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AustriaTravel Explores Music, Wine and Food this Fall

AustriaTravel's fifteen day hosted luxury small group "Sightseeing and Culinary Tour", which departs September 16, visits marvelous sights in Austria, truly one of the most beautiful regions of the world.

Tour participants see historically important sites, enjoy the arts and explore Austria's rich heritage while having excitement and fun, from Salzburg to Linz, to Graz, to Feldbach in Styria (a southern provence of Austria), and back to Salzburg. They will taste great food and be pleased by the Austrian hospitality. The tours personal tour host will take pride in showing true Austrian adventures and a Personal Chef will prepare a dinner for the tour participants in a private home. The host will guide the small group through true culinary and other Austrian adventures as well as lifestyle.

Included in the tour package is further: all transfers, thirteen nights in nice three star hotels, thirteen breakfasts, one gourmet picnic basket, a lovely surprise gift, seven restaurant dinners, all private guided tours and admissions to points of interest as scheduled, admissions to five classical concerts, all train rides as scheduled, all service charges & taxes and all additional services of the personal tour host. The package is priced from $3,275 per person, double, land only. For more information, call 760-366-2414 or visit http://WWW.AustriaTravel.WS.

AustriaTravel.ws is owned by Karin Mayer, who lives and works in Joshua Tree (near Palm Springs), California. She earned a fine arts masters degree in Austria and is also an Austrian state certified travel agent. AustriaTravel.ws specializes in fully guided, small group, architecture, art, culinary, music and other special interest tours in Austria. AustriaTravel.ws also offers private, custom-designed tours for guests wishing to choose their own dates or itinerary or special theme tours, accompanied by a guide.

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Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi: Austria's "Styriarte" Festival is luxurious music experience, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

World-class music, accommodations, personal escort, field trips, shopping and exceptionally good food come together to make the perfect summer destination for even the most discriminating traveler.

Joshua Tree, CA, April 6, 2007 -- Charming, magnificent, thrilling--the Styrian Region in the Southern part of Austria with it's capital Graz has it all for those looking for European flair or just an exceptional destination for summer. It has all the beauty of Vienna without the traffic or crowds. It is as wonderful as Salzburg, and it has the relaxed side of celebrity living without the constraints of the paparazzi. Perfectly situated in Southern-Eastern Europe, Graz is a city of cultural events and universities as well as an economic center and a place of social stability. Graz is also home to the prestigious "Styriarte" Festival of Music, the international recognized musical celebration that includes classical, mythical, sacred, opera and world music. The 2007 Festival with "Wanted: Europe, The Phoenician Princess", runs June 22 to July 22 and is a great example of luxury living in Austria.

Now in its 22nd season, the Styriarte Festival of Music, under the direction of famed maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has built its reputation on attracting high-profile musicians, such as principal players from major orchestras. The Styriarte Festival is impressed by the pioneering conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who lives in Graz. His artistic endeavors have made Harnoncourt a world-renowned star in the world of music. Harnoncourt encourages the Festival to be a rediscovery of long-lost variations of our musical heritage and with this years motto "Wanted: Europe" the Styriarte 2007 sets out on a search for the abducted princess of a mythical past, while at the same time strives to explore the continent of Europe and its changing identity.

California based company 'AustriaTravel.ws' offers four 11 day tours to the 2007 Styriarte. Complete details about these tours are available at the web site at www.AustriaTravel.ws

Price is $ 3,975 for each tour per person, double occupancy, a supplement of US $180 is charged for single occupancy. Airfare is not included. No group is larger than 6 persons! Fee includes personal tour assistance and escort of each tour by a personal Tour Host, all transfers as scheduled, nine nights in a four star hotel in the city of Graz, nine breakfasts at the hotel, one gourmet dinner basket, all private guided tours and admissions to points of interest as scheduled, admission to ALL concerts as scheduled, all service charges & taxes, all additional services as scheduled.

AustriaTravel.ws is owned by Karin Mayer, who lives and works in Joshua Tree (near Palm Springs), California. She earned a fine arts masters degree in Austria and is also an Austrian state certified travel agent. AustriaTravel.ws specializes in fully guided, small group, architecture, art, culinary, music and other special interest tours in Austria. AustriaTravel.ws also offers private, custom-designed tours for guests wishing to choose their own dates or itinerary or special theme tours, accompanied by a guide.

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Tour Celebrates Happy Birthday MOZART in Salzburg, Austria.

Affordable small group tour honors one of the world's greatest composer and musician by visiting his birthplace for his 250th birthday.

