The Serfaus community is a well-known winter sports resort in Tyrol. Together with the neighboring communities of Fiss and Ladis, Serfaus lies on a sun terrace at around 1400 m above the Inn Valley.
Serfaus does not offer any real sights. But interesting buildings. In summer there is a weekly village tour with a visit to the museum.
Winter
The main focus of tourism
in the three mountain villages is clearly on winter sports. There is
a large, attractive ski area with 212 kilometers of slopes between
1200 and 2800 m. 135 km of slopes can be snowed.
There are 11
tow lifts, 16 chair lifts and 11 gondola lifts, almost all of which
are state-of-the-art. Many gondolas and chairlifts have weather
protection covers and heated seats. There are almost no waiting
times (panorama with piste map)
There are 135 km of trails for
Nordic winter sports enthusiasts.
The Serfaus ski school offers
ski courses.
Tobogganing: In Fiss there is a 3 km long toboggan
run. this can be reached with the Schönjochbahn 1. The toboggan run
in Serfaus is 4 km long and starts at the mountain station of the
Komperdellbahn. Night tobogganing is offered in both places
Summer
In summer it is much quieter in Serfaus. Therefore one
tries to attract summer guests (especially families) with special
offers. The mountain railways can be used free of charge with the
guest card. The bus between the three villages can also be used free
of charge. There is also free childcare and free guided mountain
hikes.
For "mountain goats" there is an extensive range of
mountain biking options. The mountain railways also transport
bicycles in the summer season.
Mountain hiking is also
possible. The mountains are worth seeing despite the ski area.
However, due to the large ski area, you have to move quite further
away from the village to find completely untouched mountains in the
high alpine area. But the cable cars help and you can comfortably
get to the undeveloped summit regions. An attractive day destination
for experienced mountain hikers is z. B. the 3004 m high Furgler.
With the Komperdell cable car to the 2320 m high Lazid, the ascent
is shortened from 1400 to 700 m altitude.
An attractive path
for families and beginners, on the other hand, is the "Panorama
Pleasure Path". The easy-to-walk high path between 1950 and 1820 m
above sea level connects the three mountain stations of the
Komperdell, Sunliner and Möselalmbahn. The return journey from Fiss
is possible by bus.
For families, the "Adventure World
Serfaus" in the area of the middle station of the cable car
"Komperdell" is worth seeing. There are e.g. B. a marmot enclosure
and an adventure trail for children, the "Murmeltrail".
Shop
The nearby duty-free zone in Samnaun (Switzerland) is sure to tempt
you to take a trip. The prices there are much higher than the
Austrian ones (except for gasoline, tobacco, some cosmetics).
In Serfaus itself there are 2 supermarkets and many smaller
shops as well as larger sports shops.
From Germany on the A 7 motorway near Füssen:
Drive via
Reutte and the Fernpass on federal roads towards Inntal near Imst.
If you are in a hurry, you can use the Inntal motorway, which
requires a vignette, including the Landeck bypass tunnel for 20 km
between Imst and Landeck (10-day vignette for cars: € 8.30, status
01-2012).
Important: The Landeck bypass tunnel without a
motorway also requires a vignette. If you use the main road in the
Inn Valley and do not have a vignette for the Austrian motorways,
you should drive through the town of Landeck. Attention: The
official signs to the Reschenpass lead through the tunnel (so
disregard and drive straight ahead towards Zams). It is often
checked at the tunnel. The 6.5 km long single-tube tunnel was rated
good in the 2001 ADAC tunnel test.
If you don't feel
comfortable in road tunnels, you'd better drive through the city of
Landeck, which is also ideal for a stopover. Landeck Castle with a
museum is worth seeing (it is more of a castle).
Around the city
The village of Serfaus is closed to motor vehicle traffic.
Exceptions apply to locals and guests staying in Serfaus. Day
visitors have to park their car in the parking lot at the entrance
to the village and take the Dorfbahn to the cable cars.
The
1280 m long Dorfbahn Serfaus underground connects the large car park
at the eastern entrance to the village with the cable cars at the
western end of the village. Use of the fully automated train is
free. The journey time is 7 minutes.
Operating times: winter
season 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Summer season 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The
stations "Raika" and "Kirche" also open up the long village. So if
the area is further away from the cable cars, you can still get to
the valley stations quite comfortably. More detailed information
about the train (technically a cable-driven air cushion track) can
be found in the corresponding Wikipedia article.
The Serfaus
Dorfbahn has been renewed since April 2017. Detailed information can
be found at
www.ferienwohnung-serfaus.at/dorfbahn