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The ancestral home of the Archduke Johann Hotel Bad Aussee was built in the 14th century. Since 1848 the house has borne the name of Archduke Johann, the great friend and patron of Styria. As early as 1900, the Erzherzog Johann Hotel was a spa hotel in Austria.
Bergisel Innsbruck is a household name for all winter sports fans. In addition, everyone who drives south via Innsbruck in Tyrol has already discovered the ski jump. We noticed it kilometers before the junction to Innsbruck on the left of the autobahn through Austria. Because it is on our program for Innsbruck, we pay special attention to it. However[…]
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.
On the way to the Hotel Kärntnerhof you can cross the Hohe Tauern on a beautiful route. The four-star hotel is located at the southern end of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Heiligenblut.
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 to make us feel at home in Retz in the Weinviertel [...]
The Hotel Herzoghof in Baden near Vienna is the oldest hotel in the city. We really liked the hotel with its Art Nouveau furnishings. We feel a little transported back to those times when the ladies of society strolled through Baden near Vienna and the spa gardens with elegant, long skirts and parasols.
See Schloss Ort in Gmunden am Traunsee Many of you will be familiar with the Seeschloss Ort in the Salzkammergut from the television series “Schlosshotel Orth”, the last episode of which flickered on our television screens in 2004. Only - there is no such thing as a castle hotel. Instead, the beautiful and beautiful castle in the Traunsee in Upper Austria in front of Gmunden is open to visitors, [...]
“Those who can enjoy no longer drink wine, they taste secrets!” This sentence by Salvador Dali above the bed in our vintner's room in the Hotel Althof Retz puts me in a wine-blissful mood. This should not leave me until the end of our stay in this hotel. It cannot be overlooked that in the Hotel Althof Retz the wine [...]
Silent Night, Holy Night and Salzburg have a lot in common. We found that out in Salzburg: Joseph Mohr, the author of the world's most famous Christmas carol - Silent Night, Holy Night - was born in Salzburg.
