Discover Haiming: Apple Mile, Culture and Trails

Haiming combines apple orchards, regional traditions and various opportunities for active days on holiday. More than 60,000 apple and fruit trees shape the landscape. This creates a distinctive setting for a trip where you can combine exercise, culture and seasonal experiences. When choosing a holiday apartment, it is worth deciding early what you would like to focus on: Would you mainly like to experience Haiming by bike and on foot, discover historical features or combine individual activities with peaceful days?

Apple Mile between cycle path and fruit trees

A particularly vivid way to get to know the area is the Apple Mile in Haiming. It combines a family-friendly cycle tour or walk along the Inn Cycle Path, lined with apple trees, with interactive information about apple growing. The Apple Mile is located directly on the Inn Cycle Path and can be reached via the Ötztal Cycle Path. Those travelling with children can combine a shared activity here with insights into regional agriculture. This combination is interesting for trip planning because it brings exercise and thematic discoveries together in a single excursion.

Cycling and seasonal planning

On the circular route, the cycle path leads through the village of Haiming to the Waldbad Sports Centre. This allows you to experience the surrounding area from a different perspective than on a simple walk along the Apple Mile. Haiming Forest Pool is open from the beginning of May until mid-September. If you choose your accommodation based on your travel period, you should take these opening hours into account. This allows you to better coordinate Haiming’s seasonal opportunities with your personal holiday dates without making every day the same.

Parish church and Haiming traditions passed down through generations

The area’s cultural history is also part of its character. Haiming Parish Church is dedicated to Saints Chrysanth and Daria. Its patronal feast is celebrated with a procession on the Sunday after 25 October. The first documented consecration of the parish church took place in 1384. Also noteworthy is the historic stone floor made of so-called “Haiming marble”, which was quarried in the quarry below Magerbach.

Local customs include Kirchtagskrapfen, pastries with a traditional poppy-seed filling. This custom is still maintained by some Haiming families today. Alongside outdoor activities, such details give a trip a cultural dimension and make choosing the travel period a conscious decision.

Active excursion on the Geierwand via ferrata

For another activity, the starting point of the Geierwand via ferrata is at the car park by the Magerbach rafting centre in Haiming. The via ferrata is 800 m long and has an elevation gain of around 400 m. You should take these figures into account when planning your day and choosing your activities. Those who want to bring together different interests within their travel group can plan the via ferrata as a standalone option alongside cycle paths, walks and cultural events.

Market days in October

The Haiming Market Days take place every year on the second and third Saturday in October. Together with the patronal feast and the traditional foods, this creates special opportunities in autumn to experience Haiming from its traditional side. Outside these dates, the Apple Mile, the cycle route, the parish church and the other destinations described remain independent points of interest for planning your trip.

For further options, you can also view the pages on Ochsengarten and Ötztal Bahnhof.

For the overarching travel overview: Imst.

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Oetz, Rietz, Obergurgl, Mötz, Köfles, Tarrenz.