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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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Hiking in the Vienna Woods is incredible! The trail system is imaculately maintained, and the wildlife is abundant and varied. I saw several deer (including one huge stag, pheasant, wild turkey, wild boar, and the most fascinating (but extremely camera shy) black squirrels with really long tufted ears. Hiking from town to town on the great trail system.
In the 'must' see activities, you'll find 5 pages as follow :1 ) Salzburg city and area2 ) Danube river area3 ) Vienna4 ) South of Vienna, and towards south-west5 ) Western Salzburg province, Tyrol and Voralberg
I would say two Austrian experiences stand out in my mind. The first was a visit to Salzburg, where we viewed the historic sites (Mozart's birthplace, for example). The second was a visit to Vienna. There we saw the royal palace and Mozart's home. We also went to an indoor horse show. Until I get more details about these sites and activities (it has been some time), I'll leave it as is. My fondest memory of Austria was spending an evening in an abandoned castle overlooking the Danube river. Our tour group ate a dinner cooked over a fire there, and we watched the sun set over the river. It was one of those magical experiences that leaves a life-long impression.
One interesting thing in Austria is that for 3 months out of the year farmers are allowed to sell their products to the general public restaurant style.The one I went to featured lots of pork products, (not for those who worry about cholesterol), a very dark and heavy bread,(probably good for you) and regular and fermented apple juice. (The regular tasted better to me.) For more pictures of the region please visit my TRAVELOGUE.
Grossglockner RoadFor a fantastic 50km mountain tour, load up the car and head for the Grossglockner Road, Austria's No1 panorama drama. The road was built between 1930 and 1935, but the course it follows has been an important trading route between Germany and Italy since the Middle Ages. Most of the juicy bits are in the Hohe Tauern National Park where there are dramatic views of numerous unpronounceable peaks, including the mighty Grossglockner which looms across the vast tongue of the Pasterze Glacier and looks every centimetre of its 3797m. The Grossglockner Road requires a toll and is open to traffic between May and November. Start the journey in Zell am See and end in Heiligenblut.
Eisriesenwelt Caves Set at an elevation of 1640m, the Eisriesenwelt Caves are the largest accessible ice caves in the world. They comprise more than 40km of explored passageways and 30,000 cubic m of ice. Entry to the caves is regulated and a 75-minute tour takes in several immense caverns containing elaborate ice formations and frozen waterfalls. The caves were first entered in 1879, but it was one Alexander von Mork who pioneered the most extensive exploration: when he signed off, his ashes were placed in an urn in the 'cathedral' cave. Be sure to wear warm clothes because the passageways are as close as you'll ever come to feeling you've been trapped in your Westinghouse icebox. The caves are open between May and early October and are located near Werfen.
ViennaVienna is the glorious legacy of the Habsburg dynasty, which controlled much of Europe for over 600 years. Although it's full of architectural gems and has an impressive musical ancestry, a few years ago the city seemed to be the exclusive preserve of genteel old ladies whiling away their autumn years sipping coffee in Konditorei. Thankfully, in recent years, Vienna has regained its panache and verve, and has a spanking new role as Austria's ambassador in the united club of Europe. Tradition, culture and vitality now make a heady combination that even listening to the Blue Danube thirty or forty times a day can't seem to ruin.The city's golden years as the cultural centre of Europe were in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the majestic architecture you see today is due to the efforts of Emperor Franz Joseph I, who had deep enough pockets to match his ambitious plans for a city...
SalzburgAustria's home town of Baroque, and the birthplace of that talented tunesmith Mr Mozart, is picturesquely sheltered by surrounding mountains and straddles the Salzach River near the border with Germany. The Salzburg that everyone knows and loves was largely built by three bishop-princes in the late-16th and early-17th century, which is what gives the city its Italian flavour and its skyline punctuated by countless medieval spires, domes, belfries and turrets. The old town, on the south bank of the river, is a Baroque masterpiece of churches, plazas, courtyards and fountains, oozing so much charm that it's enough to make you forgive young Wolfgang for being so precocious and omniscient. Museums, houses, squares, chocolate bars, liqueurs - you name it and it's got a Mozart tag stuck on it.The high point of a visit to Salzburg (literally and metaphorically) is a tour of the...
Austria is a place where you can really relax!You should also try out the ski slopes which are some of the best in the world.Here allmost every village has its ski lift. My fondest memories are spring ones when there are cows and geen grass everywhere.
visit Salzburg, neat and tidy as any part in Austria, the window display of shops are beautifully decorated, have afternoon tea in one of the terrace cafe with wide variety of desserts, really enjoyable
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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