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Austria has few peers as a year-round holiday destination, with plenty of winter sports in the Alps, some of the most impressive and overblown architecture in Europe and an unrivalled musical tradition that even The Sound of Music couldn't sully.
Austria's cities have plenty to engage visitors: Vienna is the capital, hub of the country's musical life and littered with beautiful buildings; music, art and architecture reach baroque perfection in Salzburg, Mozart's birthplace; Innsbruck's snow-capped peaks frame fascinating historic buildings.
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By maria_brett | Views [1014] | Wed, 20 Dec 2006
A stop-off in wintry Vienna to liberate cafes of their delicious coffee and gluhwein stores of their fancily decorated mugs, followed by a festive season in Slovenia signposted by local wine, prosciutto, overly-generous local hospitality and nativity ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By hazi | Views [19]
Bald geht es los.
Es fehlt nur noch eine Kleinigkeit. Geld und ein Ticket nach Luxor.
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By jamesandjulie | Views [30]
Wednesday 16 th
September 2009
Emma and Maneesh
shared the 120km journey into Vienna. We headed for a camping ground only to
find a lady informing us it was closed from today (her brochures stated she was
open for a further two weeks) ... Read more >
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [49]
Gruss Gott Still in Vienna. Sunday. Not a good day to find out that all but 2 supermarkets were closed and those that were open were a long way from where we were staying. We could have spend 3.6 Euro each and been there in a couple of minutes but chose ... Read more >
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By milko_rosie | Views [74] | Comments [3]
September 16 th We wanted to get to Vienna (Wien) at lunch so we left our camp earlyish, and drove south east to Vienna. We made slower than expected progress, but made it to our campground at 12:30pm only to be told by a fairly abrupt older lady ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [59]
Hi All, There are no Kangaroos in Austria so the sign in the store window tells me. Thanks. Would you believe another travel problem. We headed off on the metro to the train station that we arrived at on entry to catch the 923am train only to be ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By murrihyk | Views [63]
After the massiveness of Italy (and not just the sightseeing), we left Venice (without having to pack up tents, thank God) with its copious amount of drinking and enormous amounts of food about 4kgs heavier and headed to Austria. Getting ... Read more >
Sat, 5 Sep 2009 | By mickryan1983 | Views [56]
Bordered by no less than 8 countries has no doubt contributed to the massive conglomeration of arts. The 1,440 room summer palace, "Schloss Schonbrunn" was a must-see and its magnificence makes it an epicenter for international tourists, with ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 | By nadscol | Views [64] | Comments [3]
(Dec 08) Well finally I’m back to Fieberbrunn, it’s Christmas and a weeks worth of snowboarding and associated shenanigans. The only dampener of this mood is my ongoing illness. We drove from Munich to Fieberbrunn (Austria) and I was felling ... Read more >
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Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By stonesamurai | Views [78]
after 5 hours of bus rides, almost 20 hours on planes and a 6 hours on trains from munich, i arrived in vienna on aug 1st, 9:20pm. nino, my austrian friend whom i'd met in thailand, was there to greet me. much the same as i remember; one long dread ... Read more >
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By awjh | Views [44]
The Doctor writes: One thing Vienna does and does well is construct grand buildings and monuments. This place is dotted with them everywhere. First impressions weren’t that good though as we walked along a rd to get to the main part of the city and ... Read more >
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By ange_turls | Views [91] | Comments [1]
We absolutely love it when our accommodation is near the train station – not too much walking with those bloody packs on! This time we were right across the road from the main station in Vienna, which also means that it is really easy to access ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [83]
Cafes, opera and more cafes. Vienna is a glutten for stereotypes however this is a stereotype I could get used to. Sitting around in the morning sipping a coffee out in the sunshine of one of the hundreds of cafes then making your way to another fancy ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [579]
World Bodypainting Festival. Photo by [NeoGaboX], Flickr.com Location: Seeboden, Carinthia, Austria Dates: Weeks ending on the penultimate Sunday in July Level of Participation: 3 – watch the models or get colourful Description: A bodypainted ... Read more >
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Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By anijensen | Views [72] | Comments [2]
Our last full day in Vienna was rainy and cold. We attempted to walk to an open air market but lost our way so instead stopped for coffee and sweets, a favorite pastime of ours here (coffee and pastries…not getting lost)! After the rain finished ... Read more >
Sat, 30 May 2009 | By anijensen | Views [93] | Comments [2]
Left the Salzkamergut, driving through alpine river gorges...up over the top at Simmering Pass and down into the Danube plain...Vienna, Vinnie at the wheel, into the heart into the RingStrasse...stunning Old World architure everywhere...bus tour to get ... Read more >
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