Slow Travel & Gourmet Tours: Magazine & Experience Guide Worldwide
Whenever we travel in New England, images of the Green Mountain Villages pop into our heads. With their pointed church steeples, a cozy inn across the street, and a covered bridge, they're a typical sight.
The best cider on Vancouver Island comes from the Heritage apples that Sea Cider uses to make its wine. You can test this at a cider tasting at the Sea Cider Farm in Saanichton north of Victoria. Let yourself be surprised by the apple wines from Vancouver Island.
The Vienna Woods is a region that impressed us with its landscape, its wooded areas and hilly landscapes, but also with its wine regions and its offers for connoisseurs. This hotel in the Wienerwald near Vienna has contributed a lot to our judgment.
You can experience the finest Slovenian culinary art not far from Vipava. On our pleasure trip through Slovenia we were lucky enough to meet one of Slovenia's outstanding chefs. Tomaž Kavčič runs the “Pri Lojzetu” restaurant in the Zemono Castle in the fourth generation.
The place Ptuj in the north of Slovenia is not that small with its almost 24.000 inhabitants, its castle that towers over the Drava and its old town, in which a lot is reminiscent of the Austrian past of the city. Ptuj Slovenia is the oldest city in this country.
The Kleinwalsertal is a kind of cul-de-sac in the Alps, which is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, but which can only be reached via Germany. Shortly after Oberstdorf im Allgäu, the road branches off that leads into this hidden valley.
The Walser Culture Guide lists a number of places that bring us closer to Walser culture. We start our tour at the parish church of St. Jodok in the middle of the center of Mittelberg.
Absinthe is a drink with a story. It came into fashion in Switzerland at the end of the 19th century, but continued its success story almost immediately in France. It consists of herbs: including anise, fennel, lemon balm, hyssop and St. John's wort.
The Lambrechthof offers in the nature park hotel in Sankt Lambrecht promise enjoyment with a natural experience. We are on the way with gourmet chef Erich Pucher to his suppliers from the region and explore the Dürnberger Moor, a remnant from the Ice Age.
The Arboretum Volcji Potok is considered by many to be Slovenia's most beautiful park. The park is only a few kilometers south of the city of Kamnik in central Slovenia and can be reached quickly from Ljubljana and the Slovenian capital's airport. We are there in June when the roses are in bloom.
