Natural conditions that seek their equal and an unparalleled range of available winter sports, add to this the welcoming hospitality, excellent cuisine and an inspiring combination of tradition and modernity – and you’ve got the leading winter-sports resort that is Lech-Zürs.

The Bregenzerwald region is a special place with landscapes that could have been the model for the Shire of the hobbits, the people are independent and self-confident. They’re proud of their roots but open to the new.

3) It’s the people of Montafon who make the valley what it is. They’re rooted in their region but remain open to the new. Their hospitality and their charming mentality is particularly enjoyable in the mountains

The Alpenregion includes the valleys Brandnertal, the City of Bludenz with the municipality Nüziders, the Klostertal and the Biosphere Park Großes Walsertal. This part of the country is characterized by mountain ranges, valleys, crystal-clear mountain streams and mountain lakes.

Set the point of a compass in the centre of Lake Constance and draw a circle with a 100-kilometre radius and the section will cover an area that offers the highest quality of life to its residents. The Bodensee-Vorarlberg region between the Pfänder and the Montfort city of Feldkirch has been lucky enough to get a good portion of this holiday pie. The environment is very important to the people who live here.

The valley was settled around 1270 by Walser, an ethnic group that immigrated from the upper Valais (Switzerland). The dialect has been preserved quite well and differs significantly from the neighbors in the rest of Vorarlberg and in the Allgäu.