go this summer. It's about a four-hour drive from central Switzerland.
We left on a Sunday in the morning and arrived in Ellmau (about 15 minutes from Kitzbühel) at around 1.30 pm. We had lunch at the "Wilder Kaiser" golf club. Wilder Kaiser is the name of the famous mountain in the Kitzbühel area, from the restaurant you have a great view of this impressive mountain. From there we headed to our hotel and checked in, went to the pool, area and enjoyed the sun, before going into the village. Obviously, all the shops were closed, but it's still very cute and lovely to walk around. After that, we had an early dinner in town, explored a bit more and spent the rest of the evening watching tv and reading.

On Monday we enjoyed breakfast and then headed to the Hahnenkammbahn, the gondolas, which took us up the Hahnenkamm. Kitzbühelmisnfamous for the ski races from that hill, especially the downhill, which is really impressive. In summer you can hike down the track and so we did. It starts up at the start house, where there are lots of information about the course, the winners and much more. You can actually stand in the starting bit and look down, the view is fab, but omg it's so steep. You then start walking down and there are certain parts pointed out along the track. It was interesting to see how different it looks without snow and it's crazy what these ski racers do. It's so steep and crazy, but I loved seeing everything. In between, we stopped at Seidelalm to enjoy a typical Austrian soup. I'm glad I walked all the way down, you definitely have to see that once in your life. In the afternoon we explored the village a bit more and hit some of the shops, before going to the Rasmushof for dinner. It's a small golf course, with the view of the skiing course and it's actually the finish area for the races. We had a yummy dinner, typical Schnitzel, so good!!! At the hotel we finally enjoyed our welcome drink, i i had a Bellini. The lobby area is gorgeous and fab for the evening.

Tuesday started very rainily, so we took it slowly, enjoyed breakfast and then headed into town to go to some more shops. We also enjoyed a "semmel with leberkäs" for lunch, another typical dish from the area. I had mussle stiffness from the day before and then I twisted my ankle walking back to the hotel, that was not fun, the foot hurt for a while. In the afternoon we explored the area, went to Kirchberg and Reith. Kirchberg is very cute and we found a fab interior store in Reith. For dinner we went to another golf course, it's called Arosa, with a great view of Kitzbühel and the Wilde Kaiser. It has a lot of water, so it was a lot of fun watching the people play. In the evening we enjoyed the pool and spa area.

On Wednesday we had a slow start and my foot was still hurting. We drove to Kufstein, close to the German border and explored the little city. I found a great store called "The Sisters" and we looked at the fortress there. Luckily, there was a funicular to go up there, because walking was definitely not my favourite thing to do. We also had lunch in this cute town, before it started pouring down with rain. We then drove back to Kitzbühel and enjoyed the spa, before having a delicious dinner at the hotel. I had "Tafelspitz", which was excellent. 

Thursday was our last day, so we had breakfast and then checked out. On the way home, we first stopped in Hopfgarten a cute little village, with a beautiful church and then we also stopped in Innsbruck. A bit of sightseeing and shopping (didn't buy anything) and then we walked up the main tower to enjoy the view. My foot was better, but still swollen and red, so I wasn't happy (it was much better the day after, thank god). Afterwards, we had lunch and then an ice cream before taking on the rest of the journey. 

I absolutely loved these days in the mountains, it was very relaxing and there are so pretty places.