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06.09.2012 - 16.09.2012
International Haydn Festival
Most of Haydn's career was intertwined with the Esterhazy family and he spent nearly 50 years in their employment. The country seat of the family, Esterhazy Palace, is now home to the annual International Haydn Days. Motto of the 24th festival is "Haydn & Italy".
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12.07.2012 - 26.08.2012
Seefestspiele Mörbisch 2012
The centre of the operetta world is located only sixty kilometres southeast of Vienna in the picturesque town of Mörbisch, on the shores of Lake Neusiedl. This year's performance at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch is Johann Strauss' classic "Die Fledermaus".
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11.07.2012 - 26.08.2012
Opera Festival St. Margarethen
An old Roman quarry is the setting for this exciting summer festival. The main opera of 2012 will be Carmen by Georges Bizet.
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05.07.2012 - 11.07.2012
Chamber Music Festival Lockenhaus
This chamber music festival which was named one of the world's two best festivals by the New York Times and classified as European cultural heritage transforms the small town in central Burgenland into the hub of chamber music for two weeks every year.
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27.01.2012 - 22.10.2012
Liszt Festival Raiding
Franz Liszt was one of the most dazzling musical personalities of the Romantic era and the composer of a gigantic oeuvre. Every year his birthplace of Raiding in Burgenland celebrates Liszt's immense talent with a number of tributes.
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Austria's Wine Country
Austria recaptures the spirit of a bygone era: Ornate palaces, imperial monuments and echoes of Mozart’s music abound – all remind travelers of life as it once was. Nowadays, visitors to Austria discover exciting movement afoot. Austria’s vibrant wine scene has earned a worldwide reputation for quality and innovation and is the destination for those seeking culture and charm.
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Enjoy coffee at Schaerf World
During a visit to the Schaerf World, visitors find out all they ever wanted to know about growing, refining, preparing, and – above all – enjoying coffee.
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Vinatrium Cellars
In the atmospheric cellars of the Vinatrium in Deutschkreutz one finds a nearly inexhaustible supply of wines from Central Burgenland, all of which can be sampled.
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Eisenstadt
Despite being Austria’s smallest provincial capital, this former seat of the noble Esterhazy family and home to some 13,000 inhabitants, has plenty to offer its visitors.
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Festival for all Senses
Austria's diverse cultural offerings include over 200 festivals, stretching from world scale events to small regional gatherings. Many of them make use of Austria's beautiful surroundings and most of them offer an outstanding culinary menu to accompany the cultural experience.
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St. Margarethen Opera Festival
Bizarre rock formations on Europe’s largest natural stage form the impressive backdrop for opulent opera productions every summer.
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Plan your trip to the Austrian Wine Country
Austria’s wine regions are both beautiful and easy to visit. In fact, once you step off the plane in Vienna, you have already arrived in one of the world’s most unique wine region. Vienna. Then about one hour south east of Vienna lies the Burgenland, and one hour west of Vienna is the region of Lower Austria with many beautiful valleys. Many of them along the Danube.
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Design Hotels
Designed by celebrity architects and furnished by star interior designers: Austria’s design hotels satisfy the mind and tempt the senses.
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Experiences "off the beaten path"
Looking for great authentic travel experiences? Just move the "slider" to your travel preference and we'll show where we think you should go. You most likely will encounter unexpected like the "Poppy village ".
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Pannonian Living
Vacation on the sunny side of Austria. In the unusual and typical Pannonian accommodation life is at its glory.
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Vinothek Weinwerk Burgenland
Contemporary architecture in the heart of the premises from the renaissance era: right in the center of the wine growing village Neusiedl am See was created one of the most impressing wine cellars of Austria.
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Austria's Eastern Edge
Burgenland is unlike anywhere else in Austria. Whereas Austria is known for rugged Alps, pirouette-inducing meadows or the excitement of Vienna, Burgenland sits on the edge of Central Europe’s vast Pannonian plain.
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Erich Stekovics
Eric Stekovics has scoured the world for tomato seeds in his quest to revive some nearly forgotten flavours. Today more than 3,200 varieties of tomato thrive in his fields near the Neusiedlersee.
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Austria's Wine Regions
The miracle of Austria is that all of its wine regions are incredibly easy to visit. In fact, once you step off the plane in Vienna, you have already arrived in one of the world’s most unique wine regions.
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National Parks in Austria
Austria has six National parks, almost 60 nature preserves and „nature parks“, about 35 „hot spots“ for bird-watching, 20 Alpine gardens and many other opportunities to admire nature in its undisturbed, pristine beauty
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