Hiking in the Hochkönig Region I was a little nervous when I heard we were going to be returning to the Hochkönig region. As I’ve said before, I’m no skigull. Thankfully, we were travelling in August and that could only mean one thing: taking a hike. Although it sounded like a lot of hard work, it surely had to beat skiing! Hang on… Now, this is what I call hiking – Austrian style. With their Hochkönig Guest Cards, the Oldies…
Myra Waterfalls, Steinwand Gorge, Hohe Wand We were still on our nature trail at our next stop: a small campsite in the countryside with wonderful views of the mountains, just outside the village of Pernitz. I found it hard to believe that we were only a stone’s throw from Vienna (well, 60 km, but still). Once again, we were in a walker’s paradise and the Dynamic Duo weren’t long about setting out on their first hike – through the Myrafälle,…
Tri-border Walk, Oberschwarzenberg After all the pomp and grandeur of ancient trading towns and monasteries, we have now gone back to nature. We’re staying on a wonderful campsite with a swimming lake in a place called Klaffer am Hochficht. No, I hadn’t heard of it before either, but apparently it’s known for its skiing, hiking trails and, of all things, herbs. There you go now. I was excited to learn that we were only a few kilometres from the Dreiländereck,…
Kapfenstein Geo Trail Walk Having survived the walk around the Gleichenberg volcano without starving to death, Her Ladyship was game to join Himself on yet another volcano walk a few days later. The Featherless Fossils were on a roll! The walk this time was the Geo-Trail on the Kapfenstein volcano. On our approach, I could already see that village itself was pretty as a picture. The wonderful views from Kapfenstein church at the start of the trail alone were worth…
Straden and Gleichenberg Volcano Walk ‘Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside! Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!’ That’s my favourite song, but I never thought I’d be singing it on the top of an extinct volcano in south-eastern Austria. Believe it or not though, we really were at the seaside. Or at least, where the Styrian seaside used to be. We were back in Vulkanland, Volcano Country, this time in the village of Straden….