The majestic Kufstein Fortress towers over the city in the green valley of the Inn. After extensive renovation, this bulwark is both a cultural highlight of Tyrol and a monument to turbulent centuries past. The proud fortress is open every day and offers guests big and small a wealth of history and stories about its eventful past.

A festival in the green meadow, opera glamour against the backdrop of a mountain panorama, and international flair in a village idyll: the Tyrolean Festival Erl lives from contrasts. The Erl festival was founded by Gustav Kuhn in 1997 and since 1998 has taken place over 25 days in July in the Passion Theatre Erl. To complement the original venue of the festival a winterproof festival theatre was opened in December 2012.

Four eyes, five courses, two places and a record player – those are the disarmingly puristic, elegant ingredients of the 15m² restaurant which is booked out with two guests an evening. The site of the world's smallest bridge restaurant is in itself exceptional: it sits majestically above the historic Römerhofgasse in Kufstein, next to the centuries-old crossing between the wine shop and hotel.

This hike takes you into the beautiful Kaisertal. The Ritzau Alm is an ideal destination for a ramble or for putting in a stop during a high-altitude hike over the Zahmer Kaiser. The Alm is known not only for its fantastic location, but also for its excellent food. After a rest, enjoy the wonderful panorama as you return to the valley.

With cape, cap and lantern, Harald Löffel, Kufstein's last night watchman in traditional dress welcomes his visitors. In the twilight he tells about another side of the fortress city. The city may occasionally appear sinister in the darkness, but it gives the night watchman ample opportunity to shine his lantern on lots of tales of the past, but also of not-too-distant times.