48 hours in Vienna only gives visitors a snapshot of Austria’s capital city but it can be just enough to entrance you with its beauty and tempt you to return another day. Arriving by...
A few of ‘my favorite things’ in Salzburg

Note the use of the word ‘favorite’. I’m using the American spelling because, as I write this, I’m humming the Rogers and Hammerstein song from The Sound of Music. I did this a lot in...
Inntravel Lakes & Mountains walking holiday in Austria: Gosau and Zwieselalm

After our 20km walk the previous day, we had three options for the following two days in Gosau. Thankfully one of the suggestions from Inntravel was an easy 10.5km circuit of the valley. We...
Inntravel Lakes & Mountains walking holiday in Austria: Gosau lakes

Our bags were packed ready for their onward journey to the next hotel. They were very excited about this, as cases often are, but not half as thrilled as we were because...
Inntravel Lakes & Mountains walking holiday in Austria: Dachstein Mountains

“I don’t think we’ll need our poles today; it will probably be one of our easy walks.” Famous last words from my husband as we set off on Day Three of Inntravel Lakes...
Inntravel Lakes & Mountains walking holiday in Austria: Hallstatt

It takes a leap of faith to leave your luggage at the hotel reception and walk to the next destination, in the hope that the said luggage will be waiting for you when you...
Inntravel Lakes & Mountains walking holiday in Austria: St Agatha

After our successful holiday with Inntravel earlier this year, when we let the train take the strain through Portugal, we decided we ought to try the type of holiday for which Inntravel is probably...
The Dwarf Park…and other places we didn’t get the chance to see in Carinthia, Austria

The Dwarf Park had been on my list of must-see attractions weeks before we went to Austria. I had been surprised to see it listed in the guidebook until I realised it was a...