Filzmoos in Austria for both winter and summer holidays
Filzmoos is a traditional mountain village in Austria, the perfect destination for summer walking or winter skiing, your choice for a gentle or full-on family …
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The White Horse Inn on Lake Wolfgang, Austria – a charming luxury inn
We’d arrived at the pretty lakeside town of St Wolfgang, an hour from Salzburg in the heart of the Salzkammergut region, to find the May …
Discover the Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg
The Hohensalzburg fortress was top of our list of things to do in Salzburg. Wherever you are in the town the fortress looms over you, …
Das Grüne Hotel zur Post in Salzburg – a comfortable green Gasthaus
Das Grüne Hotel zur Post in Salzburg is one of those attractive small, family run Gasthaus hotels that you find all over Austria and proved …
Riding the Schafbergbahn steam train – St Wolfgang in Austria
If I was making the Schafburgbahn steam train into a character from the children’s story book, Thomas the Tank Engine, I’d say it was a …
Delicious food in Salzburg – restaurants and dishes to try
The food in Salzburg, as everywhere in Austria, is often hearty: think slabs of roast pork, huge bratwurst sausages or goulash made with beer. We …
The Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg – spring flowers and romance
It was a sunny spring day when we visited the Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, full of floral displays and views of the Hohensalzburg fortress. If …
The best things to do in Salzburg and Lake Wolfgang, Austria – Podcast 16
Discover all the best things to do in Salzburg, Austria and the nearby Lake Wolfgang which come alive through my podcast. We visited Hangar 7, …
Hangar-7 in Salzburg – cars, planes and fine dining
From the outside Hangar-7 in Salzburg looks like one of those modern, glass encased, out-of-town car showrooms. But step inside and you might imagine that …
Riding the Unicorns in the Mirabell Gardens – Salzburg
On a summer’s day in August back in 1967, my family spent a day or two sightseeing in Salzburg. There were 3 little girls, Heather …
Top 10 things to do in Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg is full of Austrian charm, with the Hohensalzburg fortress towering over the town and mountain peaks framing the view. It’s a city of music …