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The Trapp Family Lodge is located on a side street on a hill above Stowe. From there we have a view of the valley below and the range of hills on the other side of the valley. Our room has a balcony from which we have a panoramic view of the surroundings.
If you want to drive the high alpine road to the Großglockner, you will pass Fusch am Großglockner. There is the toll station for the panoramic road through the Austrian Alps. The town is located at the northern end of the Glockner High Alpine Road in the Hohe Tauern National Park in Salzburger Land.
Cheese from the Waldviertel How to make cheese in the Waldviertel. We watched the cheese making in the Käsemacherwelt in Heidenreichstein in the Austrian Waldviertel. Actually, we came here by accident. During our visit to the Hotel Schwarz Alm in Zwettl, we went on an excursion through Lower Austria. As always, we were looking for [...]
Culinary trips with a motorhome are not easy in Styria. Not every manufacturer of Styrian specialties can be reached via broad federal highways. Some of the wine routes lead to the winemakers via steep inclines. Parking spaces are not always big enough for campers. Here are tips.
Seitenstetten Abbey in the Mostviertel is particularly beautiful in spring. We visited the pen during the pear blossom season in late April. A boarding school is housed there today. If you want, you can also spend the night here.
The St. Martin's goose is a feast in Austria and Bavaria. The feast of St. Martin is celebrated on November 11th. Numerous customs are associated with his memorial day. One of them is eating a St. Martin's goose on the feast day of the saint. By the way, a goose is also a good Christmas dinner.
Going into the mountains without at least reaching a summit is like going to the sea without even going for a swim. There are eight mountain railways in Kleinwalsertal and Oberstdorf for this. Five of them are in the Kleinwalsertal. Perfect for hiking and skiing.
How the Walsers came from the Valais Alps to the Kleinwalsertal is an exciting story. You can find out more about it in the Walser Museum in Riezlern.
Kleinwalsertal You can enjoy food and drink in many places. There you will find the pleasure region game and beef, whose products you can taste in the weekly market and in hotels where enjoyment and wellness play a role.
A stay in the mountains like this has its charm in every season. Here you can always enjoy nature. In our opinion, it is most beautiful in the Alps when the mountain meadows are in bloom. This was confirmed again on our four-day short trip to Kleinwalsertal in Vorarlberg in the first half of June.
