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Wattens
The Inn valley market town where Swarovski was founded, home of the Kristallwelten with its giant's head grotto and gardens.
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Highlights
11 from neighbouring places
Swarovski Kristallwelten
A crystal-themed attraction at Wattens created for Swarovski's centenary in 1995, with artist-designed Chambers of Wonder behind the grass-covered giant's head fountain.
Museum Wattens
The local museum of Wattens, tracing the market town's development from early settlement to its paper-making and crystal industries.
Schreibmaschinenmuseum
A museum in Wattens devoted to typewriters, displaying a collection of historic writing machines gathered from many countries.
Swarovski Kristallwelten Wattens
A crystal-themed attraction beside the Swarovski works in Wattens, opened in 1995, with artist-designed Chambers of Wonder and a garden around the giant's head.
Rätersiedlung Himmelreich Wattens
1.1 km away, in Volders
An open-air archaeological site at Wattens preserving remains of an Iron Age Rhaetian settlement on the Himmelreich terrace above the Inn valley.
Schloss Aschach
1.8 km away, in Volders
A castle at Volders in the Tyrolean Inn valley, one of a cluster of historic noble seats between Hall in Tirol and Wattens.
Schloss Friedberg
2.4 km away, in Volders
A medieval hilltop castle above Volders in the Inn valley, in private hands for centuries and occasionally opened for guided visits.
Karlskirche
3.1 km away, in Volders
A 17th-century pilgrimage church at Volders beside the Inn, dedicated to St Charles Borromeo and known for its unusual round baroque plan.
Jausenstation Aicherstüberl
3.4 km away, in Volders
A snack station above Volders serving cold platters and home cooking to walkers on the low paths between the Inn valley villages.
Altstadt Hall in Tirol
5.6 km away, in Volders
The medieval old town of Hall in Tirol, a dense web of lanes, squares and Gothic and baroque buildings that grew wealthy on salt mining and coin minting.
Lizumer Hütte
13.2 km away, in Wattenberg
An alpine club hut at the head of the Wattental in the Tux Alps, a base for ski tours and summer walks around the Lizum basin south of Wattens.
Bogenschießparcours Tulfes
4 km away, in Tulfes
A 3D archery course laid out in the woods near Tulfes, with targets along a walking circuit for beginners and practised archers alike.
Borgiaskapelle
4.8 km away, in Tulfes
A small chapel near Tulfes dedicated to St Francis Borgia, a quiet wayside landmark on paths around the village.
Speckis Kinderparadies & Minigolf
5.1 km away, in Gnadenwald
A family leisure ground at Gnadenwald, 879 m on the sunny terrace above the Inn valley, with minigolf, trampolines, table tennis and playgrounds.
Glungezerbahn
5.3 km away, in Tulfes
A lift system rising from Tulfes at 923 m towards the Glungezer, carrying walkers to the Zirbenweg stone-pine trail in summer and serving a small ski area in winter.
Historic site
Cable carNothing of this kind in Wattens.
Routes
Inntalrunde leichte Nordic Walking Runde in Wattens, Tirol
Flat beginners' walking loop from Wattens out across the fields to Volders and back, with almost no height to gain.
- 4.3 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h
- Duration
Historischer Rundlauf
Running and walking loop around Wattens that links the Räter settlement at Himmelreich, the castles of Aschach and Friedberg, and the Karlskirche.
- 9.4 km
- Distance
- 219 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 45 min
- Duration
München - Venedig: Durch das Wattental zur Lizumer Hütte
Long stage of 26.7 km and 1,604 m of climb up the Wattental to the Lizumer Hütte, with a shorter variant if the weather or your legs argue against the full line.
- 26.7 km
- Distance
- 1 606 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 6 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Von Wattens zur Jausenstation Gartlach Kolsassberg MTB Route 590
A short, steady climb from the valley floor at Wattens up the slopes of Kolsassberg, 300 m of ascent in barely four kilometres.
- 4.1 km
- Distance
- 298 m
- Ascent
- 32 min
- Duration
Über Volders zum Sagerkirchl/Wattenberg MTB Route 589
A moderate climb on farm roads out of the Inn valley to the scattered farms of Vögelsberg, topping out near the Engrieserhof at 1,035 m.
- 8.7 km
- Distance
- 474 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 4 min
- Duration
Oberes Unterinntal leichte Rennradtour in Wattens, Tirol
A long, almost flat tour along the Inn valley floor past Schloss Tratzberg, with little more than 300 m of climbing in 75 km.
- 75.7 km
- Distance
- 360 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 3 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
Grillalm 523 m- Hotel Schwarzbrunn 569 m
- Ticket Office 553 m
- Seminarhaus Schloss Tratzberg 544 m
- ECON Holzbau- Zimmerei 530 m
Maoribrunnen beim Dorfinstallateur 520 m- +2
Rennrad 14 Hinterhorn Alm
A long road day up the Inn valley from Radfeld, finishing with the toll-road climb to the alm at 1,522 m north of Hall in Tirol.
