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Family and kids
Our advice is to visit Wien. There are many famous and really great museums, beautiful ZOO and Prater. You can admire attractions, sightseeings, historical buildings, restaurants, galleries and architectonical styles. There are fantastic castles from imperial era, beautiful gardens and parks. Do not miss to visit Spanish Riding school. If you have a free time, try a danube boat trip (even to Bratislava -Slovakia and back to Wien).

Couple
1) in case of shopping activity - Wien (centre - luxury), shopping areas
2) in case of romantic trip - Salzburg and Linz
3) in case of leasure, idylic days, you can choose villages in Tyrol.

Group
Visit Innsbruck. It is an enchanting town with many interesting places. Our proposal is to visit the Tomb of the Emperor Maximilian I. and the Alpine Zoo with its aquarium. The advantage of Innsbruck is a big number of sport activities. There are the fantastic ski areas belonging to the Olympia SkiWorld Innsbruck including Stubai Galcier.

Seniors
First of all we suggest to visit Salzburg. It is a very pleasant hictorical town with an incredible atmosphere. You can visit Mozart´s Birthplace and Mozart´s Residence. Then you can relax in beatiful surrounding nature. Then we recommend to visit Eisriesenwelt caves.

Single
Wien is an ideal place to go for shopping. Here are popular places: Mariahilfer Strasse, Kohlmarkt, Kärntner Strasse and x-mas-market Maria-Theresien-Platz. As a single you can enjoy exhibitions, museums, theatre and opera.

Biker
The wonderful area is around the wine route. We have to say that Austria is bikers friendly. There are good conditions for bikers even in big cities. You can attend to guided bike tour or use the bike paths. Popular route is in the Wachau Valley.

Skier
Austria is a paradise for skiers. There are top ski resorts for various types of skiers. Our favourite suggestions are: Innsbruck, Kaprun, Pitztal, Zillertal, Sölden, Flattach, Obervellach, Bad Gastein, Hintertux, Arlberg, Leutasch, Koppl, Amadé and Lech.
Austria has more than 250 ski resorts.
Unordinary experience can be reached from the top of the Rettenbach Glacier. You can take the tunnel to reach the Tiefenbach Glacier. This 170 meters long tunnel is well lighted. It is an adrenaline for skiers. There is also another famous tunnel: 1750meters long Rosi Mittermaier Tunnel.

Adventurer
Our advice is to try walking uphill and downhill in wonderful nature of Austria. Our pick is to make a trip to The Krimml Water Falls. The Krimml Waterfalls are the highest in Austria (380 metres high).

Explorer
We recommend to visit Zell am See. We suggest to visit the glacier Kaprun. Use the cable car. You will admire the view from the Panorama Terrace and the Glocknerkanzel. You can also explore the Grossglockner Alpine Road. During the summer season relax in The Zell Am See park. The park is located at the waterfront area of Zeller See lake.

Outdoor traveler
1) Glaciers
2) The Grossglockner Alpine Road
3) The Eisriesenwelt cave near Salzburg (the world's largest ice cave)
4) Hahnenkamm (one of Kitzbuehel’s mountains)

Sportsman
1) skiing
2) hiking
3) climbing
4) biking
5) fishing
6) swimming

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Top places of interest and picks, top attractions

Wien (Vienna)

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 artworkl 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