Located on a high plateau with three mountain lakes (Turracher See, Grünsee and Schwarzsee), the village of Turracher Höhe is home to Austria's largest continuous stone pine forest and framed by the gentle yet impressive peaks of the Nockberge mountains. The idyllic natural jewel on the border between the provinces of Carinthia and Styria at 1,763 metres above sea level is a little Alpine world in itself with exceptional assets and amazing scenery that appeal to all kinds of visitors. In...

Nockberge region- Alpine jewel on the sunny southern side of the Alps A world of gentle hilly summits: Deeply rooted in the Nockberge Biosphere Park, this world of gentle hilly summits offers unique activities following the rhythm of the seasons in an unadulterated natural landscape. The idyllic valleys in the municipalities of Ebene Reichenau, Gnesau, Deutsch Griffen and Himmelberg can be explored as early as spring on enjoyable themed hiking trails. In summer a network of paths...

Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti told Times of Malta that while supply continued to be strong there did not appear to be any dip in demand. “We could be seeing a buyer's market in the near future,” he said According to a study by KPMG, comissioned by the Malta Developers Association, after years of explosive growth of property prices at Malta, the prices start to stabilise. According to Mr Chetcuti, this is seen as “healthy” for the industry, which he said needed to...

Metro vs vehicle tunnel There are two main strategic options available to form a permanent link between Malta and Gozo: either a vehicular connection for private cars or a link as part of a nationwide mass-transit public transport system. A single 25-kilometre-long metro line from Mellieħa to Birżebbuġa with a loop at the end to the airport (via Sliema, Valletta and Paola) would capture more than half the Maltese population and a large majority of the tourists visiting the Maltese...

The Architect behind the idea of Malta Metro,Konrad Xuereb, a director at KonceptX, an architectural and structural engineering firm with offices in Malta and London, believes that his proposal is not only feasible, but could solve many of the island's traffic related problems He is proposing a national metro system to be carried out in three phases. Based on the use of two tunnel boring machines, the first phase of the proposed metro could take just five years to be completed. The second...