Lower Austria’s architectural highlights are not limited to a few areas; they are to be found everywhere, from the Wachau Valley and the city of Krems to the provincial capital of St. Pölten and the Kamp Valley.
Architectural Highlights in Lower Austria...In the epicentre of the vineyards, this cluster of winemaking facilities, hotel and restaurant emanates the aura of a fairy tale. And this is not, we emphasize, simply a matter of history.
wine House & Restaurant Nigl in SenftenbergLandhaus Bacher has been one of the first culinary addresses in the Wachau for many years. It is one of Austria’s very best restaurants.
Gourmet-restaurant Landhaus Bacher in the WachauJamek has been an institution in the Wachau for decades now. Both for the lusciously comfortable atmosphere and the quality of everything promised...and delivered.
Jamek - Country inn and wine estate in the Wachau valleyRegional specialities, sampled in the midst of vineyards.
Wining and Dining in AustriaThe Loibnerhof is the longstanding classic pillar of restaurants in the Wachau. For decades, it has enjoyed cult status for its outstanding regional cuisine.
Learn more about Loibnerhof in DürnsteinThe chef earned his spurs and his fame as legendary chef at Hotel Intercontinental in Vienna. Manfred Buchinger resaddled to establish a splendid Weinviertel country inn known instructively as “the old school”.
Learn more about Buchinger’s Inn “Zur Alten Schule” in Riedenthal ob WolkersdorfHeinz Hanner is doubtless the most avant-guard top Austrian chef there is. And one thing is also certain: nothing here can ever get boring.
Learn more about Hanner restaurant inThe former monastery has been secularised for a long time. Today it is a different kind of temple: of enjoyments at the highest imaginable level.
Learn more about Kloster Und in KremsThe Austrian daily “Kurier” called it “Austria’s most beautiful regional wine shop”. The brainchild of local authorities and some forty top winemakers from Wagram, planned by the Viennese architectural team of “gerner°gerner plus”, and opened in September 2009, Weritas Wagram is a centre for the entire region.
Wine Shop Wagram WeritasThe Heurigenhof Bründlmayer is no ordinary heuriger buffet. In this preciously beautiful ensemble of historic buildings, you enjoy superb cuisine and the preeminent stars of the Austrian wine scene, courtesy of Bründlmayer.
Wine tavern-restaurant Heurigenhof Bründlmayer in LangenloisFrom Vienna, drive along the Danube westward towards Lower Austria. Just past the city of Krems, you’ll encounter idyllic, terraced vineyards of the Wachau valley.
Find out more on Vineyards along the DanubeAmazingly sweet and luscious apricots, wholesome “Wachauer Laberl” fresh fish – the goodies are tempting and the tables along the Danube richly laden.
Find out more about WachauThe gardens of the Kamptal have been especially blessed by nature and 19 unique oases of green can be visited in one of the most beautiful valleys in Lower Austria.
Find out more about Kamptal GardensA region which straddles the banks of the Danube, rich in history, blessed with a mild climate and outstanding white wines, the UNESCO cultural heritage site of Wachau is a magical land in every season.
Find out more about WachauDaniel Spoerri, artist of “nouveau realisme” stemming from Rumania, made an impact with Eat-Art Events and Object Art Works.
Find out more about EAT.ART & AB.ARTThe so-called bittermann vinarium is a modern country inn: within age-old walls awaits a true land of plenty for all those who love to eat and drink well.
Winery Bittermann Vinarium in GöttlesbrunnFrom the middle of the vineyards rises the aluminium-clad cube of the Visitors’ Centre Loisium, a symbol of how adept the winegrowing town of Langenlois is at linking the modern and the traditional. This theme is also taken up each year in March by the Loisiarte music and literature festival.
Loisiarte Festival for Music & LiteratureWorld Music from the Waldviertel: Litschau, Austria’s northernmost city, is the birthplace of the traditional “Schrammel” music. In July, the area surrounding the Herrensee and the Herrensee theatre serves as the location for three days of Austrian folk music, sometimes conventional and occasionally eccentric.
Schrammel.Klang.Festvial in the WaldviertelA small village in the Waldviertel has devoted itself totally to the poppy: the inhabitants of Armschlag have even patented the unique Waldviertel grey poppy seed.
Poppy in perfection: Mohndorf