Zillertal, from Olympic Champions to the "Zillertaler Schürzenjäger"
The Zillertal is one of the most famous holiday distinctions in the alps. If you do not know Austria, you at least have heard about the Zillertal. Get convinced, why tourists from all over the world are looking for, and permanently finding, recreation in Mayrhofen, year after year.
- Once upon a time ...,
- when farmers mow their fields and meadows with scythes in
- impracticable terrain on top of the mountains. The
- cattle got feed from farmers, who spend the summer on huts, while
- farmer's wife processed milk to finest natural food.
- The Zillertaler steam locomotive brought the first
- tourists into the valley, which got warmly welcomed. On the
- traditional alpine huts you get provided, at that time as well as today, with
- "Brettl Jause", Obstler and traditional music. The unique alpine
- fauna will impress you as well as the powerful
- alpine massive, beneath its blazing sunsets. Even
- glacier's ice starts melting, are the sounds of the
- Zillertal Schürzenjäger attending great entertaining festivals. Great
- sportsmen, like Tour de France stage winner Georg Totschnig or
- Olympic champion Stephan Eberharter demonstrate, that not only the area and its fresh alpine air is unique.
- Holiday in Mayrhofen - Zillertal, because it's simply good to be there.
