{"id":194,"date":"2009-11-26T03:27:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T07:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/?p=194"},"modified":"2018-06-23T00:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:26:57","slug":"swarovski-crystal-innsbruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/shopping\/swarovski-crystal-innsbruck","title":{"rendered":"The Glitz and Glamour of Swarovski Crystal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Swarovski Crystal Gallery &#8211; the World&#8217;s Largest:<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_195\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/IMG_1005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/IMG_1005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/IMG_1005.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/IMG_1005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/IMG_1005-185x138.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swarovski &#8211; Innsbruck, Old Town<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stroll through the streets of Innsbruck\u2019s historic centre and one shop you won&#8217;t miss is the <strong>Swarovski Crystal Gallery<\/strong>. Its bright red, stylishly restored 15th century building is right at the southern entrance to the <strong>Old Town<\/strong> (Alstadt) where Swarovski&#8217;s spacious premises house a world full of glitz and glamour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swarovski <\/strong>has a huge following amongst women the world over who love their glitzy jewellery, accessories and ornaments.\u00a0 <strong>Charm bracelets<\/strong> are popular as are <strong>Swarovski binoculars<\/strong>, mobile phone accessories and hair jewels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adLargerect\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1009507070974015\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7417206609\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>At <strong>Swarovski Crystal Gallery<\/strong> crystal lovers will be dazzled by the\u00a0 sparkling jewellery and accessories from the exclusive<strong> Daniel Swarovski<\/strong> Paris line,\u00a0 collector\u2019s items, exquisite design objects, crystal chandeliers and enchanting souvenirs.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re not sure of what you want, customers are offered expert advice in a variety of languages.<\/p>\n<p>At Christmas, <strong>Swarovski Innsbruck,<\/strong> as well as the <strong>Crystal Worlds in Wattens<\/strong>, amaze visitors with their <strong>Chamber of Wonder<\/strong>.\u00a0 Walk down the steps into their\u00a0<strong>\u2018Winter Wonderland\u2019 <\/strong>and you&#8217;ll be enchanted not only with beautiful crystal objects and jewellery, but also Christmas decorations from Swarovski\u2019s Christmas World.\u00a0 The fabulous, glittering Swarovski \u2018Winter Wonderland\u2019 has been on display since 2006.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments-185x185.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/files\/2009\/11\/Swarovski-Christmas-ornaments-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swarovski Christmas ornaments<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Designed by Dutch artist Tord Boontje, the landscaped crystal winter wonderland is designed to stir all kinds of emotions, memories and fantasies for visitors &#8211; for some it&#8217;s nostalgic, whilst others are excited.\u00a0 <strong>Swarovski&#8217;s \u2018Winter Wonderland\u2019<\/strong> has become a tourist attraction and tour groups are brought here to enjoy their creative Christmas crystal exhibits and hopefully to buy some crystals as well.<\/p>\n<p>In the Innsbruck Crystal Gallery this Tyrolean crystal manufacturer&#8217;s has created the <strong>world\u2019s largest Swarovski shop<\/strong>. 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