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museums   Vienna

museums, Vienna

 42 Reviews  It amuses me to see the uninitiated walking in to a butterfly house. Being a slightly worldy man I had ventured into one before and the first, second and third things you notice are - it's bloody hot... 

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Mirabell gardens   Salzburg

Mirabell gardens, Salzburg

 8 Reviews  We were three blocks from Mirabell Gardens and walked by them a half a dozen times without realizing what it was. On our last day, we discovered them about 20 minutes before our bus was to leave for a... 

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Mountains around Innsbruck   Innsbruck

Mountains around Innsbruck, Innsbruck

 15 Reviews  There are several cable cars up into the mountains on either side of Innsbruck. At least two have cafes at the top. We walked up from this cable car to a viewing area and from it we could see the... 

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1. Bezirk / 1st District   Vienna

1. Bezirk / 1st District, Vienna

 62 Reviews  Due to a limited time, and bad weather conditions, I have explore the central part of the town only. Actually, I was in Vienna couple of times before but have never snaped any picture. What you see on... 

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Travel tips and assistance   Salzburg

Travel tips and assistance, Salzburg

 16 Reviews  If you buy the Salzburg Card, you get 1-time free entry to all the attractions in the city, all public transport services (zone S), discounts on cultural events and discounts on several trips, tours... 

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Old Town (Altstadt)   Innsbruck

Old Town (Altstadt), Innsbruck

 17 Reviews  The city tower is situated in the old town, in the square where is Goldenes Dachl too. The tower was built in 1440. The roof was renovated in XVI century. It is possible to go upstairs and to see... 

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Hofburg   Vienna

Hofburg, Vienna

 54 Reviews  This was a temporary structure raised in front of Hofburg (you can see the city hall in the background). It was probably some kind of presentation of an exhibition taking place inside Hofburg. I was... 

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Sightseeing by foot   Salzburg

Sightseeing by foot, Salzburg

 12 Reviews  Here is some useful information about Salzburg for you just in case: www.salzburginfo.at tourist@salzburginfo.at tel.+43 0662 88 98 70 fax +43 0662 88 98 7-435 Salzburg Guide Service ... 

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Churches   Innsbruck

Churches, Innsbruck

 17 Reviews  If you stay your back to Hofburg and then go along the street, along the old university, to your right hand then you see Jesuitenkirche, built in 1646.It is a place of graves of Jesuits Order members... 

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Schönbrunn   Vienna

Schönbrunn, Vienna

 105 Reviews  The initial animal collection at Schounbrunn was formed by the stock of animals from the former palace of Neugeboude and the menagerie belonging to the Belvedere. These animals - with the exception... 

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Mozart Platz   Salzburg

Mozart Platz, Salzburg

 11 Reviews  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in this town and you can visit his birth home that is located in the old city center. He was born in 1756 and died in 1791. Mozart is touted as one of the greatest... 

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Useful Information   Innsbruck

Useful Information, Innsbruck

 10 Reviews  The great variety of Innsbruck's cultural and nature program can be enjoyed at particularly reasonable prices with the Innsbruck Card since the holder gets free local transportation as well as... 

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Hundertwasser   Vienna

Hundertwasser, Vienna

 19 Reviews  The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser with architect Joseph Krawina as a co-author. This... 

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Altstadt   Salzburg

Altstadt, Salzburg

 6 Reviews  City tours starting at 9.30 a.m., 10 a.m. and every hour until 5 p.m are quite popular among the visitors of the city. You can make reservations at +43 0662 87 40 29 sightseeing@panoramatours.com ... 

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Personal Memories and Impressions   Innsbruck

Personal Memories and Impressions, Innsbruck

 20 Reviews  This park was originally founded as a hunting ground. Later it was declared a public garden. There are various plants and a small lake here. At one of the entrances of the park there is a... 

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Ringstrasse   Vienna

Ringstrasse, Vienna

 44 Reviews  Dating from the 1820s, which "Graecomania" in Vienna was at its height, the Theseus Temple is a replica of a 5th century structure in Athens. It's a major focus of attention inside the Volksgarten,... 

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Dome/Cathedral   Salzburg

Dome/Cathedral, Salzburg

 9 Reviews  This is going to be hard to explain. Looking directly at the front of the Dome, walk back so you are past the statue of Mary and through the arches across the way. If you back up far enough and then... 

