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HOLIDAYS IN AUSTRIA

There are a number of Austrian national holidays during the summer. On these days banks are closed and public transport operates feiertage (holiday) timetables, which are usually the same as Sunday schedules.

 Easter: variable, late March to late April

 May day: 1 May

 Ascension day: variable, May

 Whit Monday: variable, mid-May to mid-June

 Corpus Christi: variable, late May to late June

 Assumption day: 15 August

 National day: 26 October

 All Saints day: 1 November

School summer holidays run from mid-July to mid-September. Most towns and villages have summer festival days, and from mid-September to early October many villages celebrate Almabetriebsfest, when cows are welcomed back from summer mountain pastures (see box in Stage 21). In Innsbruck, the battle of Bergisel is commemorated on 14 August.

Tourist offices

Tourist offices operate at both regional and local levels. Tirol Werbung in Innsbruck is responsible for marketing Tyrol as a tourist destination and part of this role involves setting up, managing and promoting the Adlerweg network of paths. They produce a map and guide to all 128 stages and through their website www.adlerweg.tirol.at individual Kompass 1:50,000 maps of each stage can be downloaded. While the guidebook provides excellent outline information, it is not sufficiently detailed to walk the path as only one paragraph is allocated to each stage.