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Rent a Chalet, Villa or Apartment
Looking to rent a chalet, villa or an apartment for your stay in Austria? We have compiled a list with properties throughout Austria.
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Passion for Tradition
Yodeling and electronic music. Rustic farm-house museums and glittering skyscrapers. In Austria, beloved traditions and innovation happily coexist, each nurturing the other. Here, we’d like to focus on the centuries old, uniquely Austrian customs that were passed on from generation to generation, such as the intricate traditional costumes from the Bregenzerwald, or the art of mask-carving in Tirol.
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High up on the Alpine pasture
For just a short while in summer, the Alpine pastures transport animals and people alike in an intoxicating mood, in the best of moods.
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Hotel Schwanen
Old and new, tradition and modernity – Vorarlberg’s Bregenzerwald region is virtually unrivalled in its focus on combining contrasting elements in its architecture. The Hotel Schwanen in Bizau goes one step further, however: it even serves contemporary gourmet cuisine prepared according to medieval recipes.
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Hotel Kitzhof
A mere five-minute walk separates the Hotel Kitzhof from Kitzbühel’s fashionable town centre. But there is a world of difference between the hustle and bustle of the chic ski resort and the peace and quiet of this 4-star hotel with its modern Alpine ambience.
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Hotel Krone in Au
The fact that you feel a good bit closer to the sky at the Hotel Krone, in the Vorarlberg town of Au, has to do with its location at a high vantage point in the middle of the Bregenzerwald. But you also feel as if you have found a bit of heaven when basking in the spectacular Sky Spa, high above the rooftops of the village, or enjoying the traditional hospitality of this 4-star hotel.
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Naturhotel Waldklause
When a hotel is voted “Europe’s most beautiful environmentally-friendly hotel” for the third year in a row by an expert jury of the German travel magazine “Geo Saison”, it must be something special. And it is: the Waldklause!
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Almdorf Seinerzeit
Vacation in a mountain hut? Behind the authentic Alpine ambience of the Almdorf Seinerzeit, perched high up in Carinthia’s Nockberge, guests encounter a great deal of privacy and even more luxury.
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Maierl
Winter vacation in your private chalet with room for up to eight people, your own wellness oasis, optional hotel service, and the ski lift right by the front door? Yes it is possible: the five new chalets at the Maierl Alm offer all of this – and at affordable rates!
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Astounding views, for all hikers
One of the most dramatic hikes to take in the Austrian Alps happens to be one of the easiest, and most accessible. All ages will enjoy the jaw-dropping views and contemplative pace of the Zirbenweg Trail. Approachable from multiple directions, it offers enough variety to bring hikers back again and again.
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Grossglockner High-Alpine Road
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road makes Austria’s highest mountain accessible for everyone. The famous alpine road leads you right into the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park, the Grossglockner and its glacier, the Pasterze.
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Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
Over three hundred glaciers, ten thousand animal species and countless jaw-dropping vistas make the Alps' largest nature reserve also its most memorable. Cultural artifacts and natural wonders compete for your attention. The National Park Center -- open daily -- makes for a perfect base camp as you set out to explore this magnificent Austrian treasure.
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Seewinkel National Park
Austria is the only place in the world that produces award winning sweet wines in a national park! Participate in a bird-watching tour of Seewinkel National Park by foot, canoe, or solar boat and then rejuvenate in the Presshaus restaurant in Illmitz with a glass of lusciously sweet “Trockenbeerenauslese” with Kaiserschmarrn (Imperial Pancake) or with a selection of local cheeses.
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Underground Salt Mines Tour
Hidden deep underground, the Salzwelten salt mines in Hallein near Salzburg, one of the oldest in the world, offers a tour that is adventurous, fun and interesting all at the same time! It includes a train ride, boat ride and cross border trek—all underground! Great fun, especially if you are with a small group of friends or family. As long as you’re not claustrophobic!
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Culinary Hike in Styria
Located in the Southern part of Styria, the Südsteirische Weinstrasse (South Styrian Wine Road) is often compared to Italy’s Tuscany. Almost no other Austrian wine region has undergone such dramatic transformations in the past 20 years as this region, 1 hour south of Graz.
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Krimml Waterfalls
Enjoy a spectacular hike to Austria’s highest waterfalls. The three stages of the hike, starting in the village of Krimml, take you to ever more spectacular views of the falls and the surrounding countryside. Bring your camera and capture the most beautiful section of the falls!
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The World’s largest Ice Caves
The World of Ice Giants brings you into the largest ice caves in the world. One of the true wonders on earth, the caves are a wondrous underground world of natural ice sculptures and formations. Discover a world of natural beauty.
