Viena este un oraș foarte bun pentru un weekend, mai ales dacă vrei o escapadă ușor de organizat, cu transport public eficient, obiective apropiate între ele, muzee importante, cafenele istorice și zone elegante pentru plimbare. În două-trei zile poți vedea reperele principale, cu condiția să nu încarci programul inutil. Read more recommendations »

Cum sarbatorile se apropie cu pași repezi, iar planurile de vacanta sunt adesea lasate pe ultima suta de metri, ne-am gandit sa va aducem puțină inspiratie enumerand pietele de Craciun din Viena. Asadar, iată pietele de Craciun din Viena, de care să te tot bucuri de sarbatori. Read more recommendations »

Revelion în Austria… în țara cu cele mai variate oportunități de petrecere a timpului liber. O țară care te ademenește cu romantismul Austriei, cu concertele de muzică clasică, cu patinoarele pline de îndrăgostiți, cu gastronomia aromată și zecile de destinații pentru schi. Read more recommendations »

Sate alpine de poveste, pante de schi în Austria ușor împădurite și gazde prietenoase. Austria este locul unde începătorii se îndrăgostesc de sporturile de iarnă, unde intermediarii pot schia toată ziua pe piste mai lungi ca o autostradă și unde avansații fac un real spectacol. Read more recommendations »

Cele mai mari domenii schiabile din Austria, interconectate în rețea, propun activități pentru skiorii de toate nivelurile. La un preț accesibil, amatorii de ski care aleg Austria ca destinație de vacanță de iarnă, au de ales dintr-o varietate de pârtii și trasee de ski, dotate cu toate accesoriile logistice necesare practicării, nemaivorbind de pârtiile special amenajate pentru snowboarderi. Read more recommendations »

Mariazell Basilica is Austria’s most important Marian shrine and one of the principal Catholic pilgrimage sites in Central Europe. Its history is connected with the year 1157, when the Benedictine monk Magnus is said to have brought a small limewood statue of the Virgin Mary to the region. The present building preserves Gothic and Baroque elements, while its three-towered façade reflects the main phases of construction. The Chapel of Grace stands at the centre of the basilica and contains the statue venerated as the Magna Mater Austriae. The treasury, altars, and collections of votive objects document a pilgrimage tradition maintained here for several centuries. Read more details »

St. Florian Abbey is a monastery of the Augustinian Canons located near the city of Linz. A monastic community has been documented here since 1071, on a site associated with the tomb of Saint Florian. Most of the present complex was built in the Baroque style between the late seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries. Its best-known spaces include the basilica, library, Marble Hall, imperial apartments, and art gallery. Composer Anton Bruckner served as the monastery’s organist and is buried in the crypt beneath the organ that bears his name. Read more details »

Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1074 in the Enns River valley, near the entrance to Gesäuse National Park. The complex is known especially for its Baroque library, regarded as the largest monastic library in the world. The main hall is approximately 70 metres long, has seven domes, and contains shelves displaying more than 60,000 volumes. Frescoes by Bartolomeo Altomonte and sculptures by Josef Stammel form part of its eighteenth-century decoration. The abbey also contains art museums, natural history collections, medieval manuscripts, and spaces still used by the monastic community. Read more details »

Aggstein Castle Ruins stand on a rocky spur approximately 300 metres above the right bank of the Danube in the Wachau region. The fortress was built at the beginning of the twelfth century and was initially connected with the Kuenring family. The present complex preserves walls, towers, courtyards, a Gothic chapel, and residential spaces largely rebuilt during the fifteenth century. One of its best-known sections is the Rosengärtlein, a rocky platform associated with legends about Jörg Scheck von Wald. The ruins form part of the Wachau Cultural Landscape, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. Read more details »

Kreuzenstein Castle stands on a hill above the municipality of Leobendorf, north of Vienna and the Danube River. The original medieval fortress was built during the twelfth century and destroyed during the Thirty Years’ War. Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek reconstructed the complex between 1874 and 1906, using the surviving ruins and medieval components brought from several European regions. The castle contains a chapel, an armoury, a historic kitchen, furnished rooms, and numerous original medieval objects. Read more details »

