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Admit it. You’ve always wanted to run to the top of an Austrian mountain and twirl around in a skirt a la Julie Andrews in the sound of music. All that green, open, space is a natural draw and if you’re too old and too embarrassed today to throw on your pinafore made from curtains and sing at the top of your lungs, you can still head to beautiful Austria and indulge in an ecologically-sound holiday.

The Austrian hotel network Naturidyll Hotels, a fusion of 27 independent family-run hotels, is devoted to sustainability (as its name suggests). All hotels have been awarded the Austrian Ecolabel and are quality monitored every second year.

The great outdoors (with our without curtain pinafores) awaits you directly from your hotel door, when you stay at a Naturidyll hotel. The hotels are also family friendly, with spacious apartments, baby-sitting with structured play for children, and specialist leisure activities for grown ups.

Most of the hotels in the chain also boast in-house health spas, beauty treatments and massages. Food comes from local producers and the breakfast buffets include a slew of regional products.

A Naturidyll holiday is a refuge for everyone who wants to escape the stresses and strains of daily life by getting out into the fresh air. If a view alone is not enough, experience the meadows, woods and mountains first hand. All hotels provide comprehensive information and detailed maps covering walks, marked hiking routes and the best Nordic walking trails, as well as daily weather reports.