Achensee – Dampferwiese (Steamer Wreck)

Achensee

Blindsee

Fernsteinsee

Heiterwanger See

Innsbruck Quarries (Roßau & Arzl)

Piburger See

Plansee

Schwarzsee (Kitzbühel)

Walchsee

Tyrolean food is robust mountain cuisine built around Speck (smoked cured ham), Käsespätzle (cheesy noodles), Tiroler Gröstl (fried potato and meat) and hearty soups. The region’s dairies make pungent mountain cheeses, and the slopes of the Inn valley produce crisp white wines and excellent apple juices. Desserts lean on strudel and doughnuts.

Hotel Alpenroyal

Hotel Goldener Adler

Hotel Moser

Hotel Schwarzer Adler

Seehotel Gisela

Tyrol is the alpine diving heartland of Austria, where mountain lakes sit in dramatic cirques and the country’s largest lake, the Achensee, drops to 133 m in crystal water at 929 m altitude. The region’s connected Plansee and Heiterwanger See deliver some of the clearest water and biggest rock walls in the Alps, while Blindsee and Fernsteinsee hide submerged forests and, at Fernstein, a medieval bridge in water of astonishing clarity. Warmer, shallower Walchsee, Piburger See and Schwarzsee near Kitzbühel are perfect training and night-dive lakes, and the Innsbruck quarries at Roßau and Arzl give urban divers platforms, vehicles and macro life. Tyrol demands respect for altitude, cold and depth, but rewards it with vertical scenery and visibility that rival any tropical wall - just in 5 °C water. It is a technical and advanced diver’s playground as much as a beginner’s training ground.

Tyrol

Fly into Innsbruck Airport (INN), which serves the whole region, or Munich (MUC) to the north. A rental car is essential for the high lakes and the Plansee; the Achensee and Innsbruck quarries are reachable by train and bus.

Dive Sites in Tyrol