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Municipality in Tyrol, Austria
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Ischgl is a small village of 1,600 people (in 2018) in the Paznaun Valley (German: Paznauntal) in Northwest Tyrol, Austria. Its ski resort is connected with that of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland to form one of the largest in the Alps.
Bakery with delicious cakes and chocolates, two locations in Ischgl (the other at Dorfstr. 70) as well as in See and Galtür.
Fun and homely with good food.
Supermarket.
By car
Ischgl can be reached very easily from Innsbruck, the regional capital of Tyrol.
By train
Ischgl has no railway station and neither do any other villages or towns in the entire Paznaun valley.5 km (2 mi) from the start of the valley.
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