Kufstein Fortress stands on a rock above the town bearing the same name and the River Inn. Its first documentary mention dates from 1205, when the fortification belonged to the Duke of Bavaria and the Bishop of Regensburg. Its strategic position caused numerous conflicts between Bavaria and Tyrol. Emperor Maximilian I captured the fortress in 1504 and expanded its defensive system, including the construction of the Emperor’s Tower. The complex preserves bastions, courtyards, tunnels, former prison cells, and exhibitions about the history of the town. The Citizens’ Tower contains the Heroes’ Organ, an open-air instrument with 4,948 pipes. Read more details »

Riegersburg Castle is a medieval fortress located on a 482-metre volcanic rock above the village of the same name in southeastern Styria. Its first documentary mention dates from the twelfth century, while the largest phase of reinforcement took place during the seventeenth century under Baroness Katharina Elisabeth von Galler. The defensive system includes seven gates, ten bastions, two moats, and approximately four kilometres of walls. The castle preserves ceremonial rooms, courtyards, weapons collections, and exhibitions dedicated to witch trials in the region. The property has belonged to the Princely Family of Liechtenstein since 1822. Read more details »

Hochosterwitz Castle is a medieval fortress built on a limestone rock in Carinthia, approximately 150 metres above the surrounding plain. Its first documented mention dates from 860, while its present form was largely defined during the sixteenth century, when the Khevenhüller family strengthened the complex. The road leading to the main enclosure passes through 14 fortified gates, each designed with its own defensive systems. The castle preserves a chapel, inner courtyards, residential rooms, an armoury, and collections of weapons, paintings, and objects connected with the history of the Khevenhüller family. Read more details »

Forchtenstein Castle is a medieval fortress in the Rosalia Mountains, built on a dolomite rock above the Wulka Valley. The earliest parts of the complex date from the Middle Ages, while the Esterházy family acquired the property in the seventeenth century and expanded it in the Baroque style. The castle contains collections of weapons, armour, artworks, and objects gathered by family members over several generations. Its inner courtyard is decorated with large wall paintings, while the treasury rooms remained hidden within the fortress for centuries. The elevated position and massive walls recall the defensive role the building once held near the eastern border of the Habsburg lands. Read more details »

Esterházy Palace is one of the most important historic buildings in Eisenstadt and the former principal residence of the princely family bearing the same name. The medieval structure was transformed into a Baroque palace during the seventeenth century and modified in the Neoclassical style at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The building is especially known for the Haydn Hall, used for centuries for banquets, ceremonies, and concerts. Joseph Haydn worked for the Esterházy princes between 1761 and 1803, and many of his compositions are connected with this court. The palace preserves historic apartments, art collections, decorative objects, and spaces dedicated to the Esterházy family and the musical activity carried out here. Read more details »

Lake Neusiedl lies on the border between Austria and Hungary and is Europe’s westernmost steppe lake. It is approximately 36 kilometres long, has an average depth of slightly more than one metre, and is bordered by an extensive reed belt covering a significant part of its surface. Wetlands, grasslands, salt ponds, vineyards, and historic settlements such as Rust, Podersdorf am See, and Illmitz surround the water. The region has rich birdlife and forms part of both Neusiedler See–Seewinkel National Park and the Fertő–Neusiedler See Cultural Landscape, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001 Read more details »

The Semmering Railway crosses the Semmering Pass between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag over a distance of approximately 41 kilometres. The line was built between 1848 and 1854 to designs by engineer Carl Ritter von Ghega and is regarded as the first modern standard-gauge mountain railway. Its route includes tunnels, viaducts, stone bridges, and curves adapted to the Alpine terrain. The quality of the engineering works has allowed the line to remain in continuous use. The Semmering Railway entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998, becoming the first railway line to receive this recognition. Read more details »

