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If you want to shop apart from the ordinary stores, Neubaugasse is the place to be. You'll find one small, charming boutique after another, at all price levels.
Side street of Mariahilfer Straße
Take U3 to Neubaugasse.
Best cocktail bar in Vienna. Daily happy hour from 7pm to 10 pm (€ 5.00). It's very small but incredibly charming.
Zollergasse (next to Cafe Europa), 1070 Vienna
Take U3 to Neubaugasse.
A restaurant/bar in the 7th district of Vienna. All-day cocktail happy hour on Sunday (€ 4,10). Make sure to go there on your birthday, you'll get a three course meal for free!
Neubaugasse 39, 1070 Wien
A beach bar down at Donaukanal. Nice atmosphere, DJs and delicious Israeli food. The food and drinks are very reasonably priced and it's the perfect place for a nice afternoon drink.
Donaukanal, opposite of the famous Flex.
Take U2 to Schottenring, you can't miss it.
A Pakistani restaurant offering a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet. Their menu changes weekly and contains three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, dessert etc. The best thing: except for the drinks, you pay as much as you wish!
Liechtensteinstraße 10, 1090 Vienna
Take the U2 to Schottentor, leave at the Hohenstaufengasse Exit and just walk down the Liechtensteinstraße.
www.deewan.at
This area, just off the Inn Valley, contains a number of lakes, one of which is dedicated to swimming - with changing rooms and showers. Lie back and view the mountains and swim with the huge carp fed from the adjacent hotel! After a swim visit the local Tyrolean Farmstead museum with a collection of traditional buildings saved from development or ruin in the Tyrol.
Walk on the waymarked paths from Kramsach chairlift station, or drive direct to the swimming lake, the Krummsee, afjacent to the Gasthof Krummsee
Europe's largest cemetery; beautifully laid out and well worth a visit. There are sections for the main denominations and a large military section.
There's a stunning domed church in the centre and after strolling past ornate graves of politicians you've never heard of a discreet sign points to the "Musiker" almost shyly hidden away.
Schubert, various members of the Strauss family and two big names beginning with B: took my breath away. Monument to Mozart, whose grave is mysteriously "lost" somewhere in the St Marx cemetery.
S-Bahn (tram) no. 71 to Zentralfriedhof
In this 15th century Baroque monastery they have been brewing beer for ever! An amazing atmosphere and night out.
If you fancy combining two of the most fun activities in the world, snowsports and clubbing, in a beautiful Austrian village with a few thousand like-minded fancy dressed loons, this is your bag baby!
For 10 years now at the end of the season the amazing Austrian resort of Mayrhofen gets transformed into party central. The crack Snowbombing team take over virtually every hotel and venue for miles around and pack them full of the hottest DJs and bands you can think of providing a frenzied atmosphere of piste by day and beats by night. To drop a few names from this year's line-up, we've got the legendary Fatboy Slim, Dizzee Rascal, Reverend and the Makers, Grandmaster Flash, Fabio & Grooverider, Zane Lowe, and the list goes on...
If you're serious about your riding you'll find 625km of pistes, a world renowned funpark, and the Tux glacier, offering piste and off-piste action all year round. Just don't be put off if Batman or a herd of boarders wearing only their pants pass you on the slopes!
And my hottest tip for Snowbombing? Get accommodation in the Hotel Strass! This is the epicentre of the whole festival. Three of the main apres and nightlife venues are in the same building, it's right next to the lifts, one night of the week there is a street party right outside, and it has a naked sauna in the basement - the perfect way to wind down and make new friends after a hard day on the slopes or a hard night on the tiles.
Well, how to sum up the event last year. . . AMAZING!!!!!
The animal-party night was such a laugh, props to everyone who made it out last year in the hot fancy dress outfits, my horse salutes you!
The faces of the locals were a picture. Oh, and the snow! The mountains are made of the stuff. It's quite a sight to behold. With all the slopes open, whenever I went over to them it was a winter wonderland combining my love of snowboarding and my passion for music!
