I spent a lovely vacation in Mariazell, a small town in Styria, Austria, surrounded by beautiful mountains and forests. Mariazell is famous ...

In the mountains near Lilienfeld, beneath the Muckenkogel, we gaze across lush alpine meadows toward the Reisalpe.

In the small Austrian town of Forchtenstein, near the great castle, stood an old playground. It was a place where children's laughter e...

A dead tree stands on a slope next to a hiking trail on the Schneeberg.

The Poidlwarte near Kirchberg an der Pielach offers stunning views over the picturesque Dirndl Valley.

The "Gaiskirchlein" near Breitenstein am Semmering is a remote place of worship on a rocky massif under which a deep cave is hidde...

Huge sunflower fields along the “Three Sisters” cultural hiking trail from Poysdorf in the Weinviertel to Falkenstein, where the historic c...

On the 1st Viennese Aqueduct Trail, we are currently at Mödling's Eichkogel, above the Thallern Winery, enjoying the excellent monaster...

 The Roman Catholic parish church of Falkenstein (patron saint: St. James the Elder) is a west-facing early Baroque hall church with a south...

The pilgrimage church on the Wartberg near Eggenburg in the Weinviertel is visible far beyond the country.

Many sunflowers and butterflies at the top of the Leiser Berge near Oberleis in the Weinviertel.

This part of the Ötschergräben at the Hintere Tormäuern is less visited but worth every visit. The stretch between the power station at Stie...

Small river Mürz in Mürzzuschlag near the Semmering.

On the famous Berstein Road in eastern Lower-Austria, there is the village Jedenspeigen. Here you can find a famous castle and this old buil...

The Trail of Three Kings between Jedenspeigen and Dürnkrut in eastern Lower-Austria. In this area the great knight battle was fought in 127...