"Country lovers of pleasure" even in winter offers unlimited opportunities for recreation. Whether it's a meal in exquisite huts and restaurants amid a unique mountain landscape, comfortable accommodation for winter sleep or a unique combination of skiing experiences and relaxing bathing in the thermal baths - winter holidays in Austria have many facets.

For gourmands

A warm welcome for lovers of huts: in the Salzburg region the culinary guide "Via Culinaria" reveals the addresses of 16 original or modern gourmet establishments located in snow-covered areas.

In the Kösselbacheralm hut in Unternberg of Tamsweg County you can find specialty dishes of smoked cuisine on the menu, and the Bürglalm hut near the Hochkönig massif is imprinted in the hearts of lovers of rustic cuisine with its strudels and dumplings (website).

In the Angerer Alm hut on Kitzbühler Horn, the menu offers rustic Tyrolean cuisine, and in the evening - gourmet dishes. Mistress Annemarie Foydl, a certified sommelier and owner of a wine cellar with one of the best assortments in the Alps, which holds noble drops of more than 450 varieties from around the world, offers wines that combine with ordered dishes (website).

The regional products of the peasants from the Hohe Tauern in Carinthia are the basis for the cuisine of the eight hotel owners who have joined the "TauernAlpin Genuss Wirten" alliance. The dishes offer a variety of pork and ham, salami from venison, chamois and beef, carinthian sherd meat or trout and char from highland rivers (website).

When twilight descends on snow-covered mountains, winter sportsmen at the Tyrolean resort of Ischgl are sent, for example, to the Champagnerhütte hut of the Romantica hotel to enjoy refined drinks on sheepskin-covered banquettes and armchairs (website)..In the Serfaus ski area in Tyrol at an altitude of 1 .900 meters above sea level the owner in the Ski-Lounge already at the entrance stretches the guests with soft felt slippers .Unloading uncomfortable ski boots and sitting on comfortable leather sofas near an open fireplace or at one of the restaurant's favorite places on the terrace, you can relax with a cup of tea or a glass of red wine (website)..

To culinary delights at a high level - also literally - invites Arnold Pucher in the hotel Wulfenia, in one of the highest situated gourmet establishments (three stars Haube, two Michelin stars) at an altitude of 1500 m above sea level in the ski resort of Nassfeld in Carinthia. The chef uses the best and highest quality olive oil in his high-rise kitchen as the "carrier" of his numerous recipes (website).

New wine impressions are promised by the first magnotec in Austria, which was opened by the famous winemaker Manfred Tement near its winery in Berghausen in South Styria. For tasting and for sale only wines from Magnum's large wine bottles (1, 5 liters) and even more are offered (Methuselah - 6 liters, Baltazar - 12 liters and Nebuchadnezzar - 20 liters). To the vinotheque, which is located in the basement of the Carmelita Capella in Ciragge, adjoins a small inn (website).

Spa and wellness

The Almwellness Hotel Pierer 4 * is located in the Almenland region of Styria, in which the wellness services have regional accents and include saunas with alpine herbs, salt and herbal baths. The highlight of the hotel is a new panoramic swimming pool from which guests can watch the sunset in the Almenland mountains (website).

In the 20 romantic rooms of the hotel and the competence center of Hölzl in St. Lorenzen in the Mürztal Valley, guests are immersed in a rustic atmosphere: cozy rooms from floor to ceiling are decorated with wood. The furnishings of the rooms are in different styles, such as "Roses", "Hunter" or "Path to the well" (website).

The comfortable Kuschel-und Genießerhotel Gams, which has been refurbished in a refined style and complemented by 45 cozy suites, stands before the guests in Bezau in the Bregenz Forest of Vorarlberg. The SPA area was enlarged to 2000 square meters and includes twelve treatment rooms. In the hotel's fitness room, guests can exercise directly over the Betzau roofs (website).

Hotel Asi Lodge 4 * Tirol, located a little north of Lake Achensee, captivates with its light design of wood and glass. Large glass facades give a sense of being surrounded by nature (website).

Already this winter, after skiing, it will be possible to plunge into the pleasant, warm thermal water at the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee resort in the Salzburger Krai, when in October their doors will be opened for the first time with the terms Amadé. There will be eleven different swimming pools at the guests' disposal, including salt water pools. While adults will relax in the diverse landscapes of saunas, children can enjoy themselves on the water slide (website).

The Zell am See / Kaprun region will be enriched by a wellness complex in November. The new Tauern SPA, which will be open for guests and during the day, includes a hotel with 160 rooms and suites, as well as an outdoor and indoor water world, a spa, gastronomic zones, a fitness room and children's centers (website).

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