Austria

The mountain resport of Seefeld in Austria offers outdoor activities such as cross-country ski and winter hiking. I’ve done my fair share of downhill ski …

I’m not really sure why I hadn’t visited Vienna before. Perhaps I’d heard it was expensive and imagined it to be a little stuffy, full …

As I cycled past beautifully tended rows of vines and fruit trees heavy with plums in Austria’s Wachau Valley, I was struck by how activities …

I’d always enjoyed my holidays in Austria, but on my Danube river cruise with Avalon Waterways, I think I fell in love with Vienna most …

I remember the first time I went cycling with Headwater Holidays on my honeymoon. Basking in the September sunshine, we cycled through unspoiled rural France, meandering …

While on holiday walking in the Leutasch valley of Austria, our hiking routes had taken us along the picturesque Gaistal Valley, up to the high …

It is now an established tradition for my friend and I to spend a few days hiking together each September. This year our walking holiday …

The Seefelder Spitze is a mountain peak near Seefeld in Austria, that can be reached by cable car for amazing views. I’d twisted an ankle …

It’s become an annual ritual for my friend and I to take off for a few days in early September for some hiking in the …

“We all have a little monkey in us from way back”, joked our instructor at Hornpark, a treetop adventure playground with 8 aerial courses and …

During my previous hikes in the Alps I got to know those pesky mountain-bikers only too well. I’d seen them whizzing by, spraying gravel or …