Kitzbuhel is a medieval city in Tyrol, Austria, situated along the river Kitzbuhler Ache, now best known as a ski resort. It is the administrative centre of the district (Bezirk) Kitzbühel.
Kitzbuhel is one of Austria’s best known and fanciest winter sport resorts, situated between the mountains Hahnenkamm (5616 ft., 1712 m) and Kitzbühler Horn (6548 ft., 1996 m). The Hahnenkamm is home of the annual world cup ski races, including the circuit’s most important event, the downhill race on the famous Streif slope.
This downhill is counted as one of the hardest downhill competitions in the world cup. During summer time Kitzbühel also hosts an ATP tennis tournament on clay, the Austrian Open.
Kirchberg shares the same mountain and has become a major player in the area. Everything here is within easy walking distance.
Filled with a younger crowd, at-tracting families and more dedicated skiers, Kirchberg has some of the wildest après-ski in Austria and somewhat lower prices than its flashier neighbor.
The strongest contingent of tourists in Kirchberg comes from Holland, Britain and Germany. They know how to have a good time and can define the best of wild après-skiers.
If you are looking for that touch to a vacation, this is the place. Upvalley from Kirchberg the con-nection lift to Ski Welt provides connections to one of Austria’s largest interconneted areas.
In 2007 and 2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup races took place at the local Schwarzsee lake. The Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye is an annual festival of historic automobiles. It was first held in 1988.
The first trip of the United Buddy Bears was 2004 to Kitzbühel, following by the first trip into the “big wide world” – when they went to Hong Kong and many other metropolises on all five continents. A further sight is the 3S Aerial Tramway, the aerial tramway with the highest span in the world.
Highway B161, which connects St. Johann in Tirol with Mittersill, passes through Kitzbühel, intersecting here with highway B170 to Wörgl. Kitzbühel Hauptbahnhof, Kitzbühel Hahnenkamm, and Kitzbühel Schwarzsee are train stops at the Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn.
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