Eisriesenwelt is a limestone cave system located in the Tennengebirge massif above the town of Werfen. Its known galleries extend for more than 42 kilometres, while the first kilometre contains the ice formations for which the site became famous. Water entering through cracks in the mountain freezes inside and creates columns, walls, waves, and ice stalagmites. Named sections include Posselt Hall, the Great Ice Embankment, Hymir’s Castle, and the Ice Palace. The system was first documented in 1879 by Austrian researcher Anton von Posselt-Czorich. Read more details »

The Wachau Valley is a cultural and wine-growing region along the Danube between Melk and Krems in Lower Austria. Its landscape includes terraced vineyards, apricot orchards, historic villages, monasteries, castles, and medieval ruins. Dürnstein, Spitz, and Weißenkirchen are among its best-known settlements, while Melk Abbey marks the western end of the region. The valley preserves clear evidence of its development from prehistoric times to the modern period through both architecture and land use. The Wachau Cultural Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. Read more details »

Melk Abbey is a massive Benedictine monastery located on a rocky outcrop above the Danube River in the Austrian Wachau region. The current complex was built in the early eighteenth century and represents one of the most important examples of Baroque architecture in Europe. The structure stands out through its yellow facades and the imposing dome of the abbey church. The interior houses a renowned library containing tens of thousands of medieval manuscripts. Read more details »

The whole history of the city lies in Salzburg Cathedral Salzburg Cathedral. From Saint Francis to several Princes epitafele archbishops, and from St. Rupert and St. Virgil in religious allegory. Among all these historical figures and religious scenes and you can read an inscription: "Notas mihi vitae fecisi vias" - You've shown me the way of life. Read more details »

Along with the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom, the Residenz Palace is probably the most important and historical sightseeing in Salzburg. This baroque palace was the official residence of the Archbishops of Salzburg Princes until the city became part of Austria. Read more details »

The main building of the Castle Hellbrunn Palace Hellbrunn or (which is actually more a mansion than a palace - it is still one of the most important sights in Salzburg) was built between 1613 and 1615. Read more details »

Hohensalzburg Fortress is the largest fortress in central Europe, a castle which emits force, located in a favorable position and the most important attractions of Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Fortress Salzburg tourism objective is really to be visited if you are on vacation here. Read more details »

House Getreidegasse No. 9 was the place where the Mozart family lived between 1747 and 1773 and here Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. The house where Mozart was born is today's most popular museum in Salzburg. Read more details »

Botanical Garden located on the "Guglie" is one of the most beautiful in Europe. On an area of 43,000 hectares to more than 10,000 different types of plants to be admired. Read more details »

South of Burg (Castle Graz) is late Gothic cathedral (1438-1462), the place of a church dedicated to St. Giles in 1174. Read more details »

Church of St. Stephen (Stephen), a symbol of Austria's Vienna and its gothic architecture, today houses a number of cultural treasures, you can find only in a guided tour. Read more details »

Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), many successful military commander, and lover of the arts, commissioned Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and fit to the Belvedere summer residence, at that time the city gates. Read more details »

Collection founded in 1776 by Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, Empress Maria Theresa ginerii one of over a million prints and 60,000 drawings. Read more details »

Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches Museum) was built not far from the Hofburg, the DSE to house the extensive collections of art of the imperial household. Today, the museum is among the most important art collections in the world, thanks to its collection of famous works, but also because it was in possession of the largest Bruegel collection in the world. Read more details »

In the summer of 1752 the Emperor Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen, the husband of Maria Theresa, he led his guests through the first new menagerie arranged garden Schönbrunn Palace. Since then Vienna is the oldest zoo in the world. Read more details »

Even in the middle of old town you can admire the lush scenery visiting the private apartments and rooms in which the monarch and his family led their daily life at the imperial court. Many museums and art collections are a testament to its outstanding artistic sense of monarchs. Read more details »

Schönbrunn, the former summer residence of the imperial family, is among the most beautiful baroque palaces in Europe. In its countless rooms Habsburg family lived in most of the year. In 1830 Emperor Franz Joseph was born here, who married the charming Sisi and reigned from 1848-1916. Read more details »

Find in the museum exhibits over 200 cars, scooters, motorcycles, and prototypes. Cars are manufactured starting in 1950 until 1970, most of them are in working order. Read more details »