Holiday Ideas
Holiday tips for April in Tyrol: tips for the unstable month
Sun skiing, Easter culture and a spectacle on the glacier - our tips for April are as varied as the month's weather is said to be.
Sun and snow, what more could you want?
"April Fool's Day, April Fool's Day, it does what it wants", as the popular children's song goes, and that is precisely the advantage of the traditionally fickle month: We can simply imitate it. Those who still want to enjoy the snow but also the sun will get their money's worth when skiing in the sun. At Easter, there is also a colourful programme for culture lovers with the Easter Festival or a visit to the Höfemuseum Kramsach. One of the highlights is the "Hannibal" show in Sölden, in which the famous train across the Alps of the eponymous historical enemy of the Romans is recreated using modern technology.
Anyone who has already packed their skis for this season may have done so too early. In April, the St. Anton am Arlberg ski resort still offers the opportunity to ski in the sun on the melting pistes. With the spring-like temperatures in April, you can sometimes even swap your anorak for a T-shirt as you glide over the soft firn snow. A fixture on the Arlberg, but not yet the end of the season, is "Der Weisse Rausch", a legendary ski race that brings hundreds of ski fans to the slopes once again. The special thing about it: In the middle of the race, you have to climb a slope, the "Schmerzensberg", to be the first to cross the finish line. If you want to beat the best time, you should bring your skis in for a service at the end of the season.
Easter time in Tyrol is full of living customs: on Palm Sunday, the locals parade through the villages with beautifully decorated wooden laths, on Good Friday you can hear the "Ratscher" all over the country, who replace the church bells that, according to legend, are flown to Rome with rattling wooden constructions. Tyrolean Easter customs can be experienced on almost every day of Holy Week.
An important cultural institution is the Easter Festival in Innsbruck and Hall. Between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, the multi-genre festival is a fixture in the Austrian art and culture world. The focus is on the contemporary, which can be experienced in Innsbruck and Hall in a combination of old and new music, dance, performance, film and non-European art.
The Höfemuseum Kramsach opens its doors again in April. The open-air museum is home to 37 original farmhouses, some of which are several hundred years old. In addition to a deep insight into rural life in the past, the little ones can collect Easter eggs on Easter Monday, which the Easter bunny has hidden there.
Aeroplanes, helicopters, snow groomers, paragliders, skiers and dancers are all part of a spectacular show that recreates a true story: In ancient times, the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps with his army to conquer Rome. Although he was defeated by the capital of the empire, the brutal crossing of a large part of the Alps in just ten days is the subject of numerous legends to this day. Choreographed by the "Avalanche Torrèn" collective, "Hannibal" is, according to the organisers, the "largest contemporary spectacle in the world", which takes place every two years.
