Follow In The Footsteps Of......
The England football team in Austria
The Austrian hills are alive to the sound of soccer, rather than Julie Andrews this month, with the arrival of John Terry, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and other England football team heroes in the Alpine idyll of Irdning.
Seeking altitude training for the team seeking to triumph in South Africa this summer, England manager Fabio Capello chose the sleepy Austrian farming town, 2,200ft above sea level, as the launch pad for the nation’s bid for its longed-for, second World Cup triumph.
The England squad is based at the five-star, 118-room Hotel Schloss Pichlarn - a 12th century castle set among the snow-topped mountains of Styria and overlooking a town of just 2,500 people.
A country of towering peaks, expansive skies and alpine meadows, modern day Austria has all this and much, much more. Perfect for a city break, summer getaway, winter sports or the ideal outdoor holiday.
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