The Verwall hiking circuit can take up to eight days on a walking tour over the borders of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The Verwall mountains stretch from Bludenz in Vorarlberg to Landeck in Tyrol. The …
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The Autumn Gold Music Festival in Burgenland
Thirty years ago, on 11 September 1989, the Iron Curtain between Austria and Hungary was officially opened. To mark this anniversary the Herbstgold (‘Autumn Gold’) Festival offers music from from Austria and its neighbouring countries …
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The Glacier World of the Stubai
It is an inspiring and rocky world when you reach the altitudes between 2000 and 2800 metres. The views of glaciers and the eternal white of the high mountains are always impressive. While the views …
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The Schubertiade Festival in Vorarlberg
The Schubertiade in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg is one of the most renowned Schubert festivals in the world. With around eighty events, the festival has been marked in the diaries of those who love …
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Mountain Summer for the Lippizaner
Young stallions from the Lippizaner stud in Styria spend the summer months in the mountains to work on their agility and suitability for a future role at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The Austrian …
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The Ziller Valley Krapfen Festival
The Ziller Valley ‘Krapfen’ – a kind of deep-fried turnover – is a local speciality which has become a cult culinary delicacy. Later this month the Bundesmusikkapelle Hippach will be hosting the Zillertal Krapfen Festival …
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A Road With A View
A trip up the Grossglockner High Alpine Road offers some stunning panoramic views of mountain scenery. The Grossglockner High Alpine Road opened in 1935 and is a protected historical route. It winds its way through …
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The Sound of Stone
What does nature sound like? The “Klangraum.Stein” (‘Soundspace.Rock’) theme trail in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Reserve in Vorarlberg attempts to answer this question. The trail begins at the top station of the Sonntag-Stein cable car. …
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Walking Around The Weissensee
Lake Weissensee in Carinthia is one of the highest bathing lakes in Europe and is a real paradise for those who enjoy hiking. There are 200 kilometres of marked walking trails lead directly from the …
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Visit the Gretlhöh’
“Skywalk” is the name of the panoramic circular trail on the alpine pastures of the Hochschwab region in Styria. The comfortable double chair lift takes hikers to the Aflenzer Bürgeralm in the mountain scenery of …
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