Gran Canaria
Our Five Favourite Walking Routes of the Year
In a year packed with trails leading into forests, volcanic plains, gorges, valleys and along mountain paths these are five routes which stood out from the rest. […]
Austria
Austria
Peace Rings Out Loud and Clear in the Austrian Tyrol
Every day at 5pm the Peace Bell is struck to mark the hour and its sonorous chime booms down the valley, rebounding off the mountains, chasing its own echo… […]
Austria
All Ears in Innsbruck
And we’ve listened through our elbows, a newly discovered talent that I’m immensely proud of and am almost certain, will one day prove invaluable… […]
Austria
High Spirits in the Leutasch Gorge
A decade ago, steel walkways were embedded into the sides of a 3 kilometre stretch of the gorge enabling visitors to walk above the torrent in search of the trickster spirit that allegedly resides in the depths of the whirlpools, waterfalls and strange rock formations… […]
Austria
Beginner’s Guide to Austrian Cuisine
This is for other newbies, a beginner’s guide to eating your way through a common Austrian menu without choking on the käsespätsle in the process. […]
Austria
Travel Moments, An Austrian Walk in the Forest
Suddenly the silence was shattered by the thunder of hooves and the cracks of a thousand tiny branches snapping… […]
Austria
How the Bilderberg Group Interfered with our Hiking in Austria
The word was an area around Telfs had been cordoned off, with roads and paths patrolled by police. The area was certainly teeming with men in uniforms. […]
Austria
Review of Hotel Agathawirt, Bad Goisern, Austria
In its day, the hotel has been immortalised in paintings by Rudolf Van Alt and Gustav Klimt so to describe its aspect as picturesque is not overstating the case… […]
As we walked out
As We Walked Out Along The Soleweg from St Agatha to Bad Ischl
The Salzkammergut Soleweg runs for 40km from Lake Hallstatt to Ebensee and is considered to be one of the most beautiful walking routes in Austria. […]
Food & drink
Serving Food on Wood in Restaurants, Trendy or Traditional?
There’s a social media campaign at the moment called we want plates, which is a light-hearted crusade against trendy restaurants that serve food on wood… […]
Hiking
The Paths We Travel
Paths have a purpose; they all lead somewhere. A huge part of the thrill of travelling along one is to discover the answer to a question – ‘where do you lead?’ […]
Austria
Our Ten Favourite Hikes from 2014
It’s been a year of outstanding meals thankfully the effects of which have been countered by some equally outstanding hikes, many of which have taken our breaths away… […]
Austria
Review of Hotel Restaurant Gosauerhof, Gosau, Austria
After a day in the mountains it’s like coming home to your two favourite Aunties and their perfect Austrian home in its perfect Austrian village… […]
Austria
Trapped in the Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg
I’m not surprised to discover the Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg was once used as a prison. We’ve not been thrown into dungeons or anything quite as… […]
Austria
Mozart and the Art of Dining in Salzburg
When the aria was finished, the waiters brought the culinary overture to a dinner based on menus from the 18th century but with the benefit of contemporary preparation and presentation, not to mention fresh vegetables from Padre Prior’s garden… […]