Austria, modestly, provides the world’s best backdrops. As huge mountains, pretty lakes and deep alpine valleys, Austria is the seamless setting for your winter holiday. With a population of 8,504,850, the German name for Austria, Österreich, means ‘eastern realm’ or ‘eastern empire’ and with all of the things Austria has to offer, it is no wonder.
The cultural life of Austria is renowned. With the grandiose Vienna to the collection of undiscovered villages peppered around the wonderful landscape. A diversity fusing the everyday and the outstanding and the rural and the peculiar, and only found within the constraints of Austria. With culture derives food and wine. Taverns littering each village, offering wine, beer and traditional good food under the impressive picturesque scenes. Contrasting to Vienna where exciting new places are being developed to try a range of cuisine from around the world. Austria offers everything.
In winter, Austria is the perfect setting. Capped with snow, the mountains, valleys and lakes are legendary and provide one of the world’s most outstanding surroundings for outdoor activities. And dwarfing the beautiful country is the towering eastern Alps. Skiers and boarders alike congregate from all over the globe to ski in some of the best resorts. Topping some of the best slopes in the world, Austria is probably more famous for providing the finest après ski ever, especially in St. Anton, and many skiers come just to experience the legendary nightlife. With the setting of a charming little village to come back to after a day on the slopes, to then encounter the best après ski found in the Alps, there is no better place to experience winter than in Austria.
