Entry

About Austria

May 1st, 2007 10:19
peter watts, Roger Donovan, http://www.hotels-in-austria.info/

Austria is a country that has a number of buildings in its cities and 
towns, which are remarkable for their architectural splendor. The 
buildings include churches, monasteries, fortresses, castles, palaces 
and museums.
If the buildings keep you awe struck for their magnificent 
architecture, the snow-capped peaks of the Alps invite you to play with 
nature. In Austria you could watch water cascading down in the triple 
level waterfall at Krimml, explore the largest ice caves near Salzburg, 
attend an orchestra in Vienna, visit the Mozart museum in Salzburg and 
appreciate art and architecture that reach Baroque perfection.
Skiing, the favorite past time of Austrians has resulted in the 
conversion of villages to skiing resorts. People from all over the 
world frequent skiing villages on the Alps. Austrian skiers rank top in 
the world and Innsbruck is a popular skiing destination and the 
snowboarding capital of Europe. Towns like Kitzbuhel are not only 
visited for skiing purposes but because it has become a party place and 
a meeting place for the high society. There is a very popular annual 
reindeer sled race held in Austria. This race is the best in the Europe.
Austria is a must visit country for the lovers of Mozart’s music. The 
cycle of musical festivals in Austria is unceasing. If it’s a lavish 
ball in January, its Shrovetide carnival in February a celebration of 
return of spring with masks and processions. Vienna International 
Festival in June and Slazburg festival in July offer arts and music 
programs respectively.
Ambassador hotel and Grand Hotel Wien are two five star hotels in Vienna
( http://www.hotels-in-austria.info/vienna_hotels ). Schloss hotel IgIs 
and Europa Tyrol hotel are the two five star hotels in Innsbruck. 
Slazburg doesn’t have any five star hotel. But there are a number of 4 
star and lower priced hotels to accommodate burgeoning number of 
tourists.
If you are visiting Vienna, then Panoramic Earth has nearly 100
panoramic photographs from the city, all linked to an interactive map
with local descriptions of each. This can be found on The Vienna Map:
http://www.panoramicearth.com/156/Vienna/Vienna_Map_and_Tour