The Rappenlochschlucht and Alploch Gorges near Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, Austria, form one of Central Europe’s most spectacular gorge systems, a dramatic sequence of narrow canyon passages, thundering waterfalls, and towering limestone walls carved by glacial meltwater over millions of years. The Rappenlochschlucht in particular features one of the highest accessible gorge walls in the Eastern […]
Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Bärenschützklamm is a gorge located in Fischbacher Alps, near the town of Mixnitz, about 35 km from the capital of Styria – Graz. The brook, which flows through a gorge creates very nice waterfalls. On the top of the Bärenschützklamm, there is a mountain chalet where […]
Thayatal National Park is one of Austria’s most beautiful but least-known protected areas, a dramatic 13-kilometre-long valley on the Czech border where the Thaya River has carved a deep, meandering canyon through ancient metamorphic rock, creating a richly forested landscape that is home to wildcats, black storks, and over 40 species of orchid. Together with […]
Danube-Auen National Park is one of Europe’s last remaining large-scale floodplain ecosystems, a 9,300-hectare protected natural paradise of meandering river channels, old-growth riparian forest, and vast water meadows stretching along the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava. One of Austria’s six national parks and part of the transboundary Ramsar wetland complex shared with Slovakia, the Donau-Auen […]
Nockberge National Park is one of Austria’s most distinctive protected areas, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Carinthia whose gently rounded, grass-covered mountains (the “Nocke”) create a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Alps: vast rolling alpine pastures dotted with traditional wooden huts, rare wildflowers, and spectacular panoramic roads that have earned the […]
Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedl) is Central Europe’s largest endorheic lake and a cross-border UNESCO World heritage site shared between Austria and Hungary, a vast, shimmering steppe lake of extraordinary biodiversity where rare birds, traditional vineyards, and a unique Pannonian culture create one of Europe’s most surprising natural and cultural landscapes. The adjacent Seewinkel National Park […]
The morning mist lifts slowly from the Enns River valley, revealing a landscape of sheer limestone cliffs, dense spruce forests, and the sound of water rushing through narrow gorges. The Gesäuse National Park, established in 2002, protects one of the last truly wild river landscapes in the Alps, where the Enns has carved a dramatic […]
Kalkalpen National Park is Austria’s largest contiguous forest wilderness, 20,850 hectares of limestone mountains, deep gorges, and ancient beech forests in upper Austria that form part of the UNESCO World heritage \”Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.\” One of Austria’s least-visited national parks, Kalkalpen offers a rare opportunity […]
Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest national park in Austria and the biggest protected area in the Alps, a colossal 1,856 km² wilderness spanning the states of Salzburg, Carinthia, and Tyrol that encompasses Austria’s highest peak (Grossglockner, 3,798m), over 300 mountains above 3,000 metres, 342 glaciers, and the spectacular Grossglockner High Alpine Road, one […]
The Karwendel Mountains are the largest range of the Northern Limestone Alps, a dramatic Alpine wilderness of razor-sharp peaks, deep corries, and ancient pine forests straddling the Austrian-German border. With over 125 peaks above 2,000 metres and hundreds of kilometres of hiking trails, the Karwendel offers some of the most rugged and unspoilt Alpine scenery […]