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Luxury Spa Escape in the Vineyards
A luxurious weekend of relaxation and enjoyment is found at the small boutique hotel Wein-Genuss Pössnitzberg. This romantic getaway enjoys a stunning view of the surrounding vineyards in Leutschach, Styria on the southern border of Austria. The award-winning chef of the house will pamper you after a relaxing day with exquisite dishes based on local products paired with rare Styrian wine specialties.
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High-Mountain Reservoirs
With the Hohe Tauern mountain range as your magnificent backdrop, enjoy a fascinating trip to the Alpine high-mountain reservoirs. The journey begins aboard a modern bus and continues to the dam in an open funicular rising high into the mountains. Come see this unique landscape of green Alpine pastures and snow covered mountains reflected in the turquoise water – paired with the world’s highest standard of technology!
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Try and hike the Hahnenkamm
For skiers, the Hahnenkamm mountain in Kitzbuehel is the holy grail of ski racing, home to the world’s most famous and most challenging downhill course, the Streif. You will likely never have the chance, or possibly the desire, to ski down the celebrated race course, but during the summer season, a marvelous hike down the course will be an exhilarating experience.
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Hohenwerfen Fortress
The mighty, 900-year-old fortress of Hohenwerfen, set in a beautiful alpine setting near Salzburg, allows visitors to delve into military history, take a tour of historic interiors, enjoy impressive falconry displays and visit Austria’s first Falconry Museum. Concerts, theatre performance and heritage evenings can also be enjoyed throughout the year at this “Castle of Adventure”.
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Start planning your next Austria vacation
A vacation in Austria gets you close to nature and allows you to get to know the people and the wonderful traditions. Austria's landscapes are incredibly varied and the options are endless. Be it a relaxing walk or experiencing the great outdoors in the Austrian Alps. Keep in mind that you are never far from historic city centers, cultural events and gourmet restaurant.
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Healing power out of nature: the “Speik”
In the Nock mountains, located in Carinthia grows a worldwide unique medical plant. Its special scent and its exceptional healing power can be discovered by hikers strolling in the mountains.
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Open air museum in the Weinviertl
The largest open-air museum of Lower Austria is an entire village: Where 80 historical buildings were disassembled from all over the Weinviertl and rebuilt again true to their original construction at Niedersulz.
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Forsthofalm
The mountains, peace and a little bit of luxury – vacation at the 4* resort Forsthofalm is a sensual experience, and an unusual one as well: the hotel was built entirely out of wood.
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Nature & Adventure
A vacation in Austria gets you close to nature and allows you to get to know the people and the wonderful traditions of the country. Austria's landscapes are incredibly varied and the options of outdoor acitities are endless. Be it a walk through Austria's Alps or biking along Austria's great rivers. Don't forget: you are never far from historic cities, cultural events and gourmet restaurant.
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Food & Wine in Austria
Get a taste of Austria's culinary diversity! In the last years Austria has become a real haven for gourmets. And it’s not just Austrian cuisine for which visitors have developed a taste; Austrian wine is fast developing its own worldwide reputation.
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Relax and unwind in Austria
Austria has it's own heritage of ancient knowledge about how to de-stress and feel at ease: brine baths and geothermal waters from the Alps, and vine leaves and herbs from our Alpine pastures invigorate the body and uplift the mind. Austria stands for recreation in unspoiled nature with cultural experiences within easy reach.
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Eco-Friendly Vacations
Choose Naturidyll Hotels and relax in beautiful surroundings where attention to the environment is paramount. Several properties have even been awarded the Austrian Environmental Seal for exemplary practices in sustainability.
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Eco-Friendly Travel
You don't need your car to explore Austria. Be kind to the environment and travel by train, bus or boat, and enjoy the country's stunning views on the way.
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Summer Vacation in an Eco-Hotel
The 'eco-hotel' label guarantees guests environmentally-friendly vacations. Hotels focus on minimising the consumption of energy, electricity, water, materials, and the creation of waste, while restaurants serve organic produce.
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Grosses Walsertal Biosphere Reserve
Grosses Walsertal in Vorarlberg is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The credo for its people is: “Use nature without harming it”.
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Green Austria
FACT: Austria is one of the world's best destinations for sustainable tourism, as recently recognised in the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report.
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Austria's Green Credentials
As more and more of us strive to live a less energy-intense lifestyle, Austria is now firmly on the map as an eco destination. Organic products are on offer whilst the consumption of energy and waste is carefully watched.
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Walking & Hiking packages
There are numerous ways to explore a country, but none as intimate and personal as taking the time to enjoy your vacation destination on foot. Walking in Austria will get you close to nature and allow you to get to know the people and the wonderful traditions of Austria.
