Austria Destinations

Historic houses and alpine sceneries of Bregenzerwald

October 19, 2016
Bregenzerwald Schwarzenberg

This time I wanna take you to Schwarzenberg – truly one of the most beautiful villages I’ve ever seen: The traditional architecture consists of perfectly maintained, wooden houses, most of them several hundred years old! It’s located in an area called Bregenzerwald (named after Bregenz, the provincial capital) in Austria’s westernmost province of Vorarlberg. Too bad, I barely get to visit that part of Austria, as for us Viennese it’s considered quite far (even for such a small country)… Anyways, I spent some lovely days with my colleagues there as part of a company trip (which has been my third time already after Potsdam and Leogang) and we enjoyed some wonderful late summer weather!

Schwarzenberg Bregenzerwald
Bregenzerwald Schwarzenberg

We stayed at Gasthof Hirschen Schwarzenberg, a historic mansion with cozy interior and an awarded restaurant. I’m so in love with this country-house style and we were greeted with a delicious breakfast buffet made of local products every morning! Click here to book.

Bregenzerwald Hotel Hirschen Schwarzenberg

The first day was planned for sportive activities. We did quite a serious climb and took the fast way down on a zip-line overlooking the river. Very cool experience btw 😀

Climbing Bregenzerwald

The second day was reserved for serious business talks, but at least we were surrounded by those splendid views on top of the Bezau cable car 😉

Seilbahn Bezau Bregenzerwald

You could see as far as Lake Constance and neighbouring Switzerland and Germany…

Seilbahn Bezau Bregenzerwald
Seilbahn Bezau Bregenzerwald

Back in Schwarzenberg I captured some more impressions of the quiet and peaceful scenery that surrounded me – mellow hills that were dipped in golden light while the cows were grazing on them #countrysidelove

Bregenzerwald Schwarzenberg
Bregenzerwald Schwarzenberg

Goodbye Schwarzenberg, goodbye Bregenzerwald – I was truly impressed by your beauty!


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37 Comments

  • Reply weltblicke.at October 19, 2016 at 6:52 pm

    Wunderschön. Muss ja zugeben, dass Vorarlberg noch ein komplett weißer Fleck auf meiner Reisekarte ist. Das ändert sich hoffentlich ganz bald!

    Liebe Grüße,
    Jakob

    • Reply sommertage October 20, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      Zumindest ist der Fleck nicht besonders groß 😉

      @Julia: super schöne Fotos einer tollen Gegend!

      • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:10 am

        Dankeschön 🙂

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:09 am

      Die etwas weitere Anreise lohnt sich auf jeden Fall 😉

    • Reply ourdestinationsblog November 1, 2016 at 8:19 am

      Diesen weissen Fleck musst du unbedingt mit Erinnerungen füllen. Unser Ländle ist nämlich klein aber fein 🙂

  • Reply Christina October 19, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    oooh so beautiful and rural! So far I’ve always been very happy when I managed to go to Vorarlberg. It seems to be so different from the rest of Austria 😀 I love it there! 🙂

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:11 am

      Yeah especially the language 😛 I really enjoyed it too!

  • Reply SueT唐 梦 琇 October 20, 2016 at 2:53 am

    Unbelievable. I don’t know where to start with my compliments – gorgeous countryside (reminds me of ‘The Sound of Music’), love the shutters on the windows in your photos – everything is so wonderful – and photographed so well by you. Was that you on the zip line – you are so brave. Excellent post I just loved it.

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:17 am

      Awww thanks Sue! It’s funny you mentioned “The Sound of Music” because the least Austrians have ever seen it… And the zipline looks scarier than it is 😉

  • Reply Julie October 20, 2016 at 7:06 am

    Gorgeous! What a truly beautiful place you got to go on a work trip for!! And ziplining down would have been amazing!!

    It’s funny because I had never heard of Lake Constance until recently, this other blogger I follow just moved to Lindau because of her husband.

