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AUSTRIA
  General information
Capital Wien
Currency € (EUR)
Area 83.871 square km
Weather and when to go
The climate in Austria is continental. The Eastern part of the country fall into the Pannonian climate zone. Mountains have typical Alpine weather and lower temperatures.
Temperatures in Austria are typical for Central Europe. Cold winters (January temperature drops to minus 2°C but night temperatures usually go down to minus 13°C) and hot and sunny summers (going up even to 35°C during August). Vienna has an average annual temperature of about 9 degrees Celsius and rainfall 647 mm. In July the average temperature rises to 19 degrees Celsius. The highest average temperatures occur in Austria in July and August, usually 25 degrees Celsius. The coldest is January and December, which is the most suitable for winter activities in Alpine environment.
Austria offers perfect skiing conditions and well done built tourism infrastructure pleasant to tourists using services of restaurants and hotels. You can enjoy skiing on the ice-bergs perfectly covered by snow blanket, night skiing ability and wellness with spa.
The best time for travelling in Austria depends on what you want to do, really. Skiing is best from between Christmas and New Year′s Eve. But it is also time at which many Austrians join the tourists on the slopes, as well as from late January to late March. This is the main season, when prices and ski traffic are higher.
The warm summer months range from May to September with the summer peak in July and August. Traveling in this country in other months as April and October is connected with cold and rainy weather. Usually the best time for sightseeing and outdoors things (walikng, hiking, climbing, national parks, sports) would be the months May and September, when routes are not exhausted, prices are lower than during the main season and weather is already or still pleasant.
Top places of interest and picks, top attractions
Wien (Vienna)
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State Opera from 19th century
Burgtheater
Baroque church Karlskirche
Schönbrunn Palace - World Heritage. Schönbrunn was Empress Sissi´s former summer residence.
Art-historical museum
Museum of Natural History - offers fantastic collections of nature objects, from insects to pterodactyls.
MUMOK - Museum of Modern Arts
Stephansdom - Cathedral High Gothic tower of St. Stephen´s. You can climb the 343 steps to the tower-keeper's room of the cathedral and enjoy a breathtaking view.
Haas Haus - it is a nice contrast to historical buildings and a spectacular mirror of Stephansdom.
Schwarzenberg Palace
Musikverein
Secession Pavilion
New Town Hall from 19th century
Hofburg - Imperial Palace. It was a centre of the Habsburg dynasty. Now it is open for public to see apartments of the former monarchs.
Ankeruhr - Astronomical Clock was created by the painter and sculptor Franz von Matsch. Anker Clock has a typical Art Nouveau design.
Albertina - offers the largest graphical collections in the world
Museum of Fine Arts - offers the masterpieces, the largest Bruegel collection, masterworks of Rubens, Remmbrant, Titian and many others.
KunstHouseWien (KunstHausWien) - Hundertwasser artworks and temporarily exhibitions
Belvedere - baroque architectural artwork consists of two palaces (Upper and Lower Belvedere). You can admire well known Gustav Klimt´s paintings.
Winter Riding School (Lipizzan) - known also as Spanish Riding School is a unique in the world. You can see gala performances of the Lipizzans.
Prater - Amusement Park
Hundertwasser Haus - urban dwelling house with trees
Botanical Garden, which gave the building Maria Theresa
ZOO - the oldest ZOO in the world, Vienna´s ZOO was founded in the 1752. Among the rare species that live here belongs also a huge panda.
Linz
Landhaus - Renaissance building with nice courtyard
The Ars Electronica - Museum of the Future
Old City Hall
Trinity Column - this Baroque column is located in the middle of the Main Square. The column is flanked by the patron saints Sebastian, Florian and Carlo Borromeo.
Mozarthaus - In this building in 1783 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Linz Symphony.
Keplerhaus
Lentos Museum of Modern Art Linz
Linz Castle - Nowaydays it contains permanent exhibitions of art from the Middle Ages to the present day, historical weapons and musical instruments and other collections.
Botanical Garden
Salzburg
Mozart's birthplace - The Mozart family lived in the "Hagenauer House" at Getreidegasse 9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born here on January 27, 1756.
Mozart Residence - open daily for public visitors.
Hohensalzburg Fortress - is the largest and fully-preserved fortress in central Europe. Open daily for public visitors.
Salzburg Cathedral
Hellbrunn Palace
Trick Fountains
Museum of Natural History
vicinity
Eisriesenwelt caves - ice caves near Salzburg. The caves were discovered in the year 1879.
The Hohe Tauern National Park
One of the most beautiful wilderness areas with trails and slopes.
The Grossglockner
The Grossglockner Alpine Road is the most famous of all alpine roads. It terminates at the Grossglockner (3798m). Road offers a unique world of mountains with alpine meadows, mountain forests and massive cliffs. On the top you can enjoy spectacular views.
Kirchberg
Cave Hermannshöhle - you can enjoy 45 min cave tour in Kirchberg, Lower Austria
Klagenfurt
Gallery
Botanical Garden
Krimml
Krimml Waterfall - one of the most beautiful waterfall in the Alpine area. Cascade Falls 3 has about 380 meters. You can use a leading branded tourist trail.
Innsbruck
University from 17th century
The Alpine ZOO
Botanical Garden
City of the IX and XII. Winter Olympic Games.
Passau
well known border town
St. Margarehen
Theme Park and ZOO
Sallerhof Watzmann
Thermal water park
Schlegeisstausee
Reservoir dam wall with a length of 725 m, height of 131 m
Austrian Ski Resorts
Here is the list of seceral top ski resorts in Austria (Asutria has more than 250 ski resorts):
Innsbruck
Kaprun
Pitztal
Zillertal
Sölden
Flattach
Obervellach
Bad Gastein
Hintertux
Arlberg
Leutasch
Koppl
Amadé
Lech
Glaciers
Dachstein Glacier
Kitzsteinhorn Glacier
Hintertux glacier
Pitztal Glacier
Solden Glacier and others
The most popular holiday resorts
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Trip plan
Are you in Austria only for a summer or winter holiday? Visit above mentioned cities and enjoy history travel sights and spa.
Here you can find our tips for trip plan:
1 or 2 days
Wien
Salzburg
1 or 2 days
Salzburg
Innsbruck
2 or more days
Salzburg
Eisriesenwelt caves
The Grossglockner Alpine Road
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