WALKING IN AUSTRIA

VOLUME IN LINGUA INGLESE

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDEBOOK DETAILING WALKING ROUTES IN AUSTRIA. THE 101 WALKS REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THIS POPULAR REGION AND COVER AUSTRIA'S MAGNIFICENT ALPS - INCLUDING THE RATIKON, SILVRETTA, STUBAI AND ZILLERTAL - AS WELL AS THE DACHSTEINGEBIRGE, HOHE TAUERN AND THE KARAWANKEN. GRADED ACCORDING TO DIFFICULTY AND RANGING FROM SHORT WALKS OF A FEW KILOMETRES TO DAY HIKES AND MULTI-DAY HUT-TO-HUT TOURS, FROM THE CLASSIC TO THE LESSER-KNOWN, THERE IS SOMETHING TO SUIT EVERY LEVEL OF ABILITY AND AMBITION. A FULL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ROUTE IS ACCOMPANIED BY CLEAR SKETCH MAPS.

THIS BOOK HAS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE THE MOST OF AN ACTIVE WALKING HOLIDAY IN AUSTRIA, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, ACCOMMODATION, GEAR REQUIRED AND SAFETY ISSUES, FULL DETAILS OF OVER 100 MOUNTAIN HUTS AND A GERMAN-ENGLISH GLOSSARY. AUSTRIA IS ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST WALKER-FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. ITS 40,000KM OF WELL-MAINTAINED AND WAYMARKED TRAILS PASS MORE THAN A THOUSAND AUSTRIAN MOUNTAIN HUTS AND COUNTLESS ATTRACTIVE VILLAGES, HOSPITABLE HOTELS, INNS AND RESTAURANTS. IT ALSO BOASTS AN EXTENSIVE, INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM THAT IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR WALKERS. THE AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPE IS ENCHANTING IN ITS BEAUTY, FEATURING RUGGED LIMESTONE SPIRES, TOWERING SNOWY PEAKS, MAJESTIC LAKES AND TRANQUIL VALLEYS.