Under the skids of the helicopter a resort under construction in the layout of Australia / © Photo: Georg Berg

Australia for European tourists

Tips to make traveling Down Under a straightforward experience. However, European travelers should be prepared for a few unusual things

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
The Cresta Palace is a luxury hotel in Celerina, Grisons, Switzerland / © Photo: Georg Berg

Cresta Palace Hotel in Celerina

Celerina, the place where the Cresta Palace Hotel is located, is not far from Sankt Moritz, but is known as an independent place only in Switzerland

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
The Hotel Lenkerhof is located in the middle of park-like grounds on the outskirts of Lenk. 80 rooms have a south-facing balcony / © Photo: Georg Berg

Healing luxury hotel Lenkerhof

Lenk is an insider tip because the place is remote and almost only known in Switzerland. When the road ends you reach the village and the hiking paradise Lenk

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
In the rainy season only accessible by air: The outback behind Darwin is crisscrossed by many watercourses. Bridges are scarce / © Photo: Georg Berg

Australia’s Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is almost four times the size of Germany, but has only 250,000 inhabitants. In the tropical climate there is only rainy season and dry season here

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Country house in Tuscany landscape with blooming rape field / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tuscan scenery in Val d’Orcia

The Val D’Orcia is located in Tuscany and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004. Popular are the thermal pools of Bagno Vignoni already known to the Etruscans

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Using the full-size model, a scientist familiarizes the group of lay scientists with the activities they have to perform themselves on a living sea turtle in the dark of night / © Photo: Georg Berg

Expedition to giant leatherback turtles

Biosphere Expeditions’ citizen science project researches endangered leatherback sea turtles in Costa Rica. Active vacation and species conservation project.

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Hotel Blow-up Hall 5050 is located in the building of the old Stary Brewery in Poznan / © Photo: Georg Berg

Art and luxury in Poland

The most extraordinary hotel in Poland “Blow Up Hall 5050” can be found in Poznan. It is an interactive work of art with a bar and an excellent restaurant

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
The Celtic bath at the Ferme du Vent in Brittany / © Photo: Georg Berg

La Ferme du Vent in Brittany

Beautiful cottages in a former farmstead give city dwellers new energy away from meetings, business meals and mobile permanent availability

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
The green hilly landscape of the Upper Palatinate and in the middle of it in the morning mist lies Wernberg Castle / © Photo: Georg Berg

The Upper Palatinate and its Zoigl culture

If there is anything regionally typical besides the lush green hilly landscape of the Upper Palatinate, it is the Zoigl. … [more]

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
The center of attraction in the evening: the Pudelbar. At least as noteworthy as the poodle is the bar's cladding. It consists of the rusted sheet metal of an old barn, which Rainer Holzhauer discovered on horseback during a ride / © Photo: Georg Berg

Renthof in Kassel – history and zeitgeist

In June 2017, the Renthof Kassel opens as a hotel, restaurant and event location. Throughout the house there are finds that have appeared during renovation

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Aerial view of the Endsleigh Hotel / © Photo: Georg Berg

Luxury and country life at Hotel Endsleigh

Endsleigh is a listed property in the county of Devon on the Dartmoor nature reserve. In 2004 it was established as a hotel by Olga Polizzi

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Endsleigh Hotel Garden in West Devon, England / © Photo: Georg Berg

Hotel Endsleigh in the fairy tale forest of Devon

Endsleigh lies on the edge of what is now the Dartmoor Nature Reserve and is nestled in rolling countryside on the Tamar, England’s best river for fishing

Travel Topics on Tellerrand-Stories
Permalink of the original version in German: https://tellerrandstories.de/category/travel/page/11