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Architectural Highlights Lower Austria

Lower Austria’s architectural highlights are not just limited to a few areas. They are to be found throughout the entire region, from the Wachau Valley and the city of Krems to the provincial capital of St. Pölten.

Bathing Lakes in Lower Austria

Several lakes serve as backdrop for regional festivals in Lower Austria. Take Lunzer See, for example, which hosts the annual "Wellenklänge". Or the Herrensee and its "Schrammel.Klang.Festival".

Lower Austria: Haydn’s Birthplace in Rohrau

Joseph Haydn’s birthplace is located in Rohrau, a town about ten kilometers to the south of Hainburg on the border between Lower Austria and Burgenland.Today this birthplace is one of Austria’s most significant memorials to a composer.

Golf in Lower Austria

The land surrounding Vienna is the nucleus of Austria and at the same time the country's most diverse province. It is the perfect destination for a golf and city break in one.

29.06.2013 - 27.07.2013 - Krems

Glatt & Verkehrt

This very unique festival takes place in different venues: Winzer Krems, Spitz Castle, Zoehrer Wineyard, Goettweig Abbey, as well as Krems. Since 1997 it has provided an environment for artists from around the world to deal with their musical roots in original, funny and surprising ways.

09.08.2013 - 15.09.2013 - Lower Austria

Allegro Vivo

International chamber music festival at various Lower Austria venues. 2013 focuses on the cultural diversity of the British Isles, highlighting how great composers of the European continent as well as native composers derived inspiration for their monumental works.

Falconry in Austria

From the falconer’s fist, the falcon launches itself and climbs high into the air, until it spots its prey: for 5,000 years, humans have been benefitting from the hunting instinct of birds of prey.

Viticulture in Lower Austria

In Lower Austria, the vines were planted on fruitful soil: from the time when the Romans planted vines on the favoured sites in this northern province of their Empire, wine has been prized here as a pleasurable cultural heritage and elevated to cult status by committed wine-growers.

The Melody of Pine Resin

A botanical rarity extends south of Vienna, from the Wienerwald as far as Rax and Schneeberg: the largest and most northerly forest of Austrian black pine in Europe. It conceals more than one secret – and trees with faces!

The Sound of Heiligenkreuz Abbey

Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Europe’s largest Cistercian Monastery, lies behind protective walls, less than half an hour’s drive from Vienna. With an uninterrupted 900 years history of monasticism, Heiligenkreuz is both tourist attraction and deeply spiritual experience.

Night Skiing Lower Austria

Plenty of ski resorts in Lower Austria switch the floodlights on after dark, giving you even more time to have a ball on the slopes.

Night Skiing Austria

What an amazing feeling to carve down the slopes on a floodlit ski run, and what a choice you have in Austria!

Wachauer Marillenknödel

Try your hand at these traditional apricot dumplings, as made in the Lower Austrian Wachau Valley.

15.08.2013 - 17.08.2013 - St. Pölten

FM4 Frequency Festival

The Frequency Festival, organised by radio station FM4, is one of Austria’s largest music festivals. With previous locations in Vienna, Salzburg and now in St. Pölten, the 2013 line up includes top international bands The Killers, Placebo and The Cure.

Castles and Palaces

Austria is filled with magnificent castles and palaces, grandiose witnesses of a bygone era. Follow the footsteps of emperors and knights and let history come alive.

Pure Indulgence

In Austria a number of regions have got together to create themed routes that invite you to explore rural history with gastronomic delights all along the way.

Body and Soul

Thermal waters that massage the skin, relaxation and rejuvenation for the body, and clear alpine air at the door. Did you know physical well-being could be this agreeable?

Family Trips

A family holiday is a holiday with the kids, not all about the kids, and those who think children are obliged to go on countless hikes in Austria are a little behind the times.

Weddings in Lower Austria

Have you always dreamed of saying "I do" surrounded by the Alps and the lucious banks of the Danube? Or can you imagine spending your honeymoon in the wonderful Wachau region, renowned for its mild climate and sunny white wine slopes? Then Lower Austria is the place for you.

Cycling & Mountain Bike Holidays

"On your bike! Ready, steady, go!" Travel through outstanding landscapes in pure mountain air with a well-signposted network of cycle paths. Choose Austria for its unrivalled cycling and mountain bike routes, plus accommodation which offers the full service – from repairs to cycle sheds and delicious meals – a cyclist must experience Austria!

Weddings in Austria

Ever since Will and Kate decided to tie the knot we have all succumb to the Royal Wedding craze. But have you ever thought about celebrating your own big day in Austria? From luxury spa pamper weekends for brides-to-be, to being swept up the mountain to the chapel in a wedding gondola, find royal inspiration here.