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Exploring the Austrian Alps: Skiing Adventures in Gurgl Captured in Photos

Lauren NewmanOctober 17, 202408 mins

Sandie Kestell, destination editor for Central and Eastern Europe, recently returned from Obergurgl in the Austrian Alps. Here, she highlights the destination’s best places to ski, eat, and sleep in – and what you shouldn’t miss. I’ve just returned from Gurgl in Tyrol’s Ötztal Valley, deep in the Austrian Alps. I made the trip over…

Facing the Fears of Cows Abandoning Us in the Austrian Alps

Jeffrey JohnsonOctober 8, 202409 mins

The Almabtrieb is both a prized tradition among Alpine farmers and a well-loved spectacle among tourists. However, climate change and shifting economics are contributing to an uncertain future. It was a typical scene in the town of Pertisau, up in the Austrian Alps: a herd of brown-and-white cows meandered across a pasture, tendrils of fog…