Austria Travel

With the advent of the Christmas holidays in the Moscow sky soar additional charters - they were driven straight to the ski resorts. However, true connoisseurs of vivid impressions are there only after a walk in the Austrian capital, enjoying the music of Mozart and visits to the office of the uncle of Freud! Vienna - pulse. In the capital, beating heart of the country are concentrated here its secrets and achievements of the Viennese crowd noise and silent luxury architectural styles of the Baroque and Rococo. In Vienna, it is impossible to get confused prudent Austrians calculated to the second schedule of trains, buses and trams. Tickets are sold in vending machines is not the type of transport, and in the zones, it is very convenient. A tour is easy to order on the spot, the city ply red and yellow sightseeing buses are equipped with audio guide in Russian - in just 24 euros. Walking through Vienna you can watch! Ancient houses carry the ancient and interesting history. Austrians are proud of the works of an eccentric Hundertwasser and his famous multi-colored house (Hundertwasser Haus) at the corner of Lowengasse 41-43. However, the Viennese have and persona non grata: the Sigmund Freud is not taken to remember fondly. Sending a controversial doctor away from a country, Austria was relieved and now just keeps it modest belongings in a house-museum of Freud, the place where he lived and worked - in Bergasse 19, near the metro station Schottentor. The embodiment of Viennese pomp and chic - is the Vienna Opera (Statsoper). She has maintained a long aristocratic tradition. Tickets on her face from € 58 to € 200, a sightseeing tour of the building - € 4. Pompous and scale can be called and the sale of brand and quality clothing in January - late February. Tired to go shopping does not work, at every step hospitably waiting fragrant pastry, where a sweet dessert and coffee make up power to new feats. Austrians - born a sweet tooth, are experts in the sweetness and perfectly cooked sweet apple strudel, royal cake "Sacher» (Sachertorte), rum cake and chocolate chestnuts. In the old Demel pastry you can buy a jar of candied violets (€ 16), a favorite delicacy of the Empress Sisi. This gift is tantamount to a declaration of love. Here was Mozart to the homeland of Wolfgang Amadeus fun to get on the train of the Mozart, which departs from the station Wien Westbahnhof. The road from Vienna to Salzburg takes 2,5-3 hours. In this city you will be prompted to listen to Mozart, 2-bed room in 3 * hotel (daily): Vena - € 40 Salzburg - € 50 Vienna Opera - the embodiment of chic and pomposity. Here the audience a flash of diamonds and expensive clothes Pallas Athena statue at the Vienna Parliament - a favorite spot of tourists Vienna Kunsthaus museum is located in a house built to look eccentric Hundertwasser house where he lived and played music, and even Mozart ... eat! Sausage, pistachio yogurt, candy - all proudly bears the name of a celebrity. Salzburg could become a model of tranquility and measured the province, if not many tourists and vacationers in ski suits - to the Alps at hand. As in any old town, there's historical center - Old Town, which runs through a lively and oldest street Getreidegasse. Along the narrow streets of the historic center is a cafe, of inviting the guests with hot chocolate and live music. At nightfall, the numerous monasteries, churches, houses and towers are covered golden-pink lighting, transforming the city-museum in the city of fairy tale. Looks particularly impressive Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg), standing high on a hill. A huge medieval castle holds many memories, since its construction began in the XI century! Within the walls of the fortress you can see exhibitions devoted to different periods of the history of Austria. From the old town to the castle can be reached by cable car (€ 9 in both directions). Conquering the natural heritage of Austria - of course, the Alps, nor occupy 2 / 3 of the country, and four of the glacier, where you can ski all year round. The nearest to Vienna glacier - a mountain Kittsshtaynn Kaprun (Kitzsteinhorn). From Salzburg Zell am See - the administrative angle, where the village is located Kappoezd dovozit for 1,5 hours, then up to the village have to travel by bus. Kaprun is pretty small, but there are all 33 of fun for adults and children: gentle slopes suitable for beginners, restaurants, playgrounds and schools to teach skiing. Well selected hotel overlooking the mountain landscape - a 100% guarantee of a good holiday. Focus on hotels and resorts in the city center, located a short walk from the bus stop, carrying the descent. Experienced skiers take sporting equipment with them, but this is not necessarily for beginners. In Kaprun there are rentals with nice prices. Rent good skis and special shoes - € 110 for 4 days. For the right to use the lifts in Zell am See and get on the mountain Kittsshtaynhorn to give € 145 - worth as much lift pass (ticket) into 2 zones in 4 days. At the skating areas, there are three types of trails: blue, red and black. Found in the blue half-baked skiers and those who are skiing feels insecure. Red - for the advanced. Black lines are a little on them chase the aces. By the way, the resort operates an unwritten rule - getting up only to "their" road. Wrong choice can not end a fun injury. Features of "ski" holiday in the Alps takes your breath away at least three times - at the sight of blue and white mountain peaks, while moving on a lift and, of course, during the descent on the ski trail. Light saturated with clean air, face off flush, and the sun brightly illuminates the path. And here carefully! A person burns in a matter of hours, so the cream with sun filter is required. Make a break for lunch and rest as possible in the foothills and on the top - there are restaurants where you can eat for € 6-30 or go to a real ice bar. Evening in the city opened discotheques and bars - they are few, yet the rural lifestyle resort puts its stamp on the entertainment. As you would expect a decent Austrian town in Kaprun has its medieval castle and the parish church, wooden bridges and even a steam engine, exhibited as a museum exhibit. Practical Austrians clearly grasped the fact that tourists need to fully relax your body and soul, so after a cross-country skiing almost every hotel and guest house offers a sauna (in Austria, all saunas are common to men and women), swimming pool or infrared cabin to relax overworked muscles.