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Welcome to Austria . . . . . 4Austria Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Austria’s Top 23 . . . . . . . . 8Need to Know . . . . . . . . . 20First Time Austria . . . . . . 22If You Like . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Month by Month . . . . . . . 26Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Skiing & Snowboarding . . . . . . . . . 33Hiking in Austria . . . . . . . 39Cycling & Adventure Sports . . . . . . 46Eat & Drink Like a Local . . . . . . . . . . . 52Regions at a Glance . . . . 56

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LOWER AUSTRIA & BURGENLAND . . . . .121Lower Austria . . . . . . . . 124The Danube Valley . . . . . . 124Waldviertel & Weinviertel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Wienerwald . . . . . . . . . . . . 137March-Donauland . . . . . . . 139St Pölten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Süd-Alpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Burgenland . . . . . . . . . . 147Eisenstadt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Güssing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Lockenhaus . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Neusiedler See . . . . . . . . . 152Wiesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

UPPER AUSTRIA . . . 158Linz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Around Linz . . . . . . . . . . 167St Florian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Mauthausen . . . . . . . . . . . 168The Traunviertel . . . . . . 170Steyr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Bad Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Nationalpark Kalkalpen . . 172Wels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Kremsmünster . . . . . . . . . 174The Mühlviertel . . . . . . . .175Freistadt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175The Innviertel . . . . . . . . 176Braunau am Inn . . . . . . . . 176Schärding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Geinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

STYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . .179Graz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181Around Graz . . . . . . . . . 193Bärnbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Southern Styria . . . . . . 193Deutschlandsberg . . . . . . 193Ehrenhausen . . . . . . . . . . . 194Leutschach . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Riegersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 195The Sausal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Northern Styria . . . . . . 196Mariazell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Bruck an der Mur . . . . . . . 198Leoben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Eisenerz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200Nationalpark Gesäuse . . . 201Admont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Johnsbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Western Styria . . . . . . . 203Schladming . . . . . . . . . . . .203Murau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

THE SALZKAMMERGUT . 207Bad Ischl . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Southern Salzkammergut . . . . . . .211Hallstätter See . . . . . . . . . 211Bad Aussee . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Northern Salzkammergut . . . . . . 216Traunsee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Attersee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Wolfgangsee . . . . . . . . . . . 221Mondsee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

SALZBURG & SALZBURGERLAND .227Salzburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Around Salzburg . . . . . . 250Hellbrunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250Hallein & Around . . . . . . . 251Werfen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252Southern Salzburg Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Filzmoos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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Radstadt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Mauterndorf . . . . . . . . . . . 255Hohe Tauern National Park . . . . . . . . 255Zell am See . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Bad Gastein . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Grossglockner Road . . . . 265Heiligenblut . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Krimml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

CARINTHIA . . . . . . . 269Klagenfurt . . . . . . . . . . . 271Central Carinthia . . . . . 276Villach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Faaker See & Ossiacher See . . . . . . . . . . 279Dreiländereck . . . . . . . . . . 279Hermagor . . . . . . . . . . . . .280Eastern Carinthia . . . . . 280Friesach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280Gurk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Hüttenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . 281St Veit an der Glan . . . . . . 282Burg Hochosterwitz . . . . . 282Wörthersee . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Western Carinthia . . . . 283Gmünd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Millstatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284Spittal an der Drau . . . . . 285Weissensee . . . . . . . . . . . .286Lienz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

TYROL & VORARLBERG . . . . . 291Tyrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Innsbruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Hall in Tirol . . . . . . . . . . . .302Wattens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303Schwaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303The Zillertal . . . . . . . . . . . .304Achensee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Kitzbühel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Kufstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Söll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Seefeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Stams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317The Ötztal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Imst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320Ehrwald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320Landeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