Austria

Save to trip Achensee

SpringSummerAutumn

Tyrol

Achensee

The fjord of the Alps, 133 metres deep

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Save to trip Arlberg

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Vorarlberg

Arlberg

The mountain Vorarlberg is named for

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Save to trip Bad Gastein

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Salzburg

Bad Gastein

Grand hotels around a waterfall

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Save to trip Bad Ischl

All seasons

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Bad Ischl

Franz Joseph's summer villa

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Save to trip Belvedere

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Vienna

Belvedere

Two palaces built for Prince Eugene of Savoy

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Save to trip Bregenz

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Vorarlberg

Bregenz

Celtic Brigantion, on Lake Constance

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Save to trip Dachstein Mountains

SummerAutumnWinter

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Dachstein Mountains

The Hoher Dachstein, at 2,995 metres

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Save to trip Eisenstadt

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Burgenland

Eisenstadt

Where Haydn worked for the Esterházy family

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Save to trip Eisriesenwelt

SummerAutumn

Salzburg

Eisriesenwelt

The largest ice cave in the world

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Save to trip Graz

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Styria

Graz

A Habsburg residence, and 63,000 students

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Save to trip Grossglockner

SummerAutumn

Carinthia

Grossglockner

Austria's highest, at 3,798 metres

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Save to trip Grossglockner High Alpine Road

SummerAutumn

Carinthia

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

The highest surfaced pass road in Austria

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Save to trip Hallstätter See

SpringSummerAutumn

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Hallstätter See

The oldest working pipeline in the world

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Save to trip Hofburg

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Vienna

Hofburg

The seat of government since 1279

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Save to trip Hohe Tauern National Park

SummerAutumn

Salzburg

Hohe Tauern National Park

The largest nature reserve in the Alps

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Save to trip Innsbruck

All seasons

Tyrol

Innsbruck

Bridge over the Inn, below the Karwendel

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Save to trip Kitzbühel

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Tyrol

Kitzbühel

The hardest ski race there is

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Save to trip Klagenfurt

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Carinthia

Klagenfurt

The ford of lament, and its demons

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Save to trip Krimml Waterfalls

SpringSummerAutumn

Salzburg

Krimml Waterfalls

380 metres, in three stages

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Save to trip Lech am Arlberg

All seasons

Vorarlberg

Lech am Arlberg

Fifty-eight per cent Alpine, fourteen forested

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Save to trip Linz

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Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Linz

Roman Lentia, and steel on the Danube

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Save to trip Melk Abbey

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Lower Austria

Melk Abbey

Founded 1089, rebuilt in Baroque

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Save to trip Neusiedler See

SpringSummerAutumn

Burgenland

Neusiedler See

Nowhere more than 1.8 metres deep

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Save to trip Ötztal

SummerAutumnWinter

Tyrol

Ötztal

Sixty-five kilometres to the border with Italy

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Save to trip Prater

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Vienna

Prater

Imperial hunting ground, opened to all in 1766

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Save to trip Riegersburg Castle

SpringSummerAutumn

Styria

Riegersburg Castle

A castle on an extinct volcano

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Save to trip Salzburg

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Salzburg

Salzburg

Salt, gold, and the Counter-Reformation

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Save to trip Salzkammergut

SpringSummerAutumn

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

Salzkammergut

The salt mines of the Habsburg monarchy

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Save to trip Schloss Eggenberg

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Styria

Schloss Eggenberg

Styria's greatest Baroque complex

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Save to trip Schönbrunn Palace

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Vienna

Schönbrunn Palace

1,441 rooms, and 300 years of Habsburg taste

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Save to trip Seefeld in Tirol

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Tyrol

Seefeld in Tirol

Where the parallel turn was invented

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Save to trip Semmering Railway

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Lower Austria

Semmering Railway

Europe's first standard-gauge mountain railway

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Save to trip Sölden

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Tyrol

Sölden

Austria's largest municipality by area

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Save to trip St. Wolfgang

SpringSummerAutumn

Upper Austria & Salzkammergut

St. Wolfgang

The White Horse Inn, under the Schafberg

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Save to trip Stubai Alps

SummerAutumnWinter

Tyrol

Stubai Alps

Lightly glaciated north, heavily south

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Save to trip Vienna

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Vienna

Vienna

Roman Vindobona, on the Danube

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Save to trip Villach

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Carinthia

Villach

The first Alpine Town of the Year, 1997

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Save to trip Wachau

SpringSummerAutumn

Lower Austria

Wachau

Thirty-six kilometres of Danube and vineyard

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Save to trip Werfen

SpringSummerAutumn

Salzburg

Werfen

A castle begun in 1075, above the Salzach

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Save to trip Wörthersee

SpringSummerAutumn

Carinthia

Wörthersee

Carinthia's largest lake, in three basins

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Save to trip Zell am See

All seasons

Salzburg

Zell am See

A lake 68 metres deep in the Kitzbühel Alps

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Save to trip Zillertal

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Tyrol

Zillertal

A hundred metres of rise over thirty kilometres

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