Austria all year round: active tourism and measured travel
What is Austria most associated with? Of course, with the beautiful mountain slopes and the best ski slopes in the world. Austria can rightfully be called a "tidbit" of our planet. It is so rich and diverse that every tourist will find leisure for himself.
If a voucher to Austria is purchased for the purpose of spiritual enrichment, see the sights of the country or listen to opera music, choose a tour to the Austrian capital, Vienna. Salzburg is an excellent choice for lovers of classical music. It was here that lived and created the world-famous composer Amadeus Mozart. And the mountain region of Salzburg is rich in clean lakes and truly delightful landscapes. If you are an adherent of modern art, you should pay attention to the city of Graz.
A tour to Austria, namely to Carinthia, is ideal for a wellness holiday. There is a huge amount of thermal springs where you can improve your health, relax and just relax from the bustle. Austria has the status of one of the best ski resorts in Europe. Ski vacation in the country is relevant all year round. In Austria for tourists is available more than fifty ski slopes. Most of the country's territory is occupied by the Alps mountain range and various mountain plateaus. Some peaks exceed 3 kilometers.
The climatic conditions in the country are moderate, changing into continental ones, which depend on the height. Throughout the country, the winter is snowy and mild. The coldest month is January, at which time the temperature in the mountains drops to fifteen degrees below zero, and in the valleys it is at least minus two degrees. In turn, the summer is hot and sunny, the temperature in the summer months rises to twenty-five degrees above zero, and sometimes up to thirty. In summer, the water in the lakes warms up to a mark of twenty-six degrees of heat. The most favorable time for trips to Austria is from June to September, and also during the Christmas holidays. It is worth noting that the night temperature in the mountainous regions is quite low. And the ski season opens in the autumn, and lasts until the spring.
Separately, I would like to talk about Austrian cuisine. After all, it is quite diverse, and includes elements of Hungarian, Italian, Spanish cooking. And only natural products are used for cooking. The most famous dish is, of course, Viennese schnitzel. Portion is big enough, like everyone in Austria, and the garnish is served with vegetables. Planning a holiday in Austria, you should visit a real pub and try the traditional Weizenbier beer, which is best combined with breadballs (dumplings), which are stuffed with minced meat or cracklings. Austria around the world is famous for its coffee houses, which fully convey the entire color of this country. During the order it is necessary to indicate the type of coffee that you want to drink. It can be a "merchant" - a very strong, double espresso or a soft "Melange" with whipped cream and milk, or maybe "Eiscaffe" with cold coffee with cream and vanilla ice cream. It is best to drink aromatic coffee with a traditional apple strudel or with cakes with cinnamon, called "Strauben". If you prefer a drink stronger than coffee and beer, then it is worth trying gluevine - it's a hot red wine, which is added to various spices, including cinnamon. Another popular strong drink in Austria is schnapps, which is nothing but moonshine from fruit.
Types of recreation in Austria
Holidays in Austria can be very versatile. Here every tourist will find for himself leisure for the soul. Of course, most tourists visit Austria, in order to go skiing or snowboarding from the beautiful peaks of the Alps. The best ski resort in Austria is Tyrol. Only here are 500 mountain peaks up to 3 kilometers each. And the alpine meadows capture their splendor. Even Goethe himself wrote about Tyrol as a fairytale beautiful, quiet place where everyone dreams of visiting at least once. For many years the tour to Austria, namely to Tyrol is included in the top ski resorts of the world. It is here that you can distract yourself from the city's bustle and relax your soul. In winter, tourists can rent a sledge, various skis and snowboards to descend from the mountainside and enjoy the scenery. In summer, popular leisure among tourists is rock climbing, fishing in mountain lakes, and hiking along the slopes of the Alps.
Another popular type of holiday in Austria - sightseeing tours in Vienna. Moreover, they do not lose relevance, both in winter and in summer. In winter it is so nice to stroll around the city on Christmas Eve, enjoy its festive decoration. But in summer the capital is beautiful with a huge riot of greenery and flowers. For excursions in Vienna there are many palaces and castles, monuments of architecture, galleries and exhibitions, everyone will find something to their liking.
In Austria, you can perfectly organize children's leisure. For example, visit the huge park "Prater", the area of which is six square kilometers. In it you can walk leisurely along the alleys or visit one of the many attractions. By the way, it is here that the oldest Ferris wheel in the world is located.
Rest in Austria is famous throughout the world not only for ski resorts, but also for medical and recreational procedures. In this country there are fine mineral warm springs. The most famous sources are Baltasar, Caspar and Melchior, which are territorially located in Styria, in a small town called Blumau. These sources are characterized by a high content of bicarbonate and sodium, which favorably affect the body.