- 93.9 km
- Distance
- 1 328 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 35 min
- Duration
- 36
- Check-ins
Wattens - Kolsass leichte Wanderung in Wattens, Tirol
Walk east out of Wattens through meadows and woodland to the Lourdeskapelle and Merans, returning by way of the Archenwald.
- 8.6 km
- Distance
- 321 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 49 min
- Duration
Bergsagen Weitwanderweg: Etappe 2 von Wattens nach Tulfes
Second stage of the mountain-legends long-distance route: from Wattens into the Voldertal to its hut, then over pasture to the Glungezerbahn mid-station and down through forest to Tulfes.
- 18.5 km
- Distance
- 1 106 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 59 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
Innradweg Kufstein - Hall
A near-level valley route along the Inn between Kufstein and Hall in Tirol, following the river past Kundl, Rotholz and Pill.
- 72.3 km
- Distance
- 90 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 28 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Fernradweg München-Venezia: 2. Abschnitt, die Schatzkiste Tirol
A long-distance stage down the Inn valley to Innsbruck and then up the Wipptal to the Brenner Pass, with rail stops at Pill-Vomperbach and Steinach.
- 82.0 km
- Distance
- 1 563 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 45 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Wuzelschellweg mittelschwere Wanderung in Wattens, Tirol
Family loop into the Wattental by way of Vögelsberg; short, but steep enough in places to suit children with some hill-walking behind them.
- 6.1 km
- Distance
- 375 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 35 min
- Duration
Wattener Runde mittelschwere Rennradtour in Hall Tirol
A long climb out of the Inn valley into the Wattental, reaching the Puelacherhütte and Schwaigerhütte at around 1,350 m before the descent.
- 47.3 km
- Distance
- 1 137 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 16 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Innsbruck Hochplateau Ride
A demanding tour over the terraces above the Inn valley, taking in the Goldbichl and a string of mid-mountain farms and inns.
- 107.7 km
- Distance
- 2 530 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 57 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
Silberrunde mittelschwere Rennradtour durch Tirol
A tour along the Inn valley floor from Hall in Tirol out past Terfens and Pill, with barely 220 m of climbing in more than 40 km.
- 41.8 km
- Distance
- 183 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 53 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Rennrad 15 Oberes Unterinntal
A rolling road tour along the Inn between Radfeld and Wattens, passing Schloss Tratzberg and the mouth of the Zillertal at Strass.
- 72.4 km
- Distance
- 323 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 44 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
- Hotel Schwarzbrunn 569 m
- Tourismusinformation Rattenberg-Radfeld-Brixlegg 516 m
- Seminarhaus Schloss Tratzberg 544 m
- ECON Holzbau- Zimmerei 530 m
- Maoribrunnen beim Dorfinstallateur 520 m
- Goidinger Bau 554 m
- +1
Fernradweg München Venedig in der Region Hall Wattens
The Munich to Venice long-distance route where it runs level along the Inn through Hall and Wattens.
- 26.3 km
- Distance
- 20 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 21 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Rund um Innsbruck
A long road loop over the terraces east of Innsbruck, through Rinn and Ampass and down to the Inn at Fritzens and Wattens.
- 60.6 km
- Distance
- 1 464 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 45 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
UCI Straßenrad WM 2018 Einzelzeitfahren
The 2018 world championship time-trial course, running along the Inn valley from Wattens into the old town of Innsbruck.
- 28.6 km
- Distance
- 226 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 45 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Innradweg - Tiroler Unterland - Radwanderroute 2
A long day on the Inn valley cycle route, running downstream from Innsbruck through Hall in Tirol to Rattenberg, Brixlegg and Kundl.
- 99.6 km
- Distance
- 95 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 58 min
- Duration
- 5
- Check-ins
Innradweg
A flat valley-floor route along the Inn, running downstream from Innsbruck's old town past Hall in Tirol towards Terfens and Weer.
- 31.8 km
- Distance
- 10 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 50 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Innradweg von Innsbruck bis Wörgl
A near-flat run downstream along the Inn from Innsbruck to Wörgl, passing Hall in Tirol and the villages of the lower valley.
- 68.5 km
- Distance
- 268 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 20 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Kurzer Sprint am Volderberg
A quick climb from Wattens up to the hamlets of Vögelsberg at around 900 m, then straight back down to the valley.
- 19.6 km
- Distance
- 527 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 14 min
- Duration
Innradweg
Ninety-seven kilometres of near-level cycle path along the Inn, from Mötz past Telfs and Innsbruck down to Rotholz.
- 86.9 km
- Distance
- 245 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 56 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
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- Official website: hall-wattens.at ↗
- Routes and highlights: Region Hall-Wattens, Innsbruck Tourismus, Alpbachtal Tourismus, Wipptal Tourismus, Kitzbüheler Alpen Tourismus
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