Discover Wiesing: Nature, Churches and Cycling Route

Wiesing lies in the Inn Valley at the foot of the Rofan mountains, at an altitude of 568 metres. The village combines a historic Churches and Chapels Trail with alpine landscapes, a family-friendly cycling route and various opportunities for active days.

Nature at the Foot of the Rofan Mountains

A special destination in the Rofan region is the Astenau Alpine Pasture. It is considered a popular, easy hiking destination. Rare, protected alpine flowers such as the stemless globe flower and gentians grow in the lush alpine meadows. Chamois, roe deer and red deer also inhabit the Astenau Alpine Pasture. For your travel planning, this creates a clear contrast with the cultural attractions in the village: one day can be devoted to mountain meadows and wildlife, and another to the churches and chapels of Wiesing.

When choosing accommodation, you can consider which daily rhythm suits your travel group. If you are primarily looking for experiences in nature, the Astenau Alpine Pasture is one of the tangible destinations to include in your plans. The term easy refers specifically to the Astenau Alpine Pasture hiking destination and should not be applied to other trails.

Churches, Chapels and a Historic Trail

Wiesing has a long ecclesiastical history. A small church dedicated to Saint Vitus already stood here around the year 1000. The new church was built over four years from 1777 and was ceremonially consecrated on 17 July 1781 by Prince-Bishop Josef Count von Spaur from Brixen. The present church incorporates the Gothic tower with its tall pointed spire. The Baroque high altar features a painting of a saint by Franz Anton Zeiller from 1779.

The Wiesing Churches and Chapels Trail was created on the initiative of the Wiesing local committee and the Achensee Tourist Association. Route variant 4 begins at Wiesing parish church and leads across the fields to the Stanglegg Trinity Chapel. This allows an interest in regional history to be combined with a walking route without focusing the excursion exclusively on a single building. You can pick up the guide to the Churches and Chapels Trail at the Wiesing information office or request it from the Achensee Tourist Association.

Cycling, Tobogganing and Cross-Country Skiing

The family-friendly Zillertal Cycle Path leads from Wiesing to Mayrhofen and is 36.4 kilometres long in total. You should take this distance into account when planning your day. The tour can be combined with the Zillertal Railway, which runs between Jenbach and Mayrhofen. The Zillertal Railway transports rental bicycles from ZVB AG free of charge, provided there is space on the train. At Camping Inntal in Wiesing, an e-bike rental station is also available for guests staying outside the specialised e-bike accommodation options. External guests can also rent e-bikes there directly on site or book them through the Achensee Tourismus Erlebnis Shop.

For a winter excursion, the Breitlahn toboggan run descends for around 3 kilometres from Eben to Wiesing in the valley and is generally well suited to families. The return journey to the starting point is possible by public bus from the Wiesing Abzweigung Stanglegg stop. The W1 Buchbergl cross-country trail is suitable for beginners. It is an easy cross-country skiing loop suitable for beginners, heading towards Jenbach as far as just before the HTL school and then returning to the starting point.

Wiesing as a Starting Point for Choosing Your Accommodation

A holiday apartment in Wiesing is particularly suited to your plans if you want to combine nature, culture and activity in different types of days. The Churches and Chapels Trail provides a cultural focus, the Astenau Alpine Pasture represents an easy hiking destination, and the Zillertal Cycle Path offers a longer cycling tour with the possible combination of bicycle and train. Families can also consider the approximately 3-kilometre-long Breitlahn toboggan run; beginners in cross-country skiing can include the W1 Buchbergl trail in their plans.

When looking for accommodation, you can first decide whether your trip should be characterised more by walks and chapels, alpine nature observation or cycling and winter sports. Wiesing offers concrete options for all of these, without every day having to follow the same pattern.

For further travel decisions, the pages on Ried Im Zillertal, Mayrhofen, Hainzenberg, Kaltenbach, Bruck Am Ziller, Hollenzen, Stumm and Zell Am Ziller are also available.

To the higher-level travel overview: Schwaz.