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Garden of EDEN
EDEN is a project that promotes sustainable tourism development across the European Union. The untouched Grosses Walsertal valley in Vorarlberg was given this highly regarded accolate for 2009.
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Innsbruck
Past and future meet in the heart of the Alps, where 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.
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Thermal Spas
Let mineral-rich waters at Austria's unique thermal spas gently soothe away the strains of aching joints, back and skin problems, and even more serious conditions such as rheumatism and arthritis.
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Fauna and Flora
Austria's topographic diversity accounts for a great variety of flora and fauna, including endemic species that are under protection.
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Walk Austria's Alps
There are numerous ways to explore and experience a destination but none as intimate and personal as taking the time to enjoy your vacation destination on foot. Walking and hiking in Austria will get you close to nature and allow you to get to know the people and the wonderful traditions in Austria.
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River Cruises
Looking for a great way to explore Austria's beautiful countryside? Simply take a day-cruise and enjoy the natural beauty that awaits you...
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Biking packages
For your convenience we have selected some of the most exciting biking packages for you to explore Austria's unique countryside.
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Biking throughout Austria
Cycling has become one of the most popular ways to experience the unique Austrian countryside, small towns and cities. We have researched great trails and put important information together for you.
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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. Nowadays, visitors to Austria discover an exciting movement. Austria’s vibrant wine scene has earned a worldwide reputation for quality and innovation and is the destination for those seeking energy, culture, and charm.
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Weinviertel DAC
The most peppery white wine in Austria is grown in the Weinviertel region and, typically for the land north east of Vienna, is made from Grüner Veltliner grapes. It makes both wine professionals and connoisseurs eager to spice up their lives.
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Erich Stekovics
Erich Stekovics has scoured the world for tomato seeds in his quest to revive some nearly forgotten flavors. Today more than 3,200 varieties of tomato thrive in his fields near the Neusiedlersee.
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Kalchkendlalm – a school on the mountain
Austria’s most unusual school can be found high on a mountain pasture. Visitors can learn about the bread and butter of life in a centuries-old farmhouse.
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Architecture in Vorarlberg
With clever use of traditional materials and clear, sleek design, the mountainous Vorarlberg region has become a magnet for lovers of cutting edge architecture.
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Tirol - Alpine Sophistication
Set against a glorious Alpine backdrop, Tirol invites visitors to enjoy the warm local hospitality in what is guaranteed to be an unforgettable Austrian experience. Here, 21st-century designs harmonize with the silhouettes of medieval buildings and quaint Alpine farmhouses.
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Pure Living
Enjoy the luxuries of the good life – simply live in beautiful surroundings, eat and drink well and savour the landscape. A recipe for total relaxation.
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Mohndorf
A 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.
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Haus Hirt
A stunningly located hideaway in the heart of the Alps combines the style of the 1920s with modern design.
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Luxury Resorts in Austria
Craving the thrill of heli-skiing in the Austrian Alps? Dreamed of attending the New Year's concert in Vienna or the worldfamous Salzburg Festival? Or are you intersted in experiencing the many high-end restaurants you can find throughout Austria? You can have it all...
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Hotel recommendations in Vorarlberg
The trend to embrace modern architecture and combine it with the traditional is part of every day life and hotels throughout the country adhere to it.
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Bregenzerwald Cheese Road
The Cheese Route through the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg is the ideal way to explore the region and its close ties with cheese-making: from dairy farms to cheese speciality inns, and from alpine pastures to milkmaids. If you’re a cheese connoisseur, this is for you.
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Romantic Road of Austria
Enjoy the cultural & scenic highlights stretching from Salzburg to Vienna. Throughout this journey experience palaces, monasteries, castles, museums, lakes, and magnificent landscapes of Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria.
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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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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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Vineyards along the Danube
From 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. Walking along a path through these ancient Weingärten, may lead you to spy an emerald-scaled Smaragd lizard. This sun-loving vineyard denizen is the mascot for the richest, most intensely flavored wines of the Wachau Valley.
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Wine from Austria's South
Take a trip to the southern Austrian state of Styria and discover countless wine oases. Many wineries offer visitors surprisingly chic tasting rooms. Sauvignon Blanc, the region's signature grape, is often harvested on impossibly steep slopes of slippery schist and shale soils.
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NEU_Salzburg & Hallstatt Tour
Visit 2 well-known UNESCO listed-world heritage sites in Austria: the baroque city of Salzburg as well as the picturesque town of Hallstatt.
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Salzburg & Hallstatt Tour
Visit 2 well-known UNESCO listed-world heritage sites in Austria: the baroque city of Salzburg as well as the picturesque town of Hallstatt.
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Danube Bicycle Path
offers nearly carefree cycling and an ideal way to view the region. It's downstream all the way, passing through picturesque towns and villages until you reach the wonderful city of Vienna at tour’s end...
