Curated Itinerary
A September Week in Austria: Ten Heritage Sites
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Historic Centre of Vienna
The imperial capital of the Habsburg dynasty and the most culturally dense city in Central Europe — Vienna contains within a single pedestrian circuit the…
Schönbrunn Palace
The most complete surviving Baroque imperial palace in Central Europe and the primary symbol of Habsburg magnificence — Schönbrunn in Vienna, rebuilt in its…
Secession Building — Vienna
Joseph Maria Olbrich's white cube crowned by a gilded laurel-leaf dome: the building that declared Vienna's break with academic tradition and gave an entire…
Wachau Cultural Landscape
Austria’s most celebrated river valley and one of the great wine landscapes of the world — the Wachau, a 36 km stretch of the Danube between Melk and Krems…
Melk Abbey Library, Austria
The golden library of the Danube's rock - Prandtauer's baroque crown over the Wachau, where Umberto Eco's narrator took his name.
Historic Centre of Salzburg
The most complete Baroque city north of the Alps — the Archbishop-Princes of Salzburg rebuilt their city in Italian Baroque between 1587 and 1753, employing…
Hallstatt — The Salt Mine That Named the Iron Age
A UNESCO World Heritage village wedged between an Alpine lake and a vertical mountain face in Austria's Salzkammergut, above which lies the world's oldest…
Ambras Castle
Ambras Castle is a Renaissance castle and palace set in the hills above Innsbruck, Austria, at 632 metres above sea level. Built in the 16th century on the…
Semmering Railway
The world’s first mountain railway built with steam traction and the first railway ever placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List — the Semmering Railway…
Historic Centre of Graz
Austria’s most architecturally layered historic city and the largest surviving Renaissance city centre in the German-speaking world — Graz, the capital of…
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