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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Visit the village of Mondsee and see the beautiful CHURCH WHERE THE WEDDING SCENE FOR THE SOUND OF MUSIC WAS FILMED. The church was built in 1487 and the Baroque alter inside was bilt in 1626 by Hans Waldburger. This is a lovely town to explore. It is peaceful and quiet with many wonderful shops and places to eat as well as interesting architecture and a fine view of the mountains and lake.
Travel to the Austrian lake district to the secluded village of Hallstadt. THE VILLAGE OF HALLSTADT AND THE LAKE provide a picture-perfect setting where you can enjoy the unique architecture, the special churches, the restaurants along the lakes and in the village square, the almost unbelievably spectacular view of the lake and mountains and the wonderful hospitality of the people here.
ATTEND THE SOUND OF MUSIC PLAYERS DINNER THEATER IN SALZBURG. Here we watched a 10 minute film on the life of Maria Von Trapp, listened to the Sound of Music Singers perform, joined in on a number of the familiar songs, and watched while some of our group joined the singers and dancers including our tour leader Bishop Alex McCollough (center).
Visit the city of Salzburg. Here in August, 2000 we Walked Along the river between the old and new city; ENJOYED A BEER AT AN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT ON THE EDGE OF THE GARDEN OF MIRABELL-PALACE; bought lunch at an outdoor market; shopped in the many interesting stores in both the old and new city; visited the birthpace of Mozart and the extensive museum of his life and works; listened to the glockenspiel in the tower in Mozart square while enjoying apple strudel; enjoyed a guided tour of the city and cathedral; toured the church of the convent of Nonnberg where Maria Auguste v. Kutschera (later Von Trapp) was a novice; took a railway up to the fortress of Hohensalzburg; sat in an outdoor cafe enjoying coffee and pastries and watched the world go by; spend one evening at a dinner theater featuring the 'Sound of Music Singers,' who sang and performed with audience participation; and the next...
You must absolutely visit Salzburg! It is the one of the most wonderful cities in the world!! It is a very unique city. The Altstadt (old part of the city) has a certain charm. Anywhere you are in the city, you can look up and see the fortress almost right above. It is very amazing. The shopping is fun, too. The city is very artistic and full of music. It is Mozart's Hometown and the also the location where 'Sound of Music' was filmed, not to mention countless other movies. I also highly recommend Innsbruck...a little different from Salzburg, but has the same charm as Salzburg. The mountains in Austria are really very beautiful...and it is on a whole--very peaceful in the country. Austrians are very nice and hospitable--or at least the ones that my group met were. There are absolutely amazing views anywhere in this beautiful country!!
I very much liked the town we stayed in. It was called Feldkirch, and was just over the border from Switzerland. The difference was unbelievable...in prices, in friendliness...everything. We travelled on the cheap - stayed in the local youth hostel, which was a wonderful place, took local buses and trains, and shopped in the local supermarket. A great, if unorthodox, introduction to Austria! We were there for New Year's Eve, and the guy in charge of the youth hostel cooked a wonderful fondue, and we had a party with the other residents, a German family from Stuttgart, and a young bunch of skiers. One of the best 'Sylvesterabend' ever!
SALZBURGwalk around. GET LOST its a good experience. explore alstadt and the new town. shop for good priced things. the friendly people. the beauty of the place. geteidegasse shopping street (see photo)
Stay at a small, Mom & Pop hotel. We found some places where retired folks had rooms for tourists in their homes. They had the BEST breakfasts! Don't let the language barrier hold you back if you don't know much German. All you need to know is: 'Haben zie zimmer frie?' and you'll know if they have a room available or not. You can use sign language for the rest! Anyway, most folks know just enough English to help out a tourist. Believe it or not, some of my fondest memories are of shopping for munchies at the wonderful grocery chain Julius Mienl. We'd find the yummiest cookies and bread and cheeses then chow down on the way to the next sight!
Its my home country , so I have a lot of memories of course. :-) One of the best: Hiking with my brother and family in the Tirolean Alps. I miss most:Our nice Austrian bread, which I can find nowwhere else in Europe. Not till now...maybe someone did, then let me know. I miss our food in general, and hanging around with friends in my favourite cafe.
...go to Vienna, as its a beautiful and cultural city but u should also spend some time in the mountains. Tip: Lungau/Salzburg Land What I miss most when being away from Austria is our food and especially our nice bread! Nowwhere else in the world I will ever find the bread which I love so much.
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...
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...
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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