Zell am Ziller: Gauder Fest, Arena Coaster and Leisure Park

Zell am Ziller offers several clearly distinct reasons to plan a trip: an annual festival, a year-round attraction, and activities including swimming, mini golf, a themed trail and a guided tour with tasting. If you are looking for a hotel, it is worth deciding first which reason matters most to you. This lets you plan your travel dates around Gauder Fest or choose activities based on your interests during your stay.

Gauder Fest and when to visit

Gauder Fest takes place every year on the first weekend in May in Zell am Ziller. Its origins date back to the 15th century. Each detail serves a different purpose in planning your trip: the date helps you choose when to travel, while the history offers an additional point of interest for anyone curious about the festival’s origins. If your stay has a different focus, you can plan around the leisure activities that interest you most.

Arena Coaster: a year-round attraction

The Arena Coaster in Zell am Ziller is a year-round attraction for all ages. Its features include a 360° loop and a 540° loop. There is a difference in timing compared with Gauder Fest: the festival takes place every year on the first weekend in May, while the coaster is open year-round. This gives you two different starting points for planning your trip: a fixed festival weekend and a year-round attraction.

Adventure outdoor pool and mini golf

At Zell Leisure Park, the adventure outdoor pool includes a large sports pool, a whitewater channel, two giant slides and a children’s pool. The “Treasures of the Zillertal” adventure mini-golf course features 18 themed holes. The difference is easy to see: the pool brings together several water areas, while mini golf revolves around its themed holes. If you are travelling with children, the children’s pool at the adventure outdoor pool and the Arena Coaster’s explicit appeal to all ages offer two concrete points to consider when choosing activities.

Guided tour with tasting

The guided tour at BrauKunstHaus ends with a tasting of fresh beer specialities in the modern Bräustüberl. The experience combines a guided visit with a clearly defined finale: the tasting takes place in the Bräustüberl. Unlike the coaster and mini golf, this activity centres on a guided tour with a beer tasting.

Holzweg themed trail

The Holzweg themed trail starts and ends at the Zell am Ziller music pavilion. The music pavilion is therefore the same reference point for both the start and the finish. This provides a concrete planning detail to help you find your way, since you have the same named location in mind for both ends of the route. Unlike a visit to BrauKunstHaus, which ends with a tasting, the Holzweg can be identified by its shared starting and finishing point.

Discover more destinations: Stans, Schwendau, Emberg, Rohrberg, Gattererberg, Laimach, Wiesing, Zellbergeben.

For the overview of the wider region: Schwaz.