Category: Nature

A survey of Austria's comprehensive cultural offer

Discover the Romantic Town Steyr - if with the traditional night watchmen or with the modern Segway - there are various offers to experience the over 1000-year old city!

... a superbly restful stay is guaranteed at the Vitalhotel Seewirt. Our hotel is situated directly on the south bank of lake Mattsee, surrounded by unspoiled countryside, a nature reserve and many cultural points of interest, the perfect place to relax and well worth a visit. Mattsee is only 25 km north of the well-known music festival city of Salzburg, which is easy to reach for shopping and sightseeing.

A trip to the Kaprun Alpine Reservoirs offers fascinating insights into the high alpine region of the hohe Tauern massif. The clean, fresh air, the lush green of the alpine meadows, the turquoise waters of the reservoirs and the white peaks of the glasviers are truly magnificient sights. The journey starts at the bottom of the Kaprun valley at the Kesselfall Alpenhaus. Buses will take you to Europe's largest open funicular, which ist 820 m long and ascends an incline of 431 m. From there, the journey continues by bus, taking you to the Mooserboden reservoir at 2.040 m above sea level.

Welcome to the region Hall-Wattens ... the best adresses for your holiday Awaiting you here are ten pretty villages (Absam, Baumkirchen, Fritzens, Gnadenwald, Mils, Thaur, Tulfes, Volders, Wattenberg and Wattens) and then Hall in Tirol, one of Austria's most beautiful towns. Nature and culture, tradition and modernity, urban chic and rural scenic beauty: enthralling contrasts and unexpected harmonies on offer 365 days of the year. Among the leading attractions are the historic town of Hall in Tirol, Swarovski's Crystal Worlds and Hall's Mint Tower, but not forgetting the Pilgrimage Church in Absam. There are also plenty of interesting day-trip excursions from the nearby city of Innsbruck: The Golden Roof, the Bergisel Ski-jump, and also the European Football Championship Tivoli Stadium. Fine cultural and sporting highlights complete the offering, transforming the Hall-Wattens region into an attractive destination for holidays and days out.