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Introduction
If Hochgurgl (2,150m/7,054 ft.) were actually a village, it would take the "loftiest village in Austria" title away from other claimants. However, Hochgurgl is really little more than a cluster of hotels, whose owners anxiously await the firs... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There Getting to Hochgurgl, 5km (3 miles) east of Obergurgl, requires a steep uphill transit that you can approach from the Timmelsjoch Alpine Road. Hochgurgl is so obscure that it doesn't even appear on the country's bus map. A bus... Continue reading »
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Introduction
This village is part of a three-resort complex that includes Hochgurgl and Untergurgl. Obergurgl, lying less than 3km (2 miles) upstream from Untergurgl, is one of Austria's loftiest villages at 1,928m (6,325 ft.) and the second-highest paris... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There Obergurgl has no direct train connections. Most travelers take a train to the railway station at Ötztal Bahnhof and then board one of the dozen or so daily buses that travel the 54km (34 miles) up the Ötz Valley to Obergurgl (t... Continue reading »
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Introduction
The capital of the inner Ötz Valley, Sölden, about 1,342m (4,403 ft.) above sea level, draws visitors to this valley in summer, to the woods in spring and autumn, and to the heights in winter. This old-fashioned village is full of folkloric i... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There You can reach Sölden, which doesn't have a train station of its own, via the same buses that service Ötz (above), most of which continue uphill from Ötz into Sölden. The nearest railway station to Sölden is Ötzal Bahnhof, a dis... Continue reading »
