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Kitzbühel, Austria

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Kitzbühel

Austria

Kitzbühel (standard German pronunciation with two syllables) is a skiing resort town in Northeast Tyrol.

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Best time to go

Best window: September–October and June

January is the month to avoid — cold. The window below is when it is genuinely pleasant.

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Rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at this destination, via Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis. Hover a month for its real numbers.

What to see

Places are listed from Wikivoyage and our own sourced research. Worth it means a second, independent source names the place too; “3 sources agree” means three or more do — and each card names them, so you can check.

Vorderstadt (pedestrianized old town)

Worth it

Also recommended by CNN Travel

The glitzy, car-free heart of Kitzbühel where centuries-old inns have been converted into boutique hotels sitting alongside designer shops and cafes, giving the town its chocolate-box Tyrolean look.

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Römerhofgasse

Worth it

Also recommended by Lonely Planet

A reconstructed medieval lane so pristine it looks purpose-built for a film set, and the classic photo-stop walk through Kitzbühel's old town.

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Museum Kitzbühel

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Also recommended by Lonely Planet

Traces the town's history from Bronze Age copper mining to its rise as a winter-sports capital, with a tribute room to ski champion Toni Sailer and painter Alfons Walde, plus a roof terrace looking over the old town to the peaks.

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Skip the line — book tickets

The Streif (Hahnenkamm downhill course)

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Also recommended by CNN Travel

The legendary, near-vertical downhill ski race course that hosts the Hahnenkamm race every January, drawing huge crowds to watch racers hit speeds over 140 km/h on the icy Mausefalle section.

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Kitzbüheler Horn alpine garden

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Also recommended by Lonely Planet

A high-altitude garden near the top of the Horn cable car where arnica, edelweiss, and purple bellflowers grow among roughly 400 alpine plant species, with views out over the Kitzbühel Alps.

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Skip the line — book tickets

What to do

Ride the Hahnenkamm cable car to the Streif start house

Worth it

Also recommended by Kitzbühel Tourismus

Lets you stand at the actual start gate of the Hahnenkamm downhill and look down the same terrifying drop the world's best skiers race each January.

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Ski the 'Family Streif' (Red 21)

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Also recommended by CNN Travel

A tamer version of the famous race run that still takes you down through some of the Streif's iconic terrain and back into town, without the race's most extreme sections.

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What to eat

Berggericht

Worth it

Also recommended by Michelin Guide

A one-Michelin-star restaurant on Hinterstadt serving a set 'Tyrolean Feast' menu of four or six modern courses built on classic Austrian ingredients.

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Les Deux Kitzbühel – Brasserie & Bar

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Also recommended by Michelin Guide

A one-Michelin-star brasserie where chef Marc Fröhlich plates French classics like pâté en croûte and steak au poivre alongside more modern dishes.

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Mocking – Das Wirtshaus

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Also recommended by Michelin Guide

A Michelin Bib Gourmand pick on Hahnenkammstraße serving regionally inspired Tyrolean cooking built around home-grown vegetables, at a fraction of fine-dining prices.

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The Londoner

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Also recommended by CNN Travel

An English pub open since 1976 that's become an Alpine institution — loud, beer-soaked, and full of live music, and a fixture on most visitors' Kitzbühel bucket lists.

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