Austria
June 12th to 18th 2026 All photos by Hetty
We travelled by train from Stroud via Cologne and Munich to Jenbach, where we took a bus to Maurach
We stayed here, near the village centre and shops, bus and steam train stops and cable car staiton
The view from the balcony when we arrived
On the opposite side of the road was a school and a farm with horses
behind the house was the cable car going up and down the mountain
Maurach from the tourist boat
In the village – a chapel and a fountain
Lovely alpine houses, new and old
The steam cog railway goes between Jenbach and the lake
A walk in the forest to a waterfall and by the lake
Views from the a chapel on hill – chapel and cable car marked
A walk in the forest to Eben, return through the meadows then a walk in the forest on the opposite side of the plateau
Rofan cable car that passed the house
A walk to a view point above the lake
The eagle’s nest
Airrofan flying experience
A rocky walk
Walking down to a lake
Pertisau, the next village
Karwendel cable car route at Pertisau
View from the top cable-car station
The circular walk we did with animal carvings on the way
Coming down on the cable-car
In the village
Achenkirche at the other end of the lake – we went by tourist boat
First we walked to a waterfall
Sixenhof Museum at Achenkirche
It was a 14th century farmhouse with all the land and forest around it. It was rebuilt in 1810 after a fire
The front of the farmhouse has the living quarters
Farmer’s bedroom and carpenter’s workshop
Sunday best
The back of the farmhouse as set out as a museum
Blacksmith’s workshop and dairy
In the barn is a replica hut that the forestry workers used
Cobbler’s workshop
Gaisalm to Pertisau walk
We saw the route from the boat on the way to Achenkirche and it looked OK
Another day we took the boat to the Gaisalm hut – the only route as there is no road – and walked back to Pertisau
Jenbach in the Inn valley 16th June 2026
The bus took us down the zig-zag road to Jenbach and we took the steam cog railway back to Maurach