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Bergisel   Innsbruck

Bergisel, Innsbruck

 11 Reviews  Bergiesel was built to Winter Olympic games of 1964. 40000 people could watch sport events. There is wonderful panorama of the city from the stadium. Every year, January 4, one of the stages of... 

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sightseeing & day-excursions   Vienna

sightseeing & day-excursions, Vienna

 21 Reviews  Bratislava is in just a short distance from Vienna and you may take the S-Bahn from Gaenserndorf - it will take you in less than 1 hour to Bratislava.The return-ticket on S-bahn is less than 10 Euros... 

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Pferdeschwemme   Salzburg

Pferdeschwemme, Salzburg

 3 Reviews  We stopped by to take some picture at this pool because we saw beautiful murals on the wall, little that we know…it a horse pond or bathing pool for horses a long time ago. Well that interesting... 

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Food and Drink   Innsbruck

Food and Drink, Innsbruck

 5 Reviews  Well this is another specialty, that you don't have to miss. Sachertorte is a chocolate cake, invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the... 

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Stephansdom   Vienna

Stephansdom, Vienna

 31 Reviews  The red-marble sepulcher of Emperor Frederick III, sculpted from 1467 to 1513 by Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden; the pulpit, a work from 1514-15 by Anton Pilgram (who put his own relief portrait... 

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Hohensalzburg   Salzburg

Hohensalzburg, Salzburg

 7 Reviews  This very well preserved cannon and thee others just like it remain aimed out of the portals of Hohensalzburg's Katze bastion. The heavy cast iron portal doors remain open these days. The bastion and... 

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Helblinghaus   Innsbruck

Helblinghaus, Innsbruck

 8 Reviews  One of the highlights in the Innsbruck guidebooks is Helblinghaus. It is situated to the right from Goldenes Dachl, in opposite lines of the houses. It is an example of burgers house of XV century in... 

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Classical Music   Vienna

Classical Music, Vienna

 25 Reviews  Several ways to purchase tickets: 1) Call the ticket offices of the venues (Staatoper, Musikverein, etc) ahead of time. The Viennese speak excellent English. 2) Attempt to reserve on the venues'... 

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The largest of the ski areas...

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The largest of the ski areas begins on the Stubnerkogel mountain above Bad Gastein and is more-or-less lift-linked, via the small Angertal Ski center, to the skiing on the Schlossalm above Bad Hofgastein. The highest ski area is the small sector above Sport Gastein which has a base at 1600 metres and a snow-sure top lift at 2685 metres on the Kreuzkogel mountain. The off-piste trails here are particularly highly regarded. And after a hard day skiing the 250 KM (170 miles ) of trails on the Gastein Valley Pass, it's possible to bathe in the open-air, rock swimming pool complex serviced by the hot natural springs!

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Bad Gastein is a world-famous...

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Bad Gastein is a world-famous spa resort that still retains all the flair of the Belle Èpoque. Located at an elevation of 840 – 1100 m (2757 – 3610 ft.), its emblem is the waterfall that flows directly through the center of town. It is not only Austria’s premier spa, but one of the great spa towns in Europe. It offers a wide range of sporting and leisure activities that are complimented by its celebrated thermal springs. The local tourist industry began when Frederick, duke of Styria, came here in the 15th century for treatment of gangrenous wound. The duke was healed and word spread. Large spa hotels were built as early as the 19th century. Royalty and aristocrats flocked here to “take the water”. The thermal bath facilities as well as 170 hotels in the valley have a thermal spring connection. The radioactive water is used in both bathing and drinking cures for various complaints. Yes,...

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Bad Gastein streets, steep...

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Bad Gastein streets, steep slopes and fairy tale location create a beautiful town to explore. Bad Gastein Wasserfall (Waterfall) - one of the province's most beautiful falls - and also the emblem of Bad Gastein.

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Mystery Church near Klammstein...

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Mystery Church near Klammstein (in the natural cave, see Gastein Valley above). It is one of the most important caves of Hohe Tauern and the largest of the Salzburger Central Alps (guided tours Tue – Sun 100 ATS).You will recall R.R.Tolkien’s Lonely Mountain visiting the cave – steep ladders, sounds of the dripping water, sharp shadows etc. Even the cave’s host looks like one of the Bilbo's Companions…

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HEALTH SPASBad Gastein owes...

