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Emma Godby samples Stanglwirt

Reef sharks in a luxury spa and riding Lipizzaner horses with the Alps as backdrop. Read Emma Godby's article for The Notebook about her stay at Biohotel Stanglwirt.

Freshers Ski Regions Austria

Snow-covered mountains, blue sky, perfect slopes just waiting for the first track. Austria is the ideal place to make your skiing dream come true.

Enjoy the Snow in Pertisau

Inntravel are offering 7 nights at the 4* Spa Hotel Wiesenhof including flights and meals, as well as free use of cross-country trails. So spend the day making tracks in the snow, then return to the hotel for pamper time and gourmet dinners.

Austrian Winter Sports Week

Join in all the fun and games with this 7 night Ramblers package. Includes flights, transfers, 4* half-board accommodation, use of hotel wellness facilities, local guide and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing equipment.

Fairytale Castle Tour

Discover the true beauty of winter in Tirol and its surroundings on this 9-day tour. Excursions include the fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein, the medieval town of Fussen and Linderhof Castle and the picturesque village of Oberammergau.

Austrian Winter Wonderland

Enjoy the wonderful snowy scenery and experience traditional warm Tirolean hospitality with Leger Holidays. 6 nights accommodation, excursions and executive coach travel included.

“Fasnacht” and Tirol Mask-Carvers

In Tirol, the processions marking “Fasnacht” (the Shrovetide carnival) are such wild celebrations that these traditional events are only staged every 3, 4 or even 5 years.

Snowsports with Dolomite Views

In Hochpustertal there are three skiing areas ideally suited for families, the largest of which is the Thurntaler near Sillian with its 45km runs of all levels, going up to 2407m of sun-flooded slopes with views of the Dolomites and no waiting at the lifts.

Skiing Revival Courses Tirol

There are hardly any winter sports enthusiasts who nail their boards to the wall when taking a time out from skiing, never to be used again. Most skiers head back to the pistes sooner or later.

Easy as Riding a Bike

Handlebar and saddle remain, but the wheels are replaced by skis on the snowbike, and the pedals are simply not needed for your swift ride down the mountain.

At the Top of Tirol

Summit platforms usually offer a spectacular view, but the Stubai Glacier took this one step further with a platform suspended in air, accentuating the image of the mountain.

Winter in Tirol

Enjoy a stunning winter walk, learn how to cross-country ski, or simply take in the beautiful surroundings on a horse-drawn sleigh ride. Including a guided tour of Innsbruck, this is a fantastic alternative to your conventional winter holiday.

Sound of Music Package

Indulge your enthusiasm for the Sound of Music and visit the must-see sights, scenery and cities of Tirol with this great-value 8-day package offered by Leger Holidays.

Night Skiing Tirol

St. Johann, Kitzbühel, Söll...The list of famous winter resorts that offer night skiing in Tirol is endless.

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!

To the Mountain Top by Moonlight

While many end the day at an Alpine hut, skiers who do not tire are drawn to the moonlit peaks of the Zugspitz Arena.

Snowboarding by Floodlight

Not only skiers can have all the fun after dark. Here is a selection of floodlit parks for snowboarders.

Rolling across the Snow

For a moonlit ride across snowy meadows, book a nighttime Segway tour in the Tyrolean Serfaus.

Hay Bath at the Wiesenhof

The cleansing effects of Tyrolean Alpine hay, Kaiserschmarrn for breakfast, and discovering the Karwendel Alpine Park by Segway. Read about Helen Nicholson's stay at Spa Hotel Wiesenhof.

03.08.2012 - 18.08.2012

OperettenSommer Kufstein

"Gräfin Mariza" by Emmerich Kálmán will be headlining the 2012 operetta summer season at Kufstein Fortress.

Excursions

The best routes and excursions for your Austrian trip, through magnificent mountain passes, past spectacular lakes and through beautiful old towns. Here the journey itself is the reward!

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 in Austria's nine regions.

Body and Soul

Warm 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 about the kids, and those who still have the impression that children are obliged to go hiking in Austria are a little behind the times. Every one of Austria's regions is a genuine paradise for little travellers and explorers.

Weddings in Tirol

Enjoy a pre-wedding pamper at Alpenresort Schwarz, float to the mountain top in the Zillertal wedding gondola, or host a sparkling ceremony at Swarovski Crystal Worlds. You will find endless amounts of wedding inspiration in Tirol.

Easter Markets in Tirol

Easter in Tirol offers more than just the famous Innsbruck market. Hall or Kufstein are a stone's throw away, and the Osterfestival Tirol is a cultural highlight not to be missed.

Film Festival St. Anton

Every August since 1995, the famous town St. Anton am Arlberg is characterized by mountain and adventure films. The Film Festival St. Anton presents a wide variety of international documentaries and films about extreme climbing, skiing and snowboarding, paragliding, expeditions to the highest and most difficult mountains on earth, and spectacular films about living in the mountains.

