Travel Guide

Schloss Hof is a beautiful Baroque castle located 50 km from Vienna and only 30 km from Bratislava, the castle was built in the eighteenth century at the behest of Prince Eugene of Savoy, purchased by Maria Theresa of Austria it became part of the property of the Habsburgs. The castle still retains its eighteenth-century […]

Seefeld is a small but important tourist center in the Austrian Tyrol, the town of a few thousand inhabitants is located just 20 km north of Innsbruck and a few kilometers from the German border, located on a plateau 1180 meters above sea level and surrounded by beautiful mountains, it is a paradise for ski […]

Small town in Burgenland located along the Neusiedlersee near the border with Hungary, a few tens of kilometers southeast of Vienna. The town is famous for its excellent wine and for being the city of storks, which nest here. Rust has a beautiful, small old town, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site […]

Grossarl, an Austrian town located just south of Salzburg at an altitude of over 900 metres, is a renowned holiday resort surrounded by mountains exceeding 2,000 metres. The town developed in the Middle Ages as a market center and still retains this role. GROSSARL CHRISTMAS MARKET The Christmas events in the Großarltal are called Salzburger […]

Gmunden is a small tourist center in Upper Austria located along the Traunsee lake, halfway between Linz and Salzburg. the most important attractions of the village are the Castle (Landschloss) and the Castle on the Lake (Seeschloss Ort). Gmunden is also known for the production of its famous pottery (Gmundner Keramik). GMUNDEN CHRISTMAS MARKET There […]

Rattenberg is a very small town of medieval origin in the Austrian Tyrol, located between Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, the town rises along the banks of the river Inn at about 520 meters above sea level. The village is dominated by a castle and consists of narrow streets lined with houses with colorful facades in the […]

Imst is a small town in Tyrol located along the valley of the river Inn at about 830 meters above sea level and only 50 km west of Innsbruck. The town was founded in the Middle Ages as a market place, then between the 15th and 18th centuries the area became important for its mines. […]

The small town of Oberndorf Bei Salzburg is located about 15 km north of Salzburg, along the Salzach river valley and on the border with Germany. The small town is known throughout the world for being the place, in the church of San Nicola in Oberndorf, where the famous Christmas song “Silent Night” (in German […]

Dornbirn, is the most populous city in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, is located just south of Lake Constance (Bodensee), a few kilometers from Bregenz and close to the border with Switzerland. This modern town developed from the 19th century thanks to the development of the textile industry. The Dornbirn Christmas Market  (Dornbirner Christkindlemarkt) is the city’s […]

A town of medieval origins, it was of great importance in the past for its iron mines, Leoben is today the second largest city in Styria. Leoben is located north of Graz along the Mur River at an altitude of about 540 metres. Among the prestigious buildings are the theatre, one of the oldest in […]

Mariazell is a small Austrian town in the Styria region, located north of Graz and southwest of Vienna, in an idyllic landscape at about 870 meters above sea level. The place is the most important pilgrimage center in Austria, in fact here an image of the Madonna carved in wood has been venerated since the […]

Hallstatt is a charming town located along the south-western shores of the lake of the same name (Hallstattersee). The town of Hallstatt is located in the center of a very rich mining area, where salt was extracted since ancient times, thanks to which Hallstatt became an important commercial center since the Middle Ages. The Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut region […]

Schladming is a small Austrian town, less than 5,000 inhabitants, in the Styria region, it was an ancient mining town and today it is an important and renowned ski resort, located at an altitude of almost 750 meters in the mountains of the Austrian Alps. SCHLADMING CHRISTMAS MARKET 1) Schladming’s Christmas (Schladminger Bergweihnacht). A market […]

Millstatt is a village located in the center of Carinthia, along the shores of the lake of the same name (Millstätter See), about 50 km north-west of Villach. In the Middle Ages the locality was the site of an important Benedictine monastery, which is still today the most important tourist attraction of the town. MILLSTATT […]

Feldkirch is a beautiful medieval Austrian town located near the borders of Switzerland and Liechtenstein and near Lake Constance. The city originated in the 13th century as a castle along an important trade route between Italy and Germany. Excellently preserved, Feldkirch is today an important tourist destination, among its attractions, the ancient medieval castle (Schattenburg), […]