The Tennengebirge belongs to the Northern Kalk Alps and is located in the province of Salzburg near Bischofshofen. Its villages are not identical with the ones in the Tennengau. The most famous villages Werfen and Werfenweng are part of the Pongau region, not the...
The Tennengau is one of 5 parts (the so called Gaue) of the province of Salzburg. The region is identical with the political district Hallein, which is the regional capital and worth visiting. Other well known villages are Abtenau or Kuchl. The Tennengau is located in...
The Tannheimer Tal is a so called high valley in Tyrol with an elevation of 1.100 m consisting of 6 villages in the Tannheimer mountains, which are part of the Allgäuer Alpen. In wintertime it is a small skiing area, suitable for families. In summertime the valley is...
The Südweststeiermark is located – as its name suggests – in the south west of Styria (and its capital Graz). It consists of the 2 political districts Leibnitz and Deutschlandsberg (which are regional capitals). The landscape is in many ways reminiscent of...
In total there are 8 identified wine routes in Styria, by far the most famous is the idyllic Südsteirische Weinstrasse, which is located alongside the Slovenian border. By the way: only in 4 of the 9 Austrian provinces are there recognized wine production – in Styria,...
The south of Carinthia is a region consisting of 7 smaller lake sides, the “biggest” and most famous of them are the Klopeiner See and the Turnersee. Because of the mild climate in this part of Austria these alpine lakes are supposed to be the warmest natural lakes in...
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