Special offers for the over 50s at Austrian hotels

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Lifestyle

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Wedding Day – the so-called “50plus Hotels” have a special offer for those who want to celebrate or give a wonderful present to their beloved. Guests are spoiled in many ways. The Hotel Erzherzog Johann in Bad Aussee, Styria, focuses on wedding anniversaries: partners who were married for 25 or […]

Halloween means pumpkin fun for Viennas elephants

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General News

Vienna Schönbrunn zoo will be celebrating Halloween as part of their golden autumn festival running from 20 October to 1 November. On offer for visitors will be the opportunity for kids to build Halloween decorations, organic products will be on sale and special workshops are also being arranged for the kids. In the zoo’s elephant […]

Budapest bids for a share of sweet success

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Travel

When you think of Hungarian food you think of goulash, dumplings or maybe spicy peppers – chocolate would probably not be in the top ten. Austria, on the other hand is a country with a rich chocolate tradition with plenty of sweet delicacies such as the world famous chocolate Sacher Torte, Mozart chocolates or Manner […]

Romanian patients spend most for treatment in Austria

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Romanians are paying the most money to private clinics in Vienna than any other Europeans. More and more Romanians are now heading to Austria for medical treatment and are reportedly now spending more on health care here than any other Europeans. That was the claim made at a health fair in Bucharest where it was […]

Roy Black festival in Velden

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Culture

Folk music lovers are queueing up for a rare treat to enjoy the Roy Black Festival in Velden which takes place between 31 May and 3 June. This year the event will also include a special focus on Wörthersee Films and also on offer are two exclusive concerts by Tommy Steiner and The Cannons. And […]

School project weeks

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Education

Kids are being offered the chance to get some hands on experience about how some of Austria’s home grown specialities are created on a variety of courses offered to schools by HerzBergLand tourism. Tourism general manager Markus Leitner said there were 3 and 5 day courses on offer at a variety of locations ranging from […]

Coining it in

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General News

Austrian hotel manager Rainer Ogrinigg is booked out after offering to allow guests to pay in Austrian Schillings and German Marks rather than Euros. Ogrinigg, who owns the Seehotel Grundlsee in Ausseerland in the Austrian lake district the Salzkammergut, confirmed it is now possible for guests to pay in German Marks. The offer was made […]

Wine and food holidays for men – Sattlerhof

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Travel

Located in Sernauberg in Southern Styria, one of Austria’s top winegrowing areas, two brothers Willi and Hannes Sattler are serving up the ultimate in culinary holidays at their hotel and vineyard the Sattlerhof. The pair are serving up so called holiday programmes for men including fishing for their evening meal in local lakes, grilling on […]

Rosenberger celebrates 40 years of great food

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Culture

Motorway service station restaurants do not usually conjure up images of mouthwatering culinary experiences, but Austria as every driver knows is very much the exception to this rule. This year Rosenberger celebrates its 40th anniversary since it was opened in 1972 by Heinz J. Rosenberger. And to celebrate it the chain is making sure drivers […]

Families cash in on free lift passes

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Travel

By Rebecca Musgrave Having previously made family holidays easier on parent’s nerves, the Babyhotel in Trebesing, Austria, is now making holidays that little bit easier on the wallet. With two day ski passes for children normally costing around 40 Euros, a family of five will not always find it easy to enjoy the country’s winter […]