Eastern Alps Travel Guide
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The whole Eastern Alps region is dramatic countryside, with breathtaking scenery and great winter sports equal to those in Switzerland. Here majestic peaks, many well over 9,750 feet, soar above slow-moving glaciers that give way to sweeping Alpine meadows ablaze with wildflowers in spring and summer. The land is full of ice caves and salt mines, deep gorges, and hot springs; it is countryside to drive and hike and ski through, where people live simply, close to the land.
Eastern Alps Hotels
This part of Austria is relatively inexpensive, except for the top resort towns of Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Bad Gastein, and Zell am See. Even there, however...read more
Eastern Alps Restaurants
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Things To Do in Eastern Alps
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
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