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Salzburg Lakes Bike Tour
A tour through the Salzburg Lakes region offers relaxing bicycling along lake shores and through pristine countryside. Not far from the city of Salzburg, the landscape of Alpine foothills has a charm of its own.
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Königsee to Hochkönig Hiking Tour
Idyllic, mystic and singular, the blue-green lake Königssee is embedded into grand mountain scenery. See the sun rising over the steep rocks of the Stony Sea is really worth the effort.
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River Mur Bicycle Path
Cycling along the river Mur is a trip from the high-mountain region of the Lungau, Salzburg to the wine-growing region of Styria and from gentian flowers to Riesling vineyards.
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Tauern Bike Path
... is a bicyclist’s dream come true. It cuts through some of the world's most mountainous terrain, yet it’s almost all downhill. It passes through dozens of picturesque towns and villages, yet it stays almost totally clear of traffic.
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Bike and Beach on Lake Neusiedl
Escape to the beach on this easy self-guided cycle tour around Lake Neusiedl. Beginning in Podersdorf, Austria, you cycle pass picturesque villages, castles and vineyards, on your way towards the Hungarian side of the lake.
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Inn and Ziller Valley
Enjoy beautiful cycling through the Tyrol Mountains without the hassle of packing and unpacking each day as you stay in one hotel. Highlights of the tour include visiting Innsbruck, Tratzberg Castle and Kundler Klamm Gorge.
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Mountain Dining Experience
Anyone wishing to experience the mountains around Innsbruck by night in a pleasantly comfortable and above all tasty way should certainly not miss a trip up to the Seegrube or Muttereralm near Innsbruck.
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Cattle procession
The second Saturday of September is the setting of a very traditional event in the Tirolean village Jerzens. After 2 1/2 months the cows come home from the alpine pastures, the cow bells ring and everybody celebrates the return of the cattle.
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World Heritage Hiking Tour of the Salzkammergut
Since December 1997 the "Hallstatt Dachstein/Salzkammergut" region in Austria has joined the list of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites. We invite you to discover this great part of Austria with us.
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Salzkammergut Sampler
Lush green pastures, the tinkling of cowbells, crystal clear brooks teeming with trout and villages with intricate murals and wooden balconies. Too much of a cliché to be true? We don't think so. Come and see for yourself!
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Igls. Austria special
It's no coincidence that Igls is known as the hiking village. Sitting on a glacial plateau at 3,000 feet above sea level and only 2 1/2 miles from Innsbruck, an Igl's visitor has everything available from their hotel door. The area boasts miles and miles of carefully maintained walking and hiking trails, with guests led by certified hiking guides from one of Austria's most prestigious hiking organizations.
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7 Resort Hike in the Austrian Alps
Everything you expect from a perfect walking vacation, you will find on this picturesque tour through the Alpbach Valley: beautiful scenery, charming accommodation and walks amid rolling pastures and authentic flower villages.
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Popular Walking Resorts
The Hills are still alive in Austria! If you are looking for picture perfect scenery, fresh mountain air and crystal clear lakes, Austria offers an abundance of choices. Following is our selection of some of the most scenic Alpine resorts.
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Most popular ski regions
Austria's mountain resorts offer activities for the skier and non-skier alike. Regions like the Arlberg, Kitzbuehel, Innsbruck & Stubai Glacier & the Montafon ski region offer not only great outdoor activities but also great culinary delights
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Top 10 Reasons to Ski Austria
Great weather, unbelievable vertical drops, excellent resorts, amazing cuisine, great hospitality are just a few of the many reasons why you should choose Austria for your next vacation.
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Scenic bike trails
Biking throughout Austria's countryside is another great way to experiece our beautiful country. Wheather you are a soft-biker or enjoy rugged landscapes there are biking trails for every type. We have selected four well-marked bike trails for their scenic beauty and point of interest.
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Questions about your biking trip?
The past few years we have been asked questions about biking in Austria. In this segment we try to answer a lot of them and hope to make your bike-tour even more enjoyable.
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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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Winter Fun in Austria
Snow-covered mountains, Apres-Ski after a day on the slopes and Austrian "Gemuetlichkeit" will give your stay in Austria the magic touch no other destination can duplicate. Come and relax - you'll be surprised how fun, recreational and affordable a winter vacation in Austria is.
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Summer Fun in Austria
A vacation in Austria gets you close to nature and allows you to get to know the people and the wonderful traditions of Austria. Austria's landscapes are incredibly varied and the options are endless. Be it a walk through Austria's Alps or biking along Austria's great rivers. Keep in mind that you are never far from historic city centers, cultural events and gourmet restaurant.
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