Innsbruck · With kids

Weiherburggasse 37a, at 750 m on the slope above the city and open every day of the year — 09:00–18:00 from April to October and 09:00–17:00 from November to March. Around 2,000 animals from about 150 Alpine species. Adults €16, children 6–17 €9, 4–5s €4; a combined ticket with the Hungerburgbahn is €23 from the valley station.

The funicular leaves from Rennweg 3 in the old town and reaches Hungerburg in eight minutes; cable cars then continue to Seegrube and on to Hafelekar. Returns are €14 adult and €8.40 child to Hungerburg, €50.40 and €30.20 to Seegrube, €56 and €33.60 to the top. Seegrube is enough for most children.

About 20 km east of Innsbruck at Kristallweltenstraße 1, open daily 09:00–19:00 with last entry at 18:00. Indoors are the Chambers of Wonder art installations; outside is the part children actually come for — a climbable play tower, a carousel and playgrounds through the park.

Schlossstraße 20 on the southeastern edge of the city, open daily 10:00–17:00 and closed for the whole of November. €16 on the door, €12 booked online. The armoury and the chamber of art and curiosities are the draw — rooms of armour, oddities and collected curiosities that hold children's attention better than a picture gallery.

The city's municipal swimming, run by IKB: Baggersee Roßau at Josef-Mayr-Nusser-Weg 29 is a summer bathing lake east of the centre, and Freibad Tivoli at Purtscheller Straße 1 is the big open-air pool with the mountains behind it. Welcome Card holders get 50% off selected pools and lakes.