Vienna (Wien)
Vienna (undefined)
Imperial Habsburg palaces, Ringstraße coffee houses, world-class opera, and hillside Heuriger vineyards on the Danube
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Austria Destinations (12 Flagship Guides)
Compare Austria's 12 essential cities and regions by travel style, ideal stay length, best season, and realistic daily budget in Euros (€ EUR) — or browse all 2,536 Austrian cities, market towns & alpine villages across all 9 Bundesländer.
Salzburg (SalzburgerLand)
Salzburg (undefined)
Baroque domes beneath Hohensalzburg Fortress, Mozart's birthplace, and gateway to the Salzkammergut lakes
Upper Austria (Oberösterreich)
Hallstatt (undefined)
16th-century alpine houses clinging between the fjord-like Hallstätter See and the 2,995m Dachstein massif
Tyrol (Tirol)
Innsbruck (undefined)
Capital of the Alps where medieval arcades and the Golden Roof meet a 2,256m cable car in 20 minutes
Lower Austria (Niederösterreich)
Wachau Valley (undefined)
UNESCO Danube river gorge of dry-stone Grüner Veltliner terraces, Dürnstein's blue abbey spire, and Melk Abbey
Styria (Steiermark)
Graz (undefined)
Austria's Culinary Capital: Renaissance courtyards, the Schlossberg clock tower, and southern Styrian wine hills
Salzburg (SalzburgerLand)
Zell am See-Kaprun (undefined)
Crystal-clear Lake Zell peninsula beneath the 3,029m Kitzsteinhorn glacier and Hohe Tauern peaks
Tyrol (Tirol)
St. Anton am Arlberg (undefined)
Cradle of alpine skiing with 300 km of interconnected Arlberg slopes, the 2,811m Valluga peak, and direct ÖBB Railjet trains
Carinthia & Salzburg (Hohe Tauern)
Grossglockner High Alpine Road (undefined)
Austria's highest peak (3,798m), the Pasterze Glacier, and 48 km of 36 legendary hairpin bends across the Hohe Tauern
Salzburg (SalzburgerLand)
Bad Gastein (undefined)
'Monte Carlo of the Alps': Belle Époque grand hotels perched on a vertical cliff split by a roaring 341m waterfall
Carinthia (Kärnten)
Klagenfurt & Wörthersee (undefined)
Austria's sunniest southern lake: Caribbean-turquoise Wörthersee waters (up to 27°C), Maria Wörth, and the Pyramidenkogel tower
Vorarlberg
Bregenz & Vorarlberg (undefined)
Floating opera on Lake Constance, four-country cable car views from the Pfänder, and Bregenzerwald timber architecture