Dextro Energy Triathlon

The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series is taking place in Kitzbühel again in 2012, joining forces with big cities and Olympic venues such as Sydney, Madrid, London, Hamburg and Beijing. An even more attractive route with an especially challenging cycle route, passing through the picturesque centre of Kitzbühel for the first time.

Karwendel Mountain Walk

“The legend lives on!” – that’s the motto of the Karwendel Mountain Walk from the village of Scharnitz, through the Karwendel mountain range to Pertisau on the shores of Achensee lake. This year's legendary hike through one of the Alps' most stunning landscape conservation areas is being held on 25th August.

Gauder Fest Tirol

Austria’s largest spring & folk festival, the Gauder Fest, is held every year at the end of April / beginning of May. Visitors can look forward to a weekend of Tirolean traditions and entertainment. Highlight is the traditional parade, displaying the great variety of national costumes from across Tirol, as well as brass bands and horse-drawn floats and carriages.

Hike and City Innsbruck

Get an overview of Innsbruck from 2000m with this package. Includes one night at a 4-star hotel, guided hike and return trip on the Nordkettenbahnen cable car.

Natural Quality Package Alpbach

Hectic city life is a distant memory in Tirol's Alpbachtal. 7 nights in a 3-star hotel with Alpbachtal Seenland Card.

Ellmau Package Tirol

This fantastic Inghams offer gives you 7 nights at 4* Hotel Hochfilzer in Tirol's beautiful Ellmau with return flights, resort transfers and a welcome drink.

Easter at Chalet Mounty Söll

This Easter, Crystal Ski is offering 7 nights at Chalet Mounty in the lively resort of Söll. The price includes flights and catering by the Crystal chalet hosts.

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.

09.04.2012 - 14.04.2012

Snowbombing 2012

Famous for its adrenalin-fuelled snowboarding, crazed partying and nocturnal chalet-hopping, Snowbombing takes place in the Tyrolean resort of Mayrhofen every year.

St. Johann in Tirol

The holiday region Kitzbüheler Alps St. Johann in Tirol is ideal for hiking breaks and with a 3-night package including all the gear you have nothing to worry about.

05.07.2012 - 29.07.2012

Tyrolean Festival Erl

Since 1998, a festival with international standards, mainly with visitors from German-speaking areas, but also from other parts of Europe or even the USA and Japan. The Tyrolean Festival Erl is not just any music festival.

The Eagle Walk

The beautiful long-distance hiking trail the Eagle Walk is the longest hiking path in Europe. Its main route winds through Tirol’s most gorgeous regions from St. Johann to St. Anton am Arlberg and is divided into 23 segments.

21.04.2012

The Arlberg Eagle

The Arlberg Eagle is a triathlon with a difference...it takes place over five months. The competition starts in April with "The White Thrill" (der Weisse Rausch), a nine-kilometre ski race starting at 2650 metres' altitude on the Vallugagrat mountain.

Affordable Gourmet Dining

With first-hand local knowledge, we've compiled a list of the best Austrian eateries, to guarantee a gourmet gastronomic break, whatever time of the year you might be visiting.

Design Hotels in Tirol

Make one of Tirol's many Design Hotels your base to discover the stunning surroundings they have to offer.

Golfing around Kitzbühel

Teeing off at the centre of a winning centrifugal force, woods and irons with an instinct for the right trajectory, putting to perfection – Kitzbühel is the stuff of golfers’ dreams.

Austria's Most Popular Markets

Farmers’ market, flea market or potters’ market: Markets are a feast for all senses and a celebration of colours, scents and voices.

Innsbruck Card & Club Innsbruck Card

Past and future meet seamlessly in the heart of the Alps as Innsbruck’s world-famous sights, which testify to the Tirol province’s great past, stand alongside post-modern international architecture to create a fascinating blend.

Bathing Lakes in Tirol

The Heart of the Alps, where some 10,000 clean springs bubble up to the surface, offers a wonderful combination of majestic mountains and glittering lakes which are up to 27°C warm.

Modern Design in Tirol

The amorphous, glowing glass structure is one of the stations on the Nordkettenbahn, designed by architect Zaha Hadid.

Wilder Kaiser

More than 400km of walking paths make this area an absolute gem for your walking holiday. Trails are well-signed with accurate directions and approximate walk times given.

Live from the Tirol...

In this short video clip, Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent since 1994, takes us along on his journey to Tirol's Eagle Walk - the
"greatest long distance footpath in Austria".

Live from Kitzbühel...

In this short video clip, travel writer and editor of InTheSnow magazine Felix Milns takes us with him on an early morning excursion to see Kitzbühel's famed sunrises.

A Variety of Walks in Seefeld

Approximately 650km of marked hiking, mountain climbing and fixed rope climbing routes hold the quality seal for mountain and hiking paths in Seefeld. Check out just a few of the options.

Wheelchair Hiking

Despite its mountainous terrain, the Tirol is one of Europe’s most wheelchair-friendly destinations. Less-abled visitors can easily find a variety of suitable trails to enjoy the spectacular landscapes of this alpine province.