Slow Travel & Gourmet Tours: Magazine & Experience Guide Worldwide
The monasteries on the Danube in Austria fascinated us in a very special way. Whether it is the gold-decorated altars, the artistic ceiling frescoes or the majestic monastery churches - a monastery on the Danube in Austria is a true masterpiece of human creativity.
You can experience a break for the soul in these monasteries. The Lambach Benedictine Abbey is located on the Traun north of the Alps, not far from Wels. The Augustinian canons of Reichersberg is located on the Inn.
A trip to Aigen Schlägl to the Schlägl Abbey is not only worthwhile because of the brewery and the beer that is produced there. In the Stiftskeller you can eat well in beautiful surroundings and in the themed gardens of the State Horticultural Show of 2019 a walk through the grounds is worthwhile.
Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Styria. It was founded in 1074. Its monastery library is the largest in the world. The Gothic Museum and the other museums of the abbey are also worth seeing. A walk through the abbey grounds shows how beautiful Admont Abbey is.
Proschwitz Castle is Saxony's largest private winery, as we learn from Princess Alexandra zur Lippe. It has been owned by Prince Georg zur Lippe again since 1996. Today the castle is used for events and wine is grown on the slopes above Meißen.
Everyone who likes castles should know these three baroque castles in Saxony: The Dresden Zwinger impresses with its orangery. Wackerbarth Castle in Radebeul offers excellent wines, and Moritzburg Castle is in a great location as a moated castle
