Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
A farm holiday in Austria gives you the opportunity to get to know the country authentically. You are in contact with locals who are happy to give you tips for the region. There are also offers where you can experience everyday life. A great way to take a look behind the scenes.
Everyone had told him: “Nothing grows here”. Even his grandmother was convinced of this, as she had tried for years as a newcomer to prove to the locals that a garden in the Kleinwalsertal in Austria is possible. Andi Haller has shown everyone that it is possible. His permaculture garden is a feast for the eyes.
Heuriger or Buschenschank - which is better? Our opinion: none! The home cooking that is served in both – regardless of whether it is the cold platters from the Buschenschanken or the hearty cuisine from the Heurigen – is always good. And the wine even more!
Pumpkin seed oil is one of the most important products from the southern Styria region in Austria. Again and again you can see fields along the streets where the orange pumpkins grow in summer.
Discovering this pleasure holiday in the Gailtal and hiking in the Lesachtal is pure pleasure. Discover Gailtal specialties in the Slow Food Travel Region in Carinthia and enjoy the views while hiking in the Gailtal Alps.
We are guests of someone who knows about cider production: cider baron Toni Distelberger. He serves us his Baronmost sweet, Amstettner Mostbirnmost, Bacon pear cider and a pear sparkling wine brut.
On my travels around the world I have come across places that have saved themselves from economic ruin through surprising ideas and initiatives. But a village that has dedicated itself to poppy seeds wasn't there until we got to know the poppy village Armschlag in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria last year. There it turns [...]
We had the opportunity to taste the wines at the Loisium Wine & Spa Resort in Langenlois in the Kamptal in the Waldviertel. A dinner in the hotel, a wine tasting in the Loisium wine adventure world and a picnic in the vineyards above Langenlois give us the opportunity to do so.
In Styria, people appreciate the delights of the region, which are produced on farms, wineries, distilleries, chocolate factories and cheese dairies. A Styrian vacation becomes a treat for the palate when you take the time to visit producers.
In summer, we find berries fresh from the field in farm shops nearby. In winter they offer jams, spreads or liqueurs and syrups that the farmers make themselves. For connoisseurs like us, this is a real paradise. So what could be more obvious than taking a tour to see farmers on one of our pleasure trips?
When the pear tree blossoms in the Mostviertel at the end of April, a weekend of pleasure in the Mostviertel is particularly beautiful. This is best from the end of April to mid-May. Then the pear trees bloom there. Their white tree tops shine everywhere in the meadows and in front of the woods.
