Discover Weinviertel Austria sights with these travel tips for connoisseurs and slow travelers. This will make your visit a real one Enjoyment trip. Wine plays a major role in the Weinviertel. The vineyards in the Wachau are particularly beautiful. There you can let a wine boat and vineyards slide past you on the Danube. The wine region is a little rougher when you approach the border with Waldviertel. There, the wine fields stretch to the horizon. It is similar when you approach the border with the Czech Republic.
Melk Abbey in Austria (advertising) It is one of the highlights on the Danube in the Wachau: Melk Abbey in Austria. It is now part of Austria's UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you approach Melk Monastery from the Danube or via the autobahn from the north, it towers like a stronghold over the place that ...
Göttweig Abbey in the Wachau (advertising) A holiday in the Wachau is not complete without a visit to Göttweig Abbey. The Benedictine monastery in the Wachau can be seen from afar. It sits enthroned on a hill above the town of Furth near Krems on the southern foothills of the Dunkelsteinerwald in Lower Austria. The pen is going back...
Krems an der Donau - Sights and tips for connoisseurs A holiday in the Wachau usually begins in Krems. The city of Krems an der Donau in Austria is the starting point for the Wachau, the most beautiful stretch of the Danube. As wine lovers, we have often been to the region. This time, however, took...
The Wachau is known for its unique landscape, historic towns and picturesque villages. A Wachau boat trip on the Danube is the perfect way to explore this region and experience its beauty up close. There is a boat trip from Vienna to the Wachau or from Krems or Melk. We take ...
(Advertisement due to press trip) Dürnstein Abbey in the Wachau looks most beautiful from the Danube. You can see the blue tower of the collegiate church below the castle from afar, if you approach the place by ship. The place itself doesn't offer many sights, but those that are are worth a visit...
Our monastery garden route - a journey to the self Three days we were on our monastery garden route through Lower Austria. We visited five monastery gardens. We expected it to be a treat for the eyes and senses. But the trip had more surprises in store for us. Our travel plan included ...
Retz im Weinviertel At the beginning of January we were in Retz in the Weinviertel in Lower Austria for a few days. The Hotel Althof in Retz invited us to get to know its new winegrower's room. There you can also go on holiday to Austria's wine-growing regions in winter. The hotel alone would have been enough for us to ...
"Those who can enjoy no longer drink wine, but taste secrets!" This sentence by Salvador Dali above the bed in our winemaker's room in the Hotel Althof Retz puts me in a wine-happy mood. This mood will not leave me until the end of our stay in this hotel. It is impossible to ignore that in the...
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