Top places to visit in Austria
Gorge of Liechtenstein
Local residents say that it is in this gorge that the rainbow begins. And the legend about the birth of the gorge is no less interesting and fascinating. In a small village lived a wealthy and stingy blacksmith who wanted to bring hot springs straight to the dwelling. For this he was ready to conspire even with the devil. The smith decided on the deal, and the devil in return for the service demanded the beautiful daughter of a man. The desire was to be realized only during the night, until the cry of the first rooster. The wife of the blacksmith, heard the conversation and decided to stop her husband with all her strength. To do this, she took the cock and dipped into the icy water, and he cried before dawn. The devil did not manage to realize the desire in such a short time and decided to drop the thermal springs to the bottom of the deepest gorge in the district so that people would never get to him. And it happened, and what is interesting, even in the modern world it is impossible to connect to these waters.
The gorge is surrounded by forests and a mountain range. It is considered the longest and deepest in all the Alps. For many years, the Grossarler River and the waterfall have created a canyon in the mountain. The gorge is so narrow that in some places the width does not exceed two meters, and the depth in some places reaches three hundred meters.
Minimindus
In the north-east of the city of Klagenfurt in the park is a miniature world called Minimindus. This is a complex that repeats more than one hundred and fifty attractions from around the world, only in a reduced size, the scale of the buildings is 1 to 25. It is worth noting that miniature modelers completely duplicate prototypes. Even the material for creation is used the same. The most interesting moment in this mini city is moving trains, locomotives and ships along rivers. Just imagine how the locomotives rush along the miniature rails, make a stop at the stations and release smoke puffs. Within a year, one engine traverses a distance of five thousand kilometers. You will feel like a real Gulliver in the city of the Lilliputians. And in just a few hours you will visit places like Africa, America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Going to rest in Austria, with children, be sure to visit this place. After all, only here you can independently control the telescope model, the bodice in the Eiffel Tower or even launch a rocket.
Lake Wörthersee
The largest lake in the Carinthian region is Wörthersee. Only here you can meet crystal clear water, which in addition, also drinking. Lake, a favorite place for visiting tourists. The coastline is densely built up with various hotels, hotels and villas. Holidays in Austria near the shore of the lake, maybe as calm family, and cheerful with lots of parties for young people. A distinctive feature of this place is a unique wooden structure, near the lake, - this tower is a viewing platform. Its height above the lake level is four hundred meters, and above the mountain top is seventy meters. This is the highest viewing platform in the world, which is made of wood. In order to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the top of the platform you can climb by elevator. From the site you will have a beautiful panoramic view of the Alps, lakes, forests and small alpine villages.
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Do you know what structure is considered a national symbol of the country? This is the Cathedral of St. Stephen. The construction is made in the Gothic style, which is typical for Catholic cathedrals, of white stone, and inside is decorated with gold. This cathedral is considered to be the most beautiful in the country. The cathedral is open to tourists, and you can climb the spiral staircase to the South Tower, which is 137 meters high, with beautiful views of Vienna. The famous bell of the cathedral rings once a year, on Christmas Eve and is on the North Tower, which can be climbed by an elevator. The height of the tower is 68 meters.
Museum of Art History
The famous architect from Germany, Zemper, created in 1889 two museums that are completely identical, and stand opposite each other - the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Art History. It is popular with tourists, above all, with its chic collection of paintings by such famous masters as Rubens, Titian, Bosch and other not less eminent artists.
Resorts of Austria
The most popular ski resort is Sölden. This resort is popular because of the unique microclimate that is created due to the geographic location of the resort, it is surrounded on all sides by a mountain range. For today it is the largest ski center in Europe. Repeatedly in this place there were competitions of a world level on skiing. Tour to Austria for this resort is suitable for athletes of different levels of training. For leisure is available about 150 kilometers of various routes of complexity. If you want to get to the real "kingdom of snow," then you should pay attention to a resort like Stubailal. It is a large valley with the same glacier near Innsbruck. The valley is famous for the most developed network of bus routes, which annually deliver hundreds of tourists to the most diverse corners of the resort.
One of the most popular places for skiing in Austria is Neustift and Fulpmes. Trasses are suitable for people who have little experience of skiing and for real professionals, but glacier skiing remains the most popular activity all year round. Profi can descend on wild routes and narrow gorges. Fulpmes - a famous place since ancient times, earlier here traded blacksmiths and artisans. It is believed that this is the sunniest part of the valley. And the landscape is breathtaking, because there are a lot of cold mountain rivers that pass through the rocks.
As you can see, the voucher to Austria is a wonderful material investment. After all, you not only can get acquainted with the rich history and beauty of the famous Vienna, but also enjoy the best ski resorts in the Alps, and also improve your health in the thermal thermal springs of the region.
