| The Austrian Tirol -
no frills, just thrills When you’ve spent the morning abseiling
down a waterfall, plunging through icy white w ater
and scrambling down the rocky sides of a plummeting river valley it’s
hard to know whether the screaming sound you can hear is your nerves, or
the native eagles that cling to the sheer mountain face high above you.
Spend the afternoon climbing the same craggy rocks and you’ll know
it’s your nerves.
Welcome to the Austrian Tirol, a haven for nature and a heaven for adrenaline
junkies and those who simply want to have a bit more FUN with their nerves.
This pretty Austrian province with its snow capped mountains, acres of
unspoilt valleys and tranquil woodland belies a tough interior. The Tirol
has all the essential ingredients for nerve-jangling thrills and the most
extreme of adventure sports and spills. Steep drops, pounding white water,
sheer cliff faces, challenging mountain paths, exhilarating wide open spaces
and the great outdoors, mile after mile of it. It all comes naturally in
the Tirol.
Tirolean river valleys are a paradise for white water rafting,
canyoning and canoeing, plunging down from the mountains with almost indecent
haste, while the mountains that give the rivers their speed, are the biggest
draw if you want the vertigo thrill of a sheer drop, hundreds of feet beneath
your climbing boots.
But don’t just climb up them, jump off them. Abseiling down crevasses
is a popular way to spend a weekend, pausing long enough only to paraglide
past the eagles, and cruising down to land on the greenest meadows imaginable.
Why not book into the Tyrol’s first holiday village, the Feelfree
Nature Resort. Set in idyllic parkland with a tranquil stream, village
green, wellness, sauna and solaria and a restaurant, accommodation is in
bunk-rooms, camps and traditional lodges. Visitors have free use of mountain
bikes for the duration of the stay and a wealth of other holiday experiences,
right on the doorstep from tandem paragliding to rafting through the 14km
long Imst Gorge to fixed wire climbing at the Lehner waterfall.
For further information on activities in the Tirol and how to book your
adventure holiday contact the Tirol Tourist Office via their website.
Links:
TOURIST BOARD
www.visittirol.co.uk
TIROL TOURIST OFFICE 
RESORTS
www.feelfree.at FEELFREE
NATURE RESORT
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