Schwaz

Worth seeing in and around Schwaz

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Museum der Völker

   The Museum der Völker in the Austrian Schwaz in the county of Tyrol was founded in 1995 as a cultural association Haus der Völker by Gert Chesi and belongs to the well known Ethnology museums in Europe. After a new construction and remodeling the exhibition operation opened on the 12th of April 2013 as Museum der Völker.

   1.4 km · museum in Austria · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey

   St. Georgenberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery, the oldest extant monastery in the Tyrol, founded in 1138 but from 1708 to 2019 relocated to the nearby city of Fiecht in the community of Vomp in Tyrol, Austria.

   3 km · abbey · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Old Town

   Historic town centre with many architectural gems from the 15th and 16th century when Schwaz was an important silver ore mining town in Tyrol.

2. 02
   Silver
3. 03
   Planetarium
4. 04
   Schloss Tratzberg

   A-6200 Jenbach,.

5. 05
   Ethnological Museum

   Martin 16 (bus stop Hirschenkreuz), info@museumdervoelker.com​.

6. 06
   Rabalderhaus

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Things to do

The Karwendel region offers many activities for hikers, mountain bikers and tourists wanting to see the countryside. In 2019, and for a few years prior, the Transalp mountain bike race has gone through the Karwendel silver region. You can ride the biking trail from Hinterriss to the Falkenhütte, into the Eng and on to Schwaz, and go to Weerberg via the Geiseljoch. E-biking is also an option.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Restaurant Silberberg

   Alte Landstrasse 1 (bus stop Silberbergwerk),.

2. 02
   Tonis Eiscafe

   The best ice cream in town, and very affordable.

3. 03
   Gasthof Knappenkuchl

   Alte Landstraße 3a (bus stop Silberbergwerk), fax: +43 5242 72372 14, info@knappenkuchl.cc.

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Getting to Schwaz

Airports

Innsbruck (INN), 29 km · Salzburg (SZG), 110 km · Munich (MUC), 112 km

Stations

Schwaz Heliport, 1.7 km

• Salzburg → Schwaz

  112 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · €16–22
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• Linz → Schwaz

  220 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · €29–40
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• Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Schwaz

  213 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · €36–50
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