Do's and Don'ts
DO bring a costume - you'll have much more fun if you do
DO get a six-day pass for the slopes - you'll appreciate the flexibility
DON'T over-do the slopes so that you're exhausted and miss out on the parties
DON'T over-do the parties so you miss out on the slopes
DO go four-star
DO remember to bring sunscreen and chapstick!
I guarantee that you'll look back at this festival for the rest of your life.
Get along - get involved and get into it!
Everyone young and sloaney young person goes to Krazy Kangarau but Moosewirt is far more fun! Its bigger, has a slightly more mad pan Europe crowd and a lot more friendly. The DJ hangs out of the window over the terrace and the ski down to the base station is easier - oh yeah, its actually in the middle of the piste.
St Anton, route 1, just above the Gampen lift.
This is the house where Mozart spent his childhood. I really like it since I have read a lot about Mozart while at school. This is your chance to visit his old house which is now also a museum - and to brush up on your Mozart knowledge.
Its a bit hard to find but can ask people around since it is a tourist attraction.
www.mozarteum.at/
The Vans Penken Park is the famous snow park of Mayrhofen and a must for any rider wanting to test themselves on some of the best freestyle features around.
The park is one of the most documented spots of the UK snowboard media and is very popular with many freestyle riders.
Horberg-Hochtal in the Penken area
Ask yourself:
1. Do I like to party in a big way?
2. Am I WELL up for a laugh and partial to a bit of fancy dress?
3. Do I like snow and beautiful mountain scenery?
4. Does speeding down a slope and stopping for the odd rum hot chocolate with strudel sound perfect?
If you answered YES - and you really should do - then SNOWBOMBING is for you!
Imagine 4 adrenaline packed days of pure fun. The festival is one of the friendliest I've ever been too - people are there to really burn the candle at both ends. Go hard or go home is the slogan of the weekend and the energy is infectious. Dressed in some of the most imaginative costumes, people from all over Europe and beyond take over this Austrian resort and go wild.
All I can really say is if this appeals then DEFINITELY go! This is something you won't be able to do in 10 years unless you are REALLY hardcore, so go now before the thought of 4 days without sleep is too scary!! this is possibly the best weekend of your life.
Kirchtag is a folk-music festival featuring groups from Italy, Slovenia and Latvia as well as wonderful local Austrian musicians giving it some Oompah. But for the uninitiated it is an Alpine music blaring, Austrian beer quaffing, sausage scoffing Sound of Music 'esque introduction to the Tyrol.
High up and relatively empty, this is a beautiful and challenging glacier to ski all year round. The views are incredible - from the top of the main gondola, there are 360 degrees of perfect snowy alps stretching out around you. The slopes are long, wide and varied and the snow was perfect and because of the height, almost always is.
If you're staying in any of the villages (we were in Alpbach - lovely small village about an hour's drive away) in the Zillertal or in other nearby valleys, it's easy to drive there in the morning and well worth the effort
Google "Hintertux" - it's in the Zillertal valley in the Tirol
Take the elevator up to the bar on the roof of the Hotel Stein, order a cocktail, sit down and enjoy the view over the river, old town and Hohensalzburg Fortress. Treat yourself.
Address: Giselakai 3-5 (on the western side of the main bridge).
Telephone: +43 662 8743460.
Website: www.hotelstein.at/
A superb hiking track, historic buildings and battlements, natural forest and amazing views, and all right in the centre of the city. The Monschberg track runs around the waist of the eponymous mountain, taking in the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Museum of Modern Art.
Getting there: There are various points at which to join the track, including the steps from the old town and the elevator from below the museum.
This YHA hostel may be a little outside the city centre and a tad severe, but it provides clean, modern rooms at a reasonable price, and that is not to be sniffed at in Salzburg.
Address: Aigner Strasse 34.
Telephone: (43) 662623248.
Getting there: A 20-minute walk along the river or a No. 7 bus from the centre.
The perfect base for exploring the beautiful lake district outside Salzburg. A lovely town on the edge of Fuschlsee, it offers a variety of hikes from the leisurely stroll around the lake to long taxing routes toward San Gilgen. Fuschl has several hotels, a well-run camp site, and Edenbergers restaurant.
Getting there: Bus No. 150 runs every hour from Salzburg bus station.
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