St. Johann di Tirol, Austria

Here too, are many activities and celebrations planned for tourists. On July 22, there was an International Accordian Meeting with the best accordian players from Tirol, Salzburg, Bavaria and South Tirol demonstrating their musical skills, and August 5 was a major Mountain Bike Race.

St. Johann has a summer sled track, called a Rodelbahn, with two tracks running parallel to each other. It’s 1km long and a chair lift takes you to the top of it. Looks like great fun!

For a small little area, it’s surprising how many people are visiting, walking around (not hiking) through the area. And of course, eating.

There is also an ice cream parlor across the street and people started buying ice cream cones around 10am. Sounded good to me and there was always a line. …View image…

We would join other tourists admiring the ancient painted houses and wandering through charming streets. This one was my ideal fairy tale house.

Does the Good Fairy live here?

St. Johann also had a children’s program where you could “dump” the little 6-12 year old darlings for five days, from 9A-3P for 30 Euros – and the 30 Euro cost included lunch and transfers! Every day, something different was planned for them. It could have been a “Pirate Day”, pony riding, mini-Olympic games, summer sledding…lots to do.

Our hotel room looked out at the backside of the Kitzbuheler Horn. We already hiked up the St. Johann side and tomorrow we’ll either take the train or Post Bus over to Kitzbuhel and hike up that side…