After holidaymakers to traditional Mediterranean destinations have endured another summer of wildfires, queues and intense heat, visitors to one corner of the Austrian Alps could be forgiven for feeling rather pleased with themselves.
“We don’t bother with air-con up here,” says a local guide. “Temperatures during the day hit the high 20s or even the early 30s but at night we just open our windows and let the cool mountain air flood in.”
