At this section you can get some general information about regions in Austria, as well as information about recommended accommodations, maps & guides etc.
Because the main idea behind this website is to tell you about our travels and not to be a "wiki"-site, we have chosen to keep this section as minimal as possible by only handing out a collection of links to sites that can help out in a far better way by providing a lot more of (detailed) information.
Written by Ronald Last Updated on Saturday, 28 November 2009 17:44
In most regions in Austria you can purchase an All-Inclusive-Card which gives you free (or reduced) admissions to many sights and attractions throughout that particular region. With this card you really can save money!
Written by Ronald Last Updated on Friday, 20 November 2009 10:23
There are a lot of excellent maps about Austria available on the market. Those maps are available at the local stores and tourist offices.
The maps we use are from Freytag & Berndt (F&B). These maps, scale 1:50.000, have detailed geographic information (mountain names, heights, contour lines etc.) as well as detailed information about the roads, paths (marked and unmarked), climbs, alpine huts etc.
There are also good maps (also 1:50.000) from Kompass. They have an extra guide with information about the region (villages, valleys, culture etc.) and short tour descriptions.
Written by Ronald Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2010 20:43
Here you can find an extended set of links to sites related to Ost-Tirol (part of the state Tirol).
Ost-Tirol is the smallest state of Austria. Do not confuse it with Tirol, because that is another part of Austria! Lienz is the capitol city of Ost-Tirol and by far the biggest city of Ost-Tirol.
Famous valleys are the Prägratental, Defereggental, Pustertal, Gailtal and Lesachtal. In the north there is the Alpen mainridge with the famous Gross Venediger and Gross Glockner (Austria's highest summit). On the west and south Ost-Tirol connects to Italy and on the east to Kärnten.
Written by Ronald Last Updated on Thursday, 05 November 2009 19:39
These are places we stayed at while spending our holidays in Austria. All places were great, but not all of them are still for rent. In Brand (Vorarlberg) we had a cottage all to ourselves, the owner lived somewhere else (nearby Bregenz!), but this cottage is now sold to another family. And unfortunately I can't remember the exact location of the one in Langenegg (just too long ago ;).
All accomodations listed here are highly recommended by the both of us!
