Bregenz
- Vorarlberg: Towns, Old Quarters and Alpine Valleys in Western Austria
Vorarlberg packs Lake Constance, Rhine valley old towns and mountain valleys into Austria's westernmost state. Here is how the regions fit together, which stops earn a night, and how to travel between them by train and bus.
- Bregenz, Austria: Upper Town, Lakefront and Pfänder Guide
Bregenz stacks a medieval Upper Town above a lakefront of promenades, swimming beaches and a floating opera stage. Here is how the two levels fit together, what to see in each, and how the Pfänder cable car, the museums and the boats to Lindau and Mainau slot into a route through Vorarlberg.
- Bregenzerwald, Austria: Villages, Timber Architecture and the Cheese Road
The Bregenzerwald is a working Alpine region of 23 villages between Bregenz and the Arlberg, built in shingle and modern timber and best seen village by village. Plan around Bezau, Schwarzenberg, Egg, Hittisau, Krumbach and Au, time a cheese-road stop and a distillery tour, and arrive by train and bus rather than by car.
- Dornbirn, Austria: Market Square, Museums and the Karren
Dornbirn is Vorarlberg's largest city and its retail center, not a postcard village. Plan around the Marktplatz and St. Martin church, the inatura museum and cultural centers, contemporary architecture, the Karrenseilbahn cable car and coffee at Cafesito.
- Feldkirch, Austria: Old Town, Schattenburg and How It Fits Your Trip
Feldkirch is a compact western Austrian town in the Rhine valley, small enough to cover much of the old center on foot and well placed as a hinge between the Arlberg, the Rhine and Lake Constance. This guide covers the layout, the castle hill above town and how the stop fits a train or car route through Vorarlberg.
- Lake Constance, Austria: Bregenz and the Vorarlberg Shore
Austria's share of Lake Constance is a short Vorarlberg shoreline centered on Bregenz: a floating festival stage, a cable car to 1,064 meters, four different lidos, cruise boats from the harbor and a bird-rich river delta. Here is how the pieces fit together, and what to leave for the German and Swiss sides.
- Montafon in Summer: Valley Towns, Schruns and the Golm
The Montafon is a 39-kilometer valley in Vorarlberg with eight communities, the Golm Adventure Mountain as its summer activity hub and the Käsehaus Montafon in Schruns. Here is how the valley is laid out and what to do in summer.