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:24 am

      Yeah I’m so glad we went there! I shall take a closer look to the lake next time 😉

  • Reply Paleica October 20, 2016 at 8:45 am

    haaaach ist das schön!! .<

  • Reply Paleica October 20, 2016 at 8:47 am

    sehr interessant – mein halber kommentar ist irgendwo im äther verschwunden ^.^ also abgesehen davon, dass ich meinte, dass der nachteil von vorarlberg der ist, dass man schneller am meer als in bregenz ist, wollte ich noch sagen, dass dieser ausflug mit dem klettersteig schon ziemlich abenteuerlich aussieht – und das konntet ihr alle? ich wüsste nicht, wie ich da raufkomme ^.^

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:28 am

      Also ich hab das auch ein wenig unterschätzt, aber mit ein bisschen Anleitung geht das schon. Leider haben nicht alle Kollegen mitgemacht, aber diejenigen die dabei waren, haben es geschafft und du hättest das mit Sicherheit auch 🙂

  • Reply The Wayfarer October 20, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Wow, that scenery is breathtaking! I would love to go ziplining through the Alps… maybe one day!

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:32 am

      Definitely an experience not to miss 🙂

  • Reply Blueberry Stories October 20, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    How gorgeous! It reminds me of South Tyrol, a part of Italy I know well – I’m looking forward to exploring Austria, too. I love the Alps, and those idyllic villages and landscapes… (Your photos are always great!)

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:37 am

      Thanks so much! I visited South Tyrol many years ago and absolutely loved it… Hopefully I’ll be back one day. I can’t get enough of the beautiful landscapes either 🙂

  • Reply Eden October 21, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    I love the rural landscape, everything is so lush, green and beautiful! The hotel you stayed at looks so quaint and I love the library of books there. That rooms looks like a cozy place to relax after a long day of exploring 🙂

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:40 am

      We we’re so lucky – the weather, the scenery, the hotel – everything was perfect! Thanks for visiting Eden!

  • Reply shootingvienna October 24, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Haha ertappt, es fühlt sich wirklich ziemlich weit weg an aber wenn man bedenkt wie groß andere Länder sind, ist es ja fast ein Katzensprung 😉
    Wunderschöne Bilder, da muss ich bald mal hin!

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:43 am

      Haha ich glaub hier in Österreich sind wir schnell mal abgeschreckt was Distanzen angeht 😛 Aber es lässt sich auch wunderbar von der Schweiz oder Deutschland aus erreichen 😉

  • Reply Jessica @ Boarding Pass October 24, 2016 at 11:36 pm

    Wow! What a gorgeous place and not a bad spot for a company trip!

    • Reply sileas October 26, 2016 at 8:54 am

      Right? We should do such trips more often 😉

  • Reply tayonthemove October 26, 2016 at 5:04 pm

    Omg, what an awesome post! Beautiful architecture and landscape photos. Need to go here!!

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:21 pm

      Thank you! It’s such a peaceful place…

  • Reply Mitzie Mee October 27, 2016 at 8:36 am

    I’ve always thought of Austria as a winter destination, but it really looks beautiful in the summer too.

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:24 pm

      Strangely summer tourism has caught up in Austria and is even more popular now!

  • Reply fromdreamtoplan October 27, 2016 at 10:06 am

    What an amazing place, as always your pictures make me dream! I enjoyed the read, thank you for sharing! 🙂

    Lisa | http://www.fromdreamtoplan.net/

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:25 pm

      Awww thanks for reading, Lisa!

  • Reply Sofia October 27, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Thanks for the beautiful photos. I really love being in the countryside, way more than in the city. I’ve never been there, but I have been in the countryside around Geneva and the Alps, I guess it’s somewhat similar to the sceneries there. I hope they also eat things like fondue there 😉 lol

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      Yeah the scenery is just beautiful anywhere in the alps! And cheese is a big thing there too 😉

      • Reply Sofia November 2, 2016 at 9:28 pm

        Yes, very important for us cheesemonsters 😉

  • Reply annie lee October 29, 2016 at 12:59 pm

    omg, those houses are surreal! so beautiful! it seems like there’s a lot of posts i need to catch up hehe missed you!

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:29 pm

      Annie!! So happy to see you back here! I missed you too 😀

  • Reply ourdestinationsblog November 1, 2016 at 8:18 am

    Nice that you visited our home area 🙂 We enjoy living here in the countryside very much and feel blessed for all it has to offer. You should definitely visit more areas here since every corner has something different to offer. The place where you stayed is very typicial and worth visiting, maybe next year we´ll try the zip line ourselves 😀

    • Reply sileas November 2, 2016 at 3:30 pm

      I can absolutely imagine that living in the countryside has a lot of benefits 🙂 I hope to return to Vorarlberg very soon!

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