Discover Austria: 47 places to visit

SpringSummerAutumn

Tyrol

Achensee

The fjord of the Alps, 133 metres deep

Easy Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Tyrol

Ambras Castle

One of the oldest museums in the world

Easy Art & museum Video Article Map

All seasons

Vorarlberg

Arlberg

The mountain Vorarlberg is named for

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Salzburg

Bad Gastein

Grand hotels around a waterfall

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Bad Ischl

Franz Joseph's summer villa

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Vienna

Belvedere

Two palaces built for Prince Eugene of Savoy

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Vorarlberg

Bregenz

Celtic Brigantion, on Lake Constance

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Dachstein Mountains

The Hoher Dachstein, at 2,995 metres

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

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Lower Austria

Dürnstein

Where Richard the Lionheart was held

Easy Castle & country house Video Article Map

All seasons

Burgenland

Eisenstadt

Where Haydn worked for the Esterházy family

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

SummerAutumn

Salzburg

Eisriesenwelt

The largest ice cave in the world

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Styria

Graz

A Habsburg residence, and 63,000 students

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

SummerAutumn

Carinthia

Grossglockner

Austria's highest, at 3,798 metres

Expert Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

SummerAutumn

Carinthia

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

The highest surfaced pass road in Austria

Easy Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Hallstatt

The culture named after a salt town

Easy Cave & underground Video Article Map

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Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Hallstätter See

The oldest working pipeline in the world

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Vienna

Hofburg

The seat of government since 1279

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SummerAutumn

Salzburg

Hohe Tauern National Park

The largest nature reserve in the Alps

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Salzburg

Hohensalzburg Fortress

One of the largest medieval castles in Europe

Easy Art & museum Video Article Map

All seasons

Tyrol

Innsbruck

Bridge over the Inn, below the Karwendel

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All seasons

Tyrol

Kitzbühel

The hardest ski race there is

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Carinthia

Klagenfurt

The ford of lament, and its demons

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Lower Austria

Krems an der Donau

The oldest grave in Austria, 27,000 years

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Salzburg

Krimml Waterfalls

380 metres, in three stages

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Vorarlberg

Lech am Arlberg

Fifty-eight per cent Alpine, fourteen forested

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Linz

Roman Lentia, and steel on the Danube

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Lower Austria

Melk Abbey

Founded 1089, rebuilt in Baroque

Easy Abbey & monastery Video Article Map

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Burgenland

Neusiedler See

Nowhere more than 1.8 metres deep

Easy Cycling route Video Article Map

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Tyrol

Ötztal

Sixty-five kilometres to the border with Italy

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Vienna

Prater

Imperial hunting ground, opened to all in 1766

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Styria

Riegersburg Castle

A castle on an extinct volcano

Moderate Castle & country house Video Article Map

All seasons

Salzburg

Salt, gold, and the Counter-Reformation

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Salzkammergut

The salt mines of the Habsburg monarchy

Easy Heathland & moor Video Article Map

All seasons

Styria

Schloss Eggenberg

Styria's greatest Baroque complex

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All seasons

Vienna

Schönbrunn Palace

1,441 rooms, and 300 years of Habsburg taste

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All seasons

Tyrol

Seefeld in Tirol

Where the parallel turn was invented

Easy Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Lower Austria

Semmering Railway

Europe's first standard-gauge mountain railway

Easy Forest & estate Video Article Map

All seasons

Tyrol

Sölden

Austria's largest municipality by area

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

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Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

St. Wolfgang

The White Horse Inn, under the Schafberg

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

SummerAutumnWinter

Tyrol

Stubai Alps

Lightly glaciated north, heavily south

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Vienna

Roman Vindobona, on the Danube

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Carinthia

Villach

The first Alpine Town of the Year, 1997

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Lower Austria

Wachau

Thirty-six kilometres of Danube and vineyard

Easy Abbey & monastery Video Article Map

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Salzburg

Werfen

A castle begun in 1075, above the Salzach

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Carinthia

Wörthersee

Carinthia's largest lake, in three basins

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All seasons

Salzburg

Zell am See

A lake 68 metres deep in the Kitzbühel Alps

Easy Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Tyrol

Zillertal

A hundred metres of rise over thirty kilometres

Moderate Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map