Landhaus, Klagenfurt

Advantages: Alternative and cheap access to eastern Austrian skiing and beautiful Slovenia
Disadvantages: Very small with sometimes awkward connections into town

...I spent a year living in Klagenfurt so used this airport a lot then to get home to the UK for Christmas birthdays etc. Back then there were only flights to Vienna or Zurich, leaving me with another two flights to get to my home in Manchester. This 6 flight round-trip wasn't cheap. However, Ryanair now fly there daily from London Stansted for anything from about 99p up to around £89.99 at the most (each way). To acess ski resorts in the eastern Austrian alpine provinces of Kaernten (Carinthia) and Steiermark (Styria), as well as the beautiful former yugoslav country, Slovenia, this airport is ideal. I would even recommend it if alternatives were too expensive for a driving tour into northern Italy, and for skiing in the Salzburg and eastern Tirol regions if flights into Salzburg prove to be more expensive (which they often... Read review

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Advantages: Fairly cheap, lot of outdoor pursuits, Cheap flights from Britain
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...Carinthia, or Kärnten as it is known in German, is Austria's southernmost province. Traditionally the Carinthians have been the butt of many jokes, but Carinthia is a wonderful province. The main places in Carinthia of interest are Klagenfurt and Villach, and the Shrove Tuesday (Faschingdienstag) celebrations in Villach are nationally acknowledged as the best. If Villach doesn't inspire you then you can always head from Villach on to Venice (ca. 3 hrs by train) and enjoy the carnival in Venice. Klagenfurt is a fine city, with a great deal of heritage. Villach and Klagenfurt are separated by the Wörthersee which takes in picturesque towns like Velden and Pörtschach. The Wörthersee is great for families, there are plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy, and for cyclists it is relatively flat around the Wörthersee and this is a great... Read review

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Advantages: excellent snowboarding or skiing region
Disadvantages: VERY COLD

...Situated in the North of Germany is a mountainous range called Herz and it's easily accesible by train or car, but I recommend a 4x4. We travelled there in a 4x4 and found the roads to be extremely steep at points and covered in ice on the mountain roads. The nearest airports are Paderborn and Hannover that I know of. But by car it's the number 7 autobahn (motorway) that we used and then travelled through Herzberg to get to a medium sized town called Braunlage, which is well equiped for all your needs. We had decided the previous morning to travel there but I wished that we had booked somewhere in advance to stay in because as it was peak season nearly everything was booked but we managed to find a quant little hotel called Landhaus Zum Schultheiss to stay in. It was a B&B but at 31€uro's each per night to stay in a two bedroom... Read review

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