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From Bregenz to Vienna
Vorarlberg:
Highlights along the route:
Bregenz:
Provincial capital of Vorarlberg, marvellously located on lake Constance; venue of the Bregenz Festival
Bregenzerwald:
Stretching along the deep valley of the Bregenzer Ache river, with small villages and houses built in the typical style of the region; a popular hiking and skiing area.
Hochtannberg Road:
Alpine road leading from Schröcken over Hochtannberg pass (1,679 m) to Warth.
Tirol:
Highlights along the route:
Lech Valley:
From Warth to Reutte, charming mountain scenery, forest and rock landscape with side valleys and torrents.
Ausserfern:
The region around Reutte, wide valley with the lakes Plansee and Heiterwangersee.
Lermoos and Ehrwald:
Mountain villages at the foot of Zugspitze, Tiroler Zugspitzbahn (cable car)
Obsteig - Mieming:
Gorgeous high plateau (1,000 m) north of the Inn Valley
Innsbruck:
Tirolean capital, Olympic town, surrounded by the northern chain of the Alps, with the Berg Isel winter sports region; splendid old town with the famous landmark "Golden Roof".
Hall:
Salt town, mint (from the 15th century), beautiful old town, mint tower
Wattens:
Famous for its glass diamonds and the "Cristal Worlds".
Rattenberg:
Medieval town, famous for its glass grinding manufactory.
Kramsach open air museum:
Historical farmhouses from various Tirolean valleys.
Achensee:
Tirol's largest and most beautiful mountain lake.
Zillertal and Tuxertal:
Valleys of particular scenic beauty, whole-year skiing area on the Hintertux glacier.
Gerlos Pass Road:
From Tirol to Salzburg State
Salzburg State:
Highlights along the route:
Krimml Waterfalls:
The most magnificent waterfalls of the Eastern Alps. The Krimmler Ache cascades
380 m down in three steps.
Zell am See:
Bautifully located little town amidst the Hohe Tauern mountain range; breathtaking view of the Alpine panorama and Zeller See from Schmittenhöhe; popular winter sports and climatic health resort.
Kaprun:
Cosy village at the entrance to the Hohe Tauern National Park, year-round skiing area Kitzsteinhorn (3,203 m) and Tauern power plant with the reservoirs Wasserfallboden and Moserboden.
St. Johann im Pongau:
Liechtenstein gorge - most famous gorge of the Eastern Alps.
Styria:
Highlights along the route:
Schladming:
Romantic small town in the Dachstein-Tauern region; side-trip to Ramsau (elevated plain at the foot of the Dachstein, cable car, 2700 m, venue of the 1999 Nordic Ski World Championships)
Admont:
Benedictine abbey, famous baroque library with more than 100,000 volumes and frescoes by Altomonte
Gesäuse:
Wild and romantic stretch of land between Admont and Hieflau
Mariazell:
Famous pilgrimage village with impressing basilica (altarpiece with marvellous late-romantic madonna statue).
Lower Austria:
Highlights along the route:
Tormäuer nature park:
Alpine nature park south of Scheibbs at the 1,900 metre-high Ötscher with waterfalls and stalactite caves
Lilienfeld:
Cistercian abbey (13th cent.); church with choir hall, baroque interior, cloister, chapter hall.
Mayerling:
Monastery - former hunting lodge of Crown Prince Rudolph, who committed suicide together with Mary Vetsera; carmelite convent.
Heiligenkreuz:
Cistercian abbey (12th century). Roman-Gothic abbey church, cloister with Gothic fountain and glass paintings from the 13th cent.
Mödling:
Beautiful old town with renaissance town hall and late-Gothic church, scenic surroundings (nature park) with fortress and Liechtenstein castle.
Vienna:
Federal capital. City of music, former imperial residence, Austria's cultural and spiritual hub.
Highlights along the route:
Bregenz:
Provincial capital of Vorarlberg, marvellously located on lake Constance; venue of the Bregenz Festival
Bregenzerwald:
Stretching along the deep valley of the Bregenzer Ache river, with small villages and houses built in the typical style of the region; a popular hiking and skiing area.
Hochtannberg Road:
Alpine road leading from Schröcken over Hochtannberg pass (1,679 m) to Warth.
Tirol:
Highlights along the route:
Lech Valley:
From Warth to Reutte, charming mountain scenery, forest and rock landscape with side valleys and torrents.
Ausserfern:
The region around Reutte, wide valley with the lakes Plansee and Heiterwangersee.
Lermoos and Ehrwald:
Mountain villages at the foot of Zugspitze, Tiroler Zugspitzbahn (cable car)
Obsteig - Mieming:
Gorgeous high plateau (1,000 m) north of the Inn Valley
Innsbruck:
Tirolean capital, Olympic town, surrounded by the northern chain of the Alps, with the Berg Isel winter sports region; splendid old town with the famous landmark "Golden Roof".
Hall:
Salt town, mint (from the 15th century), beautiful old town, mint tower
Wattens:
Famous for its glass diamonds and the "Cristal Worlds".
Rattenberg:
Medieval town, famous for its glass grinding manufactory.
Kramsach open air museum:
Historical farmhouses from various Tirolean valleys.
Achensee:
Tirol's largest and most beautiful mountain lake.
Zillertal and Tuxertal:
Valleys of particular scenic beauty, whole-year skiing area on the Hintertux glacier.
Gerlos Pass Road:
From Tirol to Salzburg State
Salzburg State:
Highlights along the route:
Krimml Waterfalls:
The most magnificent waterfalls of the Eastern Alps. The Krimmler Ache cascades
380 m down in three steps.
Zell am See:
Bautifully located little town amidst the Hohe Tauern mountain range; breathtaking view of the Alpine panorama and Zeller See from Schmittenhöhe; popular winter sports and climatic health resort.
Kaprun:
Cosy village at the entrance to the Hohe Tauern National Park, year-round skiing area Kitzsteinhorn (3,203 m) and Tauern power plant with the reservoirs Wasserfallboden and Moserboden.
St. Johann im Pongau:
Liechtenstein gorge - most famous gorge of the Eastern Alps.
Styria:
Highlights along the route:
Schladming:
Romantic small town in the Dachstein-Tauern region; side-trip to Ramsau (elevated plain at the foot of the Dachstein, cable car, 2700 m, venue of the 1999 Nordic Ski World Championships)
Admont:
Benedictine abbey, famous baroque library with more than 100,000 volumes and frescoes by Altomonte
Gesäuse:
Wild and romantic stretch of land between Admont and Hieflau
Mariazell:
Famous pilgrimage village with impressing basilica (altarpiece with marvellous late-romantic madonna statue).
Lower Austria:
Highlights along the route:
Tormäuer nature park:
Alpine nature park south of Scheibbs at the 1,900 metre-high Ötscher with waterfalls and stalactite caves
Lilienfeld:
Cistercian abbey (13th cent.); church with choir hall, baroque interior, cloister, chapter hall.
Mayerling:
Monastery - former hunting lodge of Crown Prince Rudolph, who committed suicide together with Mary Vetsera; carmelite convent.
Heiligenkreuz:
Cistercian abbey (12th century). Roman-Gothic abbey church, cloister with Gothic fountain and glass paintings from the 13th cent.
Mödling:
Beautiful old town with renaissance town hall and late-Gothic church, scenic surroundings (nature park) with fortress and Liechtenstein castle.
Vienna:
Federal capital. City of music, former imperial residence, Austria's cultural and spiritual hub.
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