Yoga on the mountain – the most relaxed way to start the day. Yoga fans, as well as beginners, meet in fresh mountain air, below the summit of the Schmitten, with a panoramic view of more than 30 peaks above 3,000 m. After a comfortable ride up the mountain in the Porsche Design cable car there is a short walk up to the practice spot. The experienced yoga trainer, Monia Rautner, introduces her guests to her yoga system in an expert manner. The participants can enjoy a yoga breakfast in the Schmitten Café afterwards.

County Kildare is home to the windswept Bog of Allen, and to a leisurely section of the restored Royal Canal. There’s a masterpiece of an 8th-century High Cross in Moone. Maynooth Castle anchors the leafy university town of the same name. Kildare is also home to one of Ireland’s great driving routes. Following the course of the Gordon Bennett Cup, which saw racing daredevils whizz through Kildare, Carlow and Laois in 1903, the 104-mile circuit recalls a time when Ireland’s speed limit was just 12mph. The county is a marvellous mix of old and new, of natural landscapes and precisely manicured gardens, of horseracing competitions and stylish fashion events.

St Kevin’s monastic settlement in Glendalough was a veritable city in its time, with a 30-metre round tower, a gateway building, several churches, a cathedral, a farm, houses and a sizeable lay population contributing to 500 years spent as one of Ireland’s great ecclesiastical centres. The cave isn’t safe to access, but you can catch a good photo opportunity above the Upper Lake from the Miner’s Road.

Coastal Interpretive Center is a museum that celebrates Ocean Shore's history and wildlife. It features exhibits involving Native American artifacts, artifacts of Ocean Shore's founding, the wildlife in Ocean Shores, and an exhibit of debris that washed up on the shores from the Japanese tsunami.