Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Five Things To Do In Lower Austria

Lower Austria is one of the famous tourist attractions of Austria as the place offers rich culture and various beautiful places to explore.

Although it is a small country, it is occupied with various tourist attractions, such as the alpine region, water parks and national parks. It is also famous for outdoor sports like golf, cycling, horse riding and skating.

Lower Austria is a perfect dream destination for adventurous sports lovers who can enjoy ice skating and sailing to the fullest. In lower Austria, more than 900 resorts offer more than 23,000 km ski areas making tourists enjoy ice skating and excellent ice sailings.

For kids, there are ski instructors available that can ensure safe and fun filled skiing for your kids. Tourists should not miss climbing frozen waterfalls as it is a remarkable and thrilling adventurous sport.

Lower Austria can be an ideal romantic destination for couples where they can enjoy wonderful sleigh rides and memorable evenings amidst mountain huts. Beside these couples can also enjoy the remarkable candle light dinner with music in specially designed mountain huts. There are some great ski chalets to rent in Lower Austria.

The best thing to do in this city is to visit the Aqua Splash Water World. It is one of the best and attractive tourist places of lower Austria and offers amazing water sports and facilities. Gigantic slides, fountains and whirlpools make it a tourist attraction for families to visit.

For children, there are specially designed slides and pools, such as the snake slide and kiddy pool. Beside these water related fun activities, tourists can also enjoy a skate park, sauna bath and spa facilities.

Lower Austria is also famous for its wines and vineyards. Tourists who visit this beautiful state should not miss the superb red wine as it serves the most delicious wine of the world. Lower Austria is gifted with the best red wines grapes.

Vineyards are also an important tourist attraction of this state; if you want to see the best one then Vienna is the really best region to choose. Wachau is the best wine producing districts of this state due to its large production. Kremptal also produces wines but not as well as Wachau.

If you are nature lover then this is the best place occupied with one of the biggest national parks Hohe Tauren National Park. It is famous for countless species of flora and fauna and amazing birds. Tourists can also explore this park through hired and private cars.

It is one of the largest parks of Europe covering almost 1786 sq km area of Europe. The highest mountain of Austria Grossglockner also lies in the center of this park. The roads of this park are the most beautiful sight seeing of Europe.

Last but not least, lower Austria is also famous for its inescapable alpine region, which is fully covered with the mountains. Beautiful lakes and green valleys can be the most attractive part of this region. Tourists can also find various fast flowing rivers and the Europe's biggest river; the Danube.

Many holiday makers come to Lower Austria year after year and many rent ski chalets as their self catering holiday accommodation.

Andrew Gibson is MD of http://www.Directholidaybookings.co.uk .They have a great selection of holiday cottages to rent in Cornwall.

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