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HEALTH SPAS Bad Gastein owes its status as one of Europe's leading spa resorts to two factors: firstly, there are the 17 thermal springs, emerging 1,000 meters above sea level at the foot of the Graukogel, with a temperature of between 45 and 51degreesCelsius and a volume of 5 million liters per day - then, there are the Thermal Galleries in Böckstein, a former gold mine which is now the setting for rest cures in a super-heated. And the secret of its success:radon, an inert gas producing mildly radioactive emissions. Because of its ultra short decay period ( 30 minutes) and its inherent inert-gas characteristic of not forming a chemical bond with any other elements, it only resides in the body for a short period of time, during which, however, it has a healing, regenerative effect on tissue, whilst stimulating the metabolic processes.The waters of the Gastein Thermal Springs and the air...

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Late Gothic St....

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Late Gothic St. Nicholaskirche, dating from 1389, with a central Gothic pillared aisle and valuable frescoes, the serpentine pulpit (15th century) is the province’s oldest. It has also original Paracelsus’ monument on the backyard. Bad Gastein is one of parts of Austria which boast Paracelsus connections. He was impressed by the curative properties of the local spa waters. Paracelsus also lived in Villach as a young man (his father practiced medicine here from 1502 to 1532), studied the respiratory ailments of Tyrolean silver-miners and died in Salzburg in 1541.

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There are 3 churches in Bad...

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There are 3 churches in Bad Gastein. St. Preims kirche (Parish Church ) the 19th century with Adelahrt Altar, 'Schmerzensmann von Guggenbichler', the precious rock-crystal ostensorium is 5 min. walk down from the waterfall.

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VISIT GASTEIN VALLEY. First...

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VISIT GASTEIN VALLEY. First town, Dorfgastein lies on the lowest “step” of the valley (836m, 2743ft.). This is a quiet little summer and winter sports resort with an open-air swimming pool heated by solar energy. Its tranquil ambience attracting many visitors who shun the more commercial neighbor towns. This small town does not use street addresses – each house has an individual name. A Gastein ski pass is valid for all cable cars and lifts in the Gastein Valley, and the ski bus is free.Bad Hofgastein (870m, 2854 ft.) long the main town in the valley, is an old established spa and winter sports resort. It’s smaller than Bad Gastein, but almost as charming. At the center of town stands the church, surrounded by the pedestrian zone, beautiful stores, hotels and restaurants. The various sanatoria and treatment facilities are supplied with water from the radioactive springs in Bad Gastein....

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Sit atop the Pfaender Mountain...

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Sit atop the Pfaender Mountain and overlook the Bodensee/Lake Constance, where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria converge....especially on New Year's Eve/Sylvesterabend at midnight/Mitternacht, when the year changes. Each of these 3 countries has its ouwn light colors strewn about the little towns around the lake (Germany was orange-yellow, Switzerland was whitish, and ours were green and red...Christmas time, you know.). When the fireworks go off at midnight, signaling the beginning of the New Year, this quiet little corner of 3 lands fills your heart, mind, and soul with a tumultuous sound, livelihood, and excitement that you would never expect from 60.000 people. My fondest memory was the one of true friendship and warmth of being accepted by the inhabitants of the town of Bregenz. We were studying there as American students, trying to learn adn perfect our German, and in the...

THIRTY THREE OF OUR BUS TOUR...

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THIRTY THREE OF OUR BUS TOUR GROUP OF FORTY EIGHT VISITED THE SALT MINE ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF HALLSTADT AND POSED FOR A PICTURE IN OUR COLORFUL OVERALLS THAT THE MINE PROVIDED FOR US BEFORE WE WENT IN. We took a steep cable car up the mountain overlooking Hallstadt and then walked up about a quarter of a mile to get to the entrance to the salt mine. Since it was so steep and would require a good deal of walking in the mine, a number of our group opted to stay in Hallstadt and take a boat ride on the lake instead.

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Top 3 Hotels in Austria

Hotel Imperial  Vienna

 6 Reviews and 237 Opinions  the hotel imperial is located downtown within walking distance of many of the sights of vienna. this... 

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Hotel Sacher Salzburg  Salzburg

 9 Reviews and 310 Opinions  I stayed here for a weekend in the spring of 2011. The staff were lovely, the food (especially the... 

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Best Western Hotel Goldener Adler  Innsbruck

 5 Reviews and 245 Opinions  I really cannot praise this hotel more highly. It stands in the heart of the old town just a few... 

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