Joshua Tree, CA, May 8, 2006 -- Personal Chef and Tour Host Karin Mayer of Joshua Tree, California, announces her exciting 2006 Mozart Music Tour program in Salzburg, Austria. The tour itinerary and activities highlight the unique expertise of Mayer: cooking 'new' Austrian cuisine as a Personal Chef, and her 'intimate knowledge' of the city of Salzburg and it's culture, traditions and music as a Salzburg native. With a maximum of only 'six' tour participants, she assures each person her best possible attention. As a highlight, she invites her tour members into a private home to take part in a very special Austrian dinner party, designed to stir the senses.

Mayer says: "Let the beauty of Mozart's melodies speak to you as it did to generations for 250 years!" The tour offers two sacred Mozart concerts, six classical Mozart concerts and a Mozart opera at the Marionette Theatre additionally to six dinners, a Salzburg city at night tour, a boat trip on the river Salzach, two trips to the country, a boat trip on the St. Wolfgang lake and the stay in a four star hotel.

Mayer arranges small tour groups to make it easier to navigate through the city and to focus her attention on each tour member's individual wishes, tastes and well being. This makes it possible for her to guide her small group on an authentic experience of the location, society and culture. During the 10day/9 night journey guests will also explore Salzburg's rich cultural heritage dating back to the Romans.

This years July Mozart Music Birthday Tour program in Salzburg is scheduled for July 8th to July 17th, with departure from the United States on July 7th, 2006. Complete details are available at the web site at WWW.AustriaTravel.WS.

Price is $ 2,967 per person, double occupancy, a supplement of US $315 is charged for single occupancy. Airfare is not included, but can be arranged.

Mayer lives and works in Joshua Tree (near Palm Springs), California. She earned a fine arts masters degree in Austria and is also an Austrian state certified travel agent. AustriaTravel.ws specializes in fully guided, small group, architecture, art, culinary, music and other special interest tours in Austria. AustriaTravel.ws also offers private, custom-designed tours for guests wishing to choose their own dates or itinerary or special theme tours, accompanied by a guide. Karin can be reached at 760-366-2414 or info@austriatravel.ws. The website is: WWW.AustriaTravel.WS.

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Experience VIP luxury treatment while celebrating Christmas and New Year in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart's place of birth.

Small group tour participants get VIP treatment from California Personal Chef and Tour Host in Salzburg, Austria, while celebrating Christmas and New Year with wonderful Mozart music performances.

Joshua Tree, CA, October 25, 2006 -- California Personal Chef and Tour Host Karin Mayer announces her exciting 2006 Christmas/New Years Tour program in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart's place of birth. Most companies that provide Christmas tours in Europe are large group sized mainstream tourist shopping tours. Karin Mayer of Joshua Tree, CA is doing something different. Being a Salzburg native specializing in new Austrian cuisine, with love for her native's country traditions and music, she came up with these 'VIP treatment luxury tours', to truly one of the world's most beautiful places. With an extremely low tour member size of only '6', she assures each participant her best possible attention and invites her tour members to take part in very special Austrian Christmas and New Years traditions, designed to stir the senses.

Barbara Fowlie, from Ventura, California, says: "I can't begin to tell you how we enjoyed our trip with Karin as our guide! It was wonderful getting to meet her. It was a stroke of luck for me that I did!" Karin will prepare for her tour guests a special traditional Salzburg Christmas and New Years dinner in a private home amidst candles, fruit, handmade ornaments and a traditionally decorated Salzburg Christmas tree where a lovely surprise Christmas gift awaits them.

Among the highlights of the tour program is visiting the famous Salzburg Christkindlmaerkte, the fortress, castles and other historically significant places; dining in selected restaurants; visiting churches, museums and the traditional Schrannenmarkt (farmers market); staying in a lovely and sophisticated four star hotel; enjoying classical and sacred concerts, an operetta and an opera at the Marionette Theatre; a visit to the Stille Nacht - Heilige Nacht (Silent Night - Holy Night) museum in the country; having Austria's famous coffee and pastries in beautiful old coffee houses.

This years Tour program in Salzburg is scheduled for December 15th to December 24th (Tour #1 - 10 days) and December 22nd to January 2nd (Tour #2 - 12 days). Complete details are available at the web site at www.AustriaTravel.ws
Price is $ 3,495 (Tour #1) and $ 4,495 (Tour #2) per person, double occupancy, a supplement of US $250 is charged for single occupancy. Airfare is not included.

Mayer lives and works in Joshua Tree (near Palm Springs), California. She earned a fine arts masters degree in Austria and is also an Austrian state certified travel agent. AustriaTravel.ws specializes in fully guided, small group, architecture, art, culinary, music and other special interest tours in Austria. AustriaTravel.ws also offers private, custom-designed tours for guests wishing to choose their own dates or itinerary or special theme tours, accompanied by a guide. Karin can be reached at 760-366-2414 or info@austriatravel.ws. The website is: WWW.AustriaTravel.WS.

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