Who doesn't know it - the events of the world bombard you, you lose yourself in thoughts, you're constantly brooding, and letting go and coming down is really difficult. Especially in times like these, regular refueling is particularly important. One way to find new energy and inner peace is to...
Wurzenberg - the special vacation in southern Styria
The "Wurzenberg" is a family-run lodge hotel. Originally emerged from the father's winegrower's house, it is located in an infinitely wide and green vineyard landscape in the middle of southern Styria. And it is precisely this beautiful natural landscape that you can see here at any time when you move into one of the nature park rooms or one of the hotel's panorama lodges for your vacation. Included...
Carried on hands: a guest at the Miramonte
Our author Cécile was allowed to travel to the spa town of Bad Gastein in Austria. There she visited the design hotel Miramonte. The stay was so pleasant that she felt like she was being carried on hands. Behind this was the permanent, non-intrusive service from Evelyn and Ike Ikrath's teams and the hosts: inside themselves. The golden autumn was shining ...
Nice campsites and pitches for winter camping
A guest post by Campspace When the days get shorter and the first snow falls, that doesn't mean that you have to send the camper into hibernation. Winter camping is becoming more and more a trend and for good reason: When camping in winter, you can look forward to quieter campsites, cozy evenings by the crackling campfire and picturesque snowy landscapes. The...
Modern alpine life in East Tyrol
In East Tyrol we visited two alpine pastures on our trip through Tyrol, each of which is quite different from its history, but unites the fact that the hosts wanted to break out of their old jobs in big cities and fell in love with the Alps and East Tyrol, so they stayed . The offer of accommodation is also different: from a tasteful ...
Morning mail at the dining table
The Hotel Hinteregger is located in the middle of the market town of Matrei in East Tyrol. The modern building is surrounded by the mountains in the Hohe Tauern National Park and rural areas. Katharina Hradecky has been running the hotel with passion and charm since 2003, since the hotel celebrated its 100th anniversary. Much has changed since then, but her passion and her ...
Experience originality in the mountaineering villages
The criticism of alpine tourism is nothing new. As early as the 1980s, the first resistance movement was formed against the emerging tourism in the Alpine region, which is still responsible for massive negative interventions in the natural balance. At that time, many mountain towns were literally overrun by the emerging construction boom. Old farms and single-family houses had to make way for large ...
A cross-generational retreat in the mountains
At a total of 1.200 meters above sea level and high up on the mountain, the Parkhotel Holzner is enthroned and offers a wonderful view of the vastness, of the lush green of the surrounding pastures and forests, of gentle hills and rugged peaks alike. If then the light of the morning sun also shines through the high lattice windows of the house ...
Here you can yodel and paddle: a view of the year from Casa Santo Stefano
A very personal review of the year and outlook for the new year 2021 from Angeli and Christian Wehrli, the hosts of Casa Santo Stefano Actually, we would now be in our so-called “winter sleep” with our Casa Santo Stefano, ie during the break of the season. Instead of lingering in beautiful Ticino, we would be traveling somewhere in India or Thailand ...
Tiny Adventures in Chiemgau
The Bavarian Alps offer everything that the outdoor heart desires: the finest hiking routes, bathing bays and the happiness of having a snack on the alpine pastures. Fantastic mountains, streams, rivers, forests, meadows, moors, floodplain landscapes, but also castles, monasteries, idyllic villages, delightful medieval towns, art , Culture and customs. Anyone who has ever vacationed in this romantic region sandwiched between Bavaria and Austria knows that they urgently ...