Travel for the Arts Raises the Curtain
Cultural short break and musical holiday specialist Travel for the Arts has unveiled its Autumn, Winter and Spring 2019/20 programme (including Christmas and New Year)…
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Cultural short break and musical holiday specialist Travel for the Arts has unveiled its Autumn, Winter and Spring 2019/20 programme (including Christmas and New Year)…
Vienna is the most liveable city in the world, for the second year in succession, beating Melbourne into second place. The Austrian capital scored highest out of 140…
Eileen Wise checks in to the original FX Mayr Clinic in Austria determined to lose weight and discover the Mayr cure, and ends up learning a thing or two about…
One Traveller, experts in holidays for the mature solo traveller, offer tours around the world taking in must see sights and bucket list events. One Traveller has rounded up the…
Aimed at the rail connoisseur, this ten-day holiday has the beautiful city of Salzburg as its base. Explore its castles, palaces and UNESCO-listed old town and enjoy daily escorted excursions…
Innsbruck Tourism has launched a complete seven-day hiking programme – designed to take the strain out of tackling the stunning landscape in and around the Capital of the Alps…
The shores of Lake Constance, or Bodensee as it’s known to the locals, fall in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; its waters flow into the Rhine, which forms a natural border…
It’s the season to be merry, but one Christmas Market stands out from the crowd – well it is the original one after all. Not that the Vienna Christmas Market is a single market, but…
Visitors to Vienna can now gain acc…ess to more than 60 of the city’s most popular attractions, tours and museums directly via their smartphones with the newly…
If you are planning to take a trip to a Christmas market this year, you could do far worse than travelling to Austria’s world-heritage city Salzburg, home of Mozart. Currently…
Travel to Austria with Kirker to visit the Christmas markets in Mozart’s magical home city of Salzburg from 22 November to 26 December. Enjoy choral singing from the cathedral steps, wind…
From pristine slopes ideal for skiing to the music of Mozart, the most beautiful clear Alpine lakes and excellent Christmas markets, Austria is a country with much to offer the mature holidaymaker.
Recently voted the most desirable city to live in the world, Vienna is a beautiful Baroque city full of cultural attractions, wonderful museums and art galleries, as well as excellent festive cheer.
For many years the Hapsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire was the mightiest in Europe, and Vienna was at the heart of it. This explains the most wonderful architecture that you will find not just in the capital but throughout the country
Culture and especially music flourished in these times. Born in Salzburg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is probably the most famous composer in the world, and any trip to the country benefits from a visit to this beautiful Alpine city, especially if you coincide it with the Mozart Festival in July to August.
However, December is possibly the best time to visit the country, even if you are not a keen skier, the Vienna Christmas Festival is the oldest in the world, or you could always try the Salzburg Christmas Market. Whenever you time your visit to Austria you are sure not to leave disappointed.