Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck

Advantages: Wonderful, gorgeous scenery
Disadvantages: Nightlife is pretty quiet

.... You pay about £6 for entrance for a series of sparsely decorated rooms with a few mannequins adorned with crystals. Sad but true, the best part of the exhibit was the gift shop, which contained a veritable shedload of all things crystal. I had my eye on an exquisite viking galleon, roughly the size of my hand - €100 was a bit steep though! Another visit you can make outside town is Schloss Ambras, a medieval castle that was extended in the 16th century by Archduke Ferdinand II for his secret wife. One of the building holds a massive collection of portraits for the family - I can only guess as they all looked pretty similar. Another housing contains a vast array of armoury and weapons - very nice. There is also the Imperial Church and Palace in Innsbruck, but we didn't get the chance to visit these. Skiing is very popular and can... Read review

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Advantages: great position beautiful building
Disadvantages: a bit pricey but worth it

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Advantages: Big space
Disadvantages: crime rate increased

...Dear Community! For my second review I chose to tell you a bit about the main station of my hometown Innsbruck. I hope you will like it because I gave a lot of efforts to make it as detailed as I could. Let's start:> 1) A short prehistory of the main station: ------------------------------------------------------- 1858 started everything. The first railroad roared through the lower Inn Valley until Innsbruck. At this time the station was far outside the city. The old station area in Wilten was nearly completely destroyed in World War II. Not before the end of war the big main station hall was built in 1955. Old wall frescos by the artist Max Weiler adorned the walls of the hall. 1.b) Informative web sites about the station: ------------------------------------------------------------ www.innsbruck... Read review

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