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On this page I will recommend some of my favourite routes, hotels, restaurants, or places of touristic or historical interest that I discovered on my travels. May you too enjoy what I found worth visiting.

Salzburg

Note: I would like to ask MG-drivers of the area to contact me via e-mail. You will receive invitations for local events. I am looking forward to meeting you! I am also very happy to meet MG drivers from abroad, who are travelling in the area.

Hotel Restaurant Kobenzl: A nice drive up Gaisberg mountain. An excellent Restaurant with a spectacular view over the city. Not cheap, but worth it.

Summer in Salzburg: Go swimming at the “Waldbad Anif”, just a few kilometres south of the city, a small artificial lake with refreshing, clean water!

Lower Austria, south

Sooß village: Benefiting from the mild climate just south of Vienna, surrounded by vineyards, this is one of the loveliest places to enjoy the famous "Heuriger", and try Austrian wine. Sit in the garden of "Galerieheuriger", or buy excellent wine from Franz Schlager, both Hauptstraße, Sooß.

Lower Austria, north

Dobra Stausee: One of the most picturesque camping-sites I have ever visited. Situated at a lake, with a view to nearby ruins, mostly visited by local people. Some of the facilities are rather eh... primitive, especially the toilets are not for the faint-hearted! Still, if you are in the area, do not miss it!

Kollmitzberg: One of my absolute favourites! Autobahn A1, exit "Amstetten West", a few km north.  From Kollmitzberg village turn to the church on the hill. There is an Inn nearby. Clean rooms, local food served, not expensive. Do not miss the 2 minute walk from there to the very top of the hill for a spectacular view over the river Danube! Breathtaking sunsets! Nice, but not so easy to find are the "Heidnische Opfersteine" - ask local people and have fun searching!

Burg Aggstein: The famous "Wachau", part of the Danube-valley between Melk and Krems is beautiful, but often crowded by busloads of tourists on the left river-bank. Try the other side and take an one hour walk from Aggstein village to the Aggstein ruin. There is a tavern up there and a great view over the Wachau.

Stift Altenburg: From Krems take a drive up Kamptal valley (still famous wine-country), then turn left to Altenburg. Admire the frescos of Paul Troger. Not far from there, visit spooky Schloss Greillenstein, and get an impression, what a court-trial might have been like a few hundred years ago, or worse still, how you would have survived in the castles dungeon.

Vienna

The nicest "Heuriger" in Grinzing (19th district): "Reisenberger" in Reisenbergerweg. Have a look at your city-map. No access by car. Either park at Grinzing and walk up, or park on Höhenstraße near Cobenzl, and walk down. Garden next to vineyard, view over the City. Closed on Tuesdays.

Vienna on hot days: Forget the inner City, try "Krapfenwaldbad" (also 19th district) instead, then go to the Heuriger!

Carinthia

Of all the lakes in southern Austria, my favourite is “Weissensee”. Crystal clear water, unspoilt nature around the lake, and good infrastructure for the need of tourists.