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Hiking the Ace of Hearts Trail in the East Tyrol

East Tyrol’s New Hiking Trail

On 20/09/2019 By Steve In Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe stunning new “Herz-Ass” (‘Ace of Hearts’) hiking tour tours the remote Villgraten valley in five day stages. The Herz-Ass-Weg has nothing to do with games of …

The banks of the River Danube in the Donau-Auen National Park

Woodland Views Along The Danube

On 16/09/2019 By Steve In Lower Austria, Things To Do

Last updated on May 11th, 2021 at 03:40 pmThe Donau-Auen National Park offers a unique water-meadow landscape for visitors to this part of eastern Austria. Looking at the course of the Danube from Vienna through …

The Almabtrieb at Lake Achen in the Austrian Tyrol

Almabtrieb – An Austrian Farming Tradition

On 12/09/2019 By Steve In General

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Almabtrieb is a German word for the traditional festival when animals are brought down from mountain pastures at the end of the summer. It is one …

The Linzer Torte – A Traditional Taste

On 12/09/2019 By Steve In Food, Upper Austria

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe first recipe for the Linzer Torte dates back more than 360 years. Recorded in a cookbook from 1653, the culinary composition is regarded as one of …

Imst Harvest Festival

On 10/09/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Harvest Festival in Imst is taking place at the end of the month. The procession and celebrations, organised by the Imst Young Farmers Association, are scheduled …

Slow-Brewed from Carinthia

On 07/09/2019 By Steve In Beer, Carinthia

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amBeer has been brewed in Hirt, about 40 kilometres north of Klagenfurt in Carinthia, since the Middle Ages. One of Hirt’s specialities commemorates the year it was …

Waidring – Village of the Bells

On 06/09/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amWaidring – the Tyrol’s ‘village of the bells’ – offers the first of two highlights with the opening of the Glockenwelt (‘World of Bells’) exhibition on 14 …

The Almabtrieb at the Mayerlehenhütte in the Fuschlsee region of Salzburg

The Almabtrieb in Fuschl

On 04/09/2019 By Steve In Salzburg, Things To Do

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Gruberalm in the Fuschelsee region of the Salzkammergut is an idyllic mountain location, set at around 1000 metres above sea level. Cows graze on the alpine …

The Klafferkessel in the Schladminger Tauern

In the Footsteps of the Mountain Miners

On 02/09/2019 By Steve In Styria

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amMiners once climbed this trail with heavy packs on their back and extracted the valuable ore under difficult conditions Today visitors can happily hike through the impressive …

Sheep being driven through the narrow streets of Tarrenz

More Almabtrieb Festivals in Tyrol

On 31/08/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amWhen the animals return from the mountain pastures at the end of summer, we are not just talking about cows. Two Tyrolean villages are holding sheep drives …