The Glitz and Glamour of Swarovski Crystal

Swarovski - Innsbruck, Old Town

Women the world over love the glitz and glamour of Swarovski Crystals. If you happen to be in Innsbruck at Christmas, Swarovski’s popular ‘Winter Wonderland’ will amaze and dazzle you.

Christmas Markets in Innsbruck

Innsbruck Christmas Market - Old Town

Innsbruck is a really charming town at any time of the year, but at Christmas it’s magic. It has a full-scale Christmas market, the main one being in the historic Old Town, right in front of the landmark Golden Roof – Innsbruck’s greatest tourist attraction.

The Salzburg Card – your key to Salzburg attractions

Salzburg Card

Salzburg Card – your key to the city of Salzburg The Salzburg Card is the most important card for your sightseeing holiday in Salzburg. It saves you heaps of money and time and allows you to enjoy all of Salzburg’s attractions without worrying about the entrance cost of each tourist sight. According to the Salzburg [...]

Vienna’s heuriger

Mayer am Pfarrplatz beer garden

Vienna’s Heuriger – a Viennese institution: Vienna is well known for its famous composers like Mozart and Strauss, waltzes, the Vienna Boy’s Choir, Schönbrunn Palace and the Sacher torte, to name a few.  But just as famous should be the Viennese Heuriger, a typically Viennese institution. The heuriger have inspired many songs to be written [...]

Vienna – Mozart and Strauss concert

Vienna Kursalon

Vienna’s Mozart and Strauss concerts: Not everyone’s privileged enough to attend Vienna’s highly sought after New Year’s Eve concert, but when you’re in Vienna, you should attend at least one of their many classical music concerts. As you wonder around town, you’ll come across many Mozart look-alikes, all wanting to sell you tickets to concerts [...]

Austria: Shopping on your Vienna holidays

Shopping in Vienna

Shopping Streets in Vienna Mariahilfer Strasse – This is Vienna’s biggest shopping street which stretches from the Museums Quartier in the city center to Westbahnhof station. Past the station, Mariahilfer Strasses carries on all the way to the outlying district of Penzing. Along this trendy shopping mile are hundreds of shops offering fashion wear, jewelry [...]