Great Greeters

With our friendly greeter we had a very relaxed and informative walk in and around Innsbruck . A good mixture of information about Innsbruck as you walk around and also sharing a few personal stories back and forth between each other. Rudi provided some valuable tips on local dining etc, which we followed for a brilliant “local” dining experience.

Tip – ideally book your Greeter experience early in your stay at a town/city – that gives you time to enjoy their local dining/entertainment suggestions.

Leah and Wayne from Perth, Australia

An interesting way to start finding out about Innsbruck

An Innsbruck Greeter was a great way to find out a bit more about this city. Silvia was easily contactable and available to us as planned. She showed us around the oldest part of the city (less touristy) and told us about the history. She also took us to the market and explained about local foods.

I think it might be better if you knew what you were most interested in before you did this walk (because it’s not a guided tour it’s just a walk with someone who knows the area) , but it’s hard to know when you haven’t been somewhere before!

Helen from Bornemouth, UK

City Tour

We wanted a city tour to get an overview of the city center. Our expectations were fully met. We spent a wonderfully entertaining afternoon with our greeter Martina. We can recommend her at any time.

Elisabeth from Rainbach, Austria

Walk and Talk with Rudi

Interesting to gain an insight on history of Innsbruck from a local!

Rudi has lots of knowledge and interesting facts to share with us! It was so wonderful to share the time with him one on one as we felt we were able to talk about so much!

Thank you once again for the opportunity to meet with a local – the experience was greatly appreciated!

Sheryll and Paul from Gold Coast, Australia

Amazing experience!

Rudi met us at our hotel and spent a wonderful 3 hours with us and showed us Innsbruck from the Olympic ski jump to the funicular station and we were able to see and experience more of Innsbruck than we could have ever expected.

Greeters is like visiting a friend and spending some quality time together while enjoying their city.

Charles and Mila from Florida

landscape format; a woman (ca 50 yrs) and a man (ca 65 yrs), both wearing trousers and shirts, sunglasses, smile into the camera. behind them the river, a row of coloured houses and the mountains
Charles and Mila in front of the iconic Innsbruck panorama

Chicago greeter discovers Innsbruck

Looks like this is the month of greeters’ visits to Innsbruck. After Tallinn and Freiburg we welcomed a fellow greeter from Chicago.

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Chicago greeter Margaret with Anton Steixner of “Die Brennerei”, currently the best distillery of Innsbruck and around

With Margaret we visited the best distillery in town for a genuine Schnaps tasting.

Another fellow greeter

Wolfgang is the manager of the greeters in Freiburg, Germany. Of course, whenever a greeter travels she or he is looking out for fellow greeters at their destination.

Together with the local greeter Rudi Wolfgang and his wife Angela walked through southern quarters of Innsbruck and finished in the “corner of the four beasts” as that place in the old town is called. It got its name from the fact that at this spot you are surrounded by four taverns named after animals.

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Rudi, Angela and Wolfgang at the “corner of the 4 beasts”

The best experience in Innsbruck

It was such a great pleasure to get to know Elli! We had a really nice walk around the city, enjoying the snow while she explained me beautiful fun facts about the city. I go back with an amazing experience in Innsbruck but also (and most importantly) with a new friend!

Catia from Leiria, Portugal

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Catia and Elli brave the weather

Innsbruck through the lens of a local

My friend and I mostly travel to get a grasp of how locals live. We love experiencing things that people from different cultures do on a daily basis.

portrait format, selfie; 3 people at a table in a Cafe; left a young woman, middle an older man. right a young woman again. On the table various coffees, in the background a colourful painting of flowers
Vanessa, Rudi and Lisa at the Cafe

Rudi showed us around the residential areas and explained historical information mostly related to Innsbruck’s lifestyle along with how the city came about. He was kind enough to extend the tour to a conversation at a cafe he frequented. We got to know so much more about him, his culture, and the hidden places in Innsbruck. He was simple in thoughts but had such a great deal of knowledge even of things outside of Innsbruck. He was also an honest man who spoke his mind which made it such a delightful afternoon for both my friend and I. Hopefully for him too!

Vanessa, Malaysia and Lisa, South Korea