Ausflugsziele in Vorarlberg

The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg is a typical Bregenzerwald house from the 16th century with modern showrooms.

The mountain lake can be comfortably reached on foot from the Fontanella Säge bus stop in about 30 minutes. The slightly ascending and descending, low-traffic, asphalted road (access by car only permitted for residents) leads past the houses of Garlitt and on to the Seewaldseetobel.

A women's museum? And one in a rural location? The Fraunemuseum Hittisau in the Bregenzerwald (Austria) shows that both are possible – and have been for over twenty years now. It was the initiative of Elisabeth Stöckler that brought about the founding of the museum in 2000.

A beautiful natural lake in the middle of the plant protection area Hochtannberg in the community of Schröcken.
A popular excursion destination, summer and winter.

A beautiful natural lake in the middle of the plant protection area Hochtannberg in the community of Schröcken.
A popular excursion destination, summer and winter.

“This mountain pasture (‘alp’) has been preserved just as it was when it was once inhabited and cultivated. One could move back in there tomorrow and begin making cheese again.”

The museum, which is housed in a typical Bregenzerwald farmhouse from the 18th century, provides insights into the living style and circumstances in a region that continues to be characterised by timber architecture.

A belt of moorland with rare flora runs for several kilometres across the entire mountain ridge at an altitude of 1,000 metres to the north of the village of Sulzberg.

There are three lines in the bike course with the levels of difficulty "blue", "red" and "pink". Thus there are lifelike simulated single trails in the variants S0, S1 and S2. Pumptrack, northshore elements, seesaw and small drops can also be found there.

Where would you find a better place for a ski museum than in the snowiest village in the world? Enough said! The exhibition in the rectory encompasses 130 years of Vorarlberg skiing history as well as the history of ski racing in Vorarlberg.