Austria
Salzburg - the festival that reveals a new face of a historic city
Every autumn, Jazz&theCitysounds turns Salzburg's baroque old town into one sprawling stage. Here is how the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions showed a different side of…
Europe
Austria
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Most often featured: Salzburg, Carinthia and Innsbruck.
Austria
Obertauern - comfortable skiing with guaranteed snow
Obertauern, the highest ski area in SalzburgerLand, offers reliable natural snow, ski-in/ski-out hotels and 100 km of pistes. Here is its story, from the first skiers…
Austria
Innsbruck - the “Ski plus City” pass combines skiing and city attractions
Innsbruck is surrounded by a dozen ski resorts, and the Ski plus City Pass Stubai Innsbruck gives access to 12 of them plus 23 city attractions.…
Austria
The night train to Salzburg - better than flying?
Plane or train? The night train from Warsaw to Salzburg saves time, a night's accommodation and baggage hassle. Here is what the journey is like, how…
Austria
Rafting, canyoning, via ferrata in Austria
Rafting on the Salza and Enns, canyoning in the Ötscher gorge and via ferratas: the area around Gesäuse National Park in Styria is one of Austria's…
Austria
Summer and winter: the two faces of Ausseerland
Ausseerland in Styria pairs rugged Alpine scenery with crystal-clear lakes. In summer we explore Grundlsee, Toplitzsee, Kammersee and Altausseer See, in winter the affordable, uncrowded ski…
Austria
Pitztal in winter - valley, glacier, Tyrol
Skiing in Tyrol's Pitztal valley: the Pitztal Glacier, Austria's highest ski area at up to 3,440 m, the Glacier Express and Café 3440, Rifflsee and family-friendly…
Germany
Budget hotels in Europe
Budget hotel chains offer central locations and decent quality at a good price. We look at a&o hotel-hostels, Explorer hotels in the Alps and Meininger, with…
Czech Republic
Classic car museums, fairs and rallies
A round-up of classic car events and museums: Classic Expo in Salzburg, the American car museum in Nová Bystřice, the Golden Ribbons concours in Piešťany and…
Austria
Carinthia - where mountains are mirrored in lakes
Carinthia, Austria's sunny south, pairs warm lakes with easy access to the mountains. We ride the lifts up Gerlitzen Alpe, Goldeck, the Mölltal Glacier and above…
Austria
Innsbruck and Salzburg - famous sights and tourist surprises
Innsbruck and Salzburg beyond the obvious: the Golden Roof, the Hofkirche and the statue of Cymburgis of Masovia, the Alpine Zoo and Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Mozart's…
Austria
Nissan Ariya - between Salzburg and Innsbruck
Is the Nissan ARIYA really the best car for long journeys, as British owners voted? We tested the e-4ORCE on German and Austrian motorways: space, comfort…