Kitzbuhel Ski Resort village

Kitzbuhel / Village

Kitzbühel is especially picturesque with snow on the ground (not always a given), as hundreds of wealthy guests promenade.

Once a copper-mining centre, the town became an important staging post on the shortest route between Bavaria and Venice. The Chizzo family ruled it in the 12th century - hence ‘Chizbuhel’. Apart from the beauty of its local mountains, the Kitzbüheler Alps, the town is blessed with an exquisite walled centre, divided into two rectangular areas – Vorderstadt and Hinterstadt. Even in ski-boots, visitors feel compelled to walk the narrow cobbled streets, savouring the gabled houses with their frescos, archways and colour-washed facades, as the bells of the Liebfrauenkirche and the nearby 14th Century St. Andreas parish church ring out. Kitzbühel is especially picturesque with snow on the ground (not always a given), as hundreds of wealthy guests promenade, many of the women wrapped in voluminous furs, and the men frequently towed by large dogs. The period between Christmas and the staging of the celebrated Hahnenkamm races is the most exhilarating in the party town’s calendar.