Topic: Tyrol

Ready steady snow!

Swiss Info - 21 days ago
St Moritz is the starting point for a vintage car rally. This January the 9th Winter Raid took place. The three and a half day vintage car rally...

Crucial mummy found 20 years ago Monday

AFP Global Edition - 152 days ago
Twenty years ago Monday, a German couple hiking the Italian Alps veered off a marked footpath and stumbled upon one of the world's oldest and most important archeological finds: Oetzi, "The Iceman".Oetzi fast became a sensation, not just because he ...

Villages and visions in the Austrian Alps

Consumer Traveler - 230 days ago
If mention of Austria conjures up images of tiny villages of flower-bedecked chalets, cows and sheep grazing on hillsides so steep you wonder how...

Deacon offers holy guidance at supermarket

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough - 290 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - An Austrian deacon is making a special offer at his local supermarkets -- free spiritual guidance and counseling when you pick up your groceries.Deacon Willi Holzhammer is touring the Alpine province of Tyrol each Saturday and setting up his ...

Austrian deacon offers holy guidance at supermarket

Reuters Life! Online Report - 293 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - An Austrian deacon is making a special offer at his local supermarkets -- free spiritual guidance and counselling when you pick up your groceries.Deacon Willi Holzhammer is touring the Alpine province of Tyrol each Saturday and setting up his ...

Winter Wonderland: 20 Snow-Inspired Photographs For The Holiday Season

Travel Post Blog - 434 days ago
Araphahoe Basin, Colorado by SHayhaasLiving in Seattle at this time of year, it's easy to start dreaming about azure waters and sun-kissed beaches...

Travel destinations: South Tyrol, Italy

Helium - 465 days ago
In the very north of Italy, on the border with Austria, South Tyrol is a region for the nature lovers of any age. Full of nature reserves, fresh mountain air, green valleys, spectacular mountain peaks, quiet lakes and enchanted woods, South Tyrol ...

Different marathons around the world

Helium - 465 days ago
The Glacier Pitztal-Imst Marathon is run in the Tyrol in Austria and runs through some of the most impressive scenary in Europe. The race starts at the Pitzal glacier, the track is fast with only a gentle slope through the Tyrol mountains ...

Tips for finding accommodations in South Tyrol, Italy

Helium - 465 days ago
Finding the perfect accommodation for your holidays might be a tough experience, but this does not have to be the case when you travel to South Tyrol (or South Tirol), Italy. Not really, provided that they get to know a few things ...

Company profile: The Swarovski Group

Helium - 473 days ago
The Swarovski Group is an Austrian company that produces expensive precision cut crystals. The company was originally based in Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic, but then moved to Tyrol, in Austria. The Swarovski Group operates several subsidiary companies. The ...