Austria

Christmas market in Vienna Photo: (c) Österreich Werbung, Harald Eisenberger Beautiful always, irresistible these days, the capital of Austria is the perfect setting for a magical Christmas. And not only at Christmas. The first Sunday after November 25 begins Advent, or what is the same, the month of preparation for Christmas which, in Austria, becomes a period of 30 days to live the most endearing traditions of the year.

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Christmas market in Salzburg Photo: (c) Österreich Werbung The first snowflakes fall, Christmas markets flood the city and the lights decorate a story setting. There is no doubt, Salzburg Christmas is for romantics. These days when Advent is celebrated, the countdown to the Christmas period, the city becomes the most desired destination.

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Museums and Parliament in Ringstrasse in Vienna © WienTourismus_Christian Stemper I have been traveling to Vienna for years, I recognize it, and that despite being one of the first major European cities I visited when I started traveling. The year 2015 can be a good occasion to travel to Vienna again as the 150th anniversary of Ringstrasse, the most important city and monumental axis of the Austrian capital, is celebrated.

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Day 11: VIENNA - BARCELONA Saturday, July 3, 2010 Today it has been early. The alarm rings at 2.45 in the morning and 3.30 in the morning we are already riding the taxi to Vienna airport from the Hotel Capricorn. Another option is to book a direct transfer from the hotel to the airport.

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Day 7: GRAZ Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Today has been a day of total relaxation in Graz. We are going to tell you what to see and do in Graz in one day. We have started at 9 in the morning, leaving our hotel, the Hotel Mercure Graz City, in search of a cafeteria for breakfast. It is the only hotel in Austria where we do not have breakfast included and the price is 14 euros per person, so we have decided that it is best to go downtown and eat there a good portion of sacher cake and start tasting this famous typical cake .

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Day 10: VIENNA: Belvedere Palace, El Prater, Hundertwasserhaus Friday, July 2, 2010 Today we decided to relax a little. We left at 8.30 am at Hotel Capricorn to make a one-day route through Vienna starting at Belvedere Palace. We have taken the subway and left us in the lower part of the palace, so we had to walk a little until we got there.

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Day 8: GRAZ- PALACIO DE SCHONBRUNN - VIENNA Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Today it was time to get back to dawn. At 6 we were already on the floor, leaving our hotel in Graz, the Hotel Mercure Graz City at 7 on the way to Schonbrunn Palace, the summer residence of Sissi near Vienna. As we did not have breakfast in this hotel, we stopped at a restaurant on the highway, where we had some great baguettes.

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Day 6: OBERTRAUN - HALLSTATT - BAD ISCHL - ST. WOLFGANG - ST.GILGEN - GRAZ Monday, June 28, 2010 This morning we started with a very complete breakfast at our Apartment Hotel Seerose hotel and surrounded by a spectacular landscape surrounding Hallstatt, the most beautiful village in Austria. Obertraun After having breakfast and carrying our luggage to our rental car in Austria, we have gone directly to the lake, to take a few photos and relax first thing in the morning.

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Day 9: Historic center of Vienna: Hobsburg Palace, Capuchin Church, Vienna Cathedral Thursday, July 1, 2010 Today we will tell you what to do in the historic center of Vienna. For this we have started at 8 in the morning, after having a very complete breakfast at the Hotel Capricorn.

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Day 2: MELK - MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRATION FIELD - SALZBURBO Thursday, June 24, 2010 7 in the morning, the alarm sounds. We have to get going, that today we have a full day of visits. Among them the concentration camp of Mauthausen and Salzburg. Shower and breakfast at the Hotel Wachauerhof with little variety, but abundant, so we can't complain too much.

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Day 4: INNSBRUCK - STUBAI VALLEY - INNSBRUCK Saturday, June 26, 2010 Today we have a quieter day, so we have decided to sleep half an hour more and enjoy a little more the room of the Best Western Hotel Engl where we are staying in Innsbruck After having breakfast, we have made our way to the Stubai Valley in Tyrol, with our rental car in Austria where we just started off the highway, we have begun to see where we were really going: a spectacular Stubai valley, completely green, dotted with houses full of flowers on the balconies and with an impressive backdrop: snowy mountains that remind us that despite being in summer, snow in this environment is common.

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Day 1: BARCELONA - VIENNA - KREMS - THE DANUBE VALLEY - MELK Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Our holidays begin and this has been noticed especially in the hour at which our alarm clock rang, 4 in the morning. Today we have a most complete day, not only taking a plane, but for things to see in Austria, a country we will arrive in just a few hours.

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Day 5: INNSBRUCK - THE KRIMML CATARACTS - HEILENGENBLUT - GROSSGLOKNER ROAD - OBERTRAUN Sunday, June 27, 2010 Today we wanted to leave early, but in the end, between one thing and another, we were given 8 o'clock in the morning when we were leaving from the Best Western Hotel Engl and we took the rental car in Austria towards the Krimml falls and the Grossglockner road.

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Day 3: SALZBURG - WATTENS SWAROVSKI MUSEUMS - HALL IN TIROL- INNSBRUCK Friday, June 25, 2010 Today we decided to get up a little later, at 7 o'clock the alarm clock rang and at 8.30 we went down to breakfast in the lounge from the Best Western Hotel Stieglbräu. We have a very tight day with a visit to the Swarovski Museum in Wattens and Innsbruck.

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Hotel Capricornio This was the last of the hotels in Austria where we stayed. 4 star hotel in Vienna. Very central and with terraces and restaurants in the surroundings. Large and very clean rooms. Free WIFI. The very complete breakfast. Very nice and friendly staff. Make your reservation here: Hotel Capricornio Hotel Wachauerhof Hotel in Melk.

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This trip to Austria by rental car for 11 days led us to tour one of the most beautiful European countries we have ever been to. The idea of ​​renting a car and being able to travel the country freely, came at the same time as the possibility of traveling to Austria, since we did not conceive this trip if it was not moving by car.

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