The Austrian Tourist Board offers opportunities for great value holidays and they are often discounted, with free transport to some places. The Wilder Kaiser region in northeastern Tirol provides an enticing programme to the mountainous regions with its intimidating cliffs not very different from Italy’s Dolomites.The area is also strewn with beautiful ski villages like Soll, Ellmu, Scheffau, and - wait for it - Going! There are various entertaining projects for visitors, including the extensive e-bike system which is purported to be the largest in the world with 275 electric bikes.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Jay Edward Helliwell´s post 4 Awesome Ideas for Warm-Weather Holidys in the Alps.

 Éric Fournié