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Tyrol (German: Tirol; Italian: Tirolo; Latin: Tirolis) can refer to:

Places

• Tyrol, an alpine region divided between the following modern divisions:
  • the Austrian State of Tyrol: north and east
  • the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol to the south
• Tirol, Italy, a village in the province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy whose castle gives its name to the entire historical region
• Tyrol Basin, a ski and snowboard area located in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, USA

Other political entities

• Princely County of Tyrol, a former political entity in existence until the early 20th century comprising territory in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol
• German Tyrol, the German-speaking area of the old County of Tyrol
• Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, a Euroregion comprising the historical Tyrol region

In fiction

• Galen Tyrol, a fictional character from the re-imagined miniseries and television series Battlestar Galactica
• Tirol (fictional planet), the homeworld of the Robotech Masters in the anime series Robotech

See also

• FC Tirol Innsbruck, a defunct Austrian football club from Innsbruck
• Tirolese an Italian cheese
• Tyrol Knapweed a thistle growing in Central and South-eastern Europe
• History of Tyrol
• Castle Tyrol

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From Wikitravel

Tyrol (German: Tirol) is a historical region in the heart of the Alps. It consists of North, East and South Tyrol. North and East Tyrol together make up the Austrian federal-state of Tyrol with its capital in Innsbruck. South Tyrol, despite its German speaking majority, has been part of Italy since the end of World War I. It makes up the northern portion of the alpine Italian province Trentino-Alto Adige with its capital in Bolzano (Italian) or Bozen (German).

The Alps and the Tyrolean flag

• Stubaital

• Innsbruck
• Kufstein
• Kitzbühel
• Hall in Tirol
• Oberndorf
• Schwaz
• Seefeld
• Ischgl
• Sölden
• St. Johann
• Reutte

• Bolzano/Bozen - capital of South Tyrol
• Stubaier
• Pinswang

Get in

By air

There is an international airport in Innsbruck (ICAO code: LOWI) which has schedules to Vienna, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Graz, Nice, Hannover, Stavanger, Alghero, Gothenburg and Olbia. Schedules may differ in winter. SkyEurope was a discount airline that flies to Innsbruck. However, FlyNiki/Airberlin have started on offering reaseonably priced flight. The Munich Airport, 2.5 hours away, is another alternative. There are vans that will meet you at the Munich Airport and take you directly to your lodging in or around Innsbruck for the price of a comparable train ticket.

There is also an airfield in St. Johann in Tirol (ICAO code: LOIJ), with a 750 m asphalt runway.

By train

Innsbruck has connections to all major cities in Austria such as Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Linz and Bregenz.

Get around

by car

Do

sightseing

• Apartments Mitterer (Apartments Mitterer - Waidring / Tirol), Pillerseestraße 33, ☎ +43 (0)5353 5616, [1]. Accommodations only a 5 minute walk far from the center, at a calm location directly at the toboggan run and the swimming pond. (47.5789912,12.5711398) edit

• Panorama Waidring (Panorama Waidring - Waidring/Tyrol), Dorfstraße 62, ☎ +43 (0) 5353 5328, [2]. Only 2 Minutes from the Gondola of the Steinplatte in Waidring!  edit

• Schweizerhof Waidring (Schweizerhof Waidring - Waidring/Tyrol), Pillerseestraße 16a, ☎ +43 (0) 5353 5260, [3]. Only 3 minutes to the center. Skibus stops direct in front of the house!  edit

• Obergurgl Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl, Ramolweg 5, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ +43 (0) 5256 6223 (info@edelweiss-gurgl.com, fax: +43 (0) 5256 6449), [4].  edit

• Hotel Auracher Loechl, Römerhofgasse 2-5, 6330 Kufstein, ☎ +43 (0) 5372 62138 (hotel-weinhaus@auracher-loechl.at, fax: +43 (0) 5372 62138-51), [5].  edit

• Granat Schlössl, Schlossweg 3, 6456 Obergurgl, ☎ ++43 (0)5256/636363 (info@hotel-obergurgl.at, fax: ++43 (0)5256/6363 15), [6].  edit

• Hotel Lamark, A-6263 Hochfügen Nr. 5, ☎ 0043-5280-225 (info@lamark.at, fax: 0043-5280-227), [7].  edit

• Hotel Tiroler Adler, Kirchgasse 1, A-6384 Waidring, ☎ +43 (0)53 53 53 11-200 (info@tiroler-adler.at, fax: +43 (0) 53 53 53 11-50), [8].  edit

• Hotel Gridlon, A-6574 Pettneu am Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5448 8208 (hotel@gridlon.com, fax: ++43 (0)5448 8208-68), [9].  edit

• Hotel Hospiz, A-6580 St. Christoph / Arlberg, ☎ ++43 (0)5446 2611 (info@arlberghospiz.at, fax: ++43 (0)5446 3773), [10].  edit

• Gästehaus Anfang, A-6133 Weerberg / Inntal, ☎ ++43 (0)5224 67480 (anfang@tirol-ferienwohnung.com, fax: ++43 (0)5224 67480), [11].  edit

• Der Larchenhof (Der Lärchenhof), A-6383 Erpfendorf, Kitzbüheler Alpen, Tirol, Österreich, ☎ +43/5352/8138 (info@laerchenhof-tirol.at, fax: +43/5352/8413), [12]. Luxury 5 star hotel set in a breathtaking enclave of the Austrian Alps. Visit our website.  edit

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

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Wikipedia

Tyrol or Tirol

1. a land (state) in the west of Austria
2. a region in central Europe that includes the Austrian state of the same name and the Italian regions of South Tirol and Trentino

Translations

Derived terms

• Tyrolean