Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
We were en route for three days on our Klostergarten route through Lower Austria. We visited five monastery gardens. We promised ourselves a pleasure for the eyes and senses. But the trip held a lot more surprises in store.
The South Styrian Wine Route always winds along the ridge of the chain of hills, the slopes of which drop steeply down into the valley. Many of the wineries are on the hilltop. Others nestle close to the mountain slopes. Some lie over the valley like an eagle's nest.
Enjoy the Waldviertel Austria For three days we were out and about in the Waldviertel Austria. For the first time. So far I had only heard of the Waldviertel in Lower Austria and, apart from a lot of forest, couldn't imagine much about it. We start our journey in the Gartenhotel & Weingut Pfeffel in Dürnstein in the Wachau, a gourmet hotel directly on the Danube. This represents [...]
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.
