Our hotel sits on the main street with its artistically painted shops and houses and intricately worked signs. Our first day of walking is a taste of things to come. This magical hike wanders through scenic villages up to a tiny mountain side church and alpine hut. We eat lunch here, beside a prehistoric cave with the massive cliff face of The Ebenalp towering above us. The experiences continue as we head into the area of soft rolling hills, impressive walls of rocky cliffs, gentle pastureland and lush forrest that is the Bregenzerwald.
Villages here are quite charming and different from anything found elsewhere in Austria.
The buildings are shingled and have colorful shutters and windows trimmed with hand made lace. The women still wear the handsome, stiffly starched folk dresses of their ancestors. Hiking here is from inn to inn along beautiful pathways via traditional alpine huts. Both inns here are very old and have been beautifully preserved in the traditional style, while also offering such modern amenities as tennis courts and a swimming pool. South now to the grandeur of the Montafon Valley and the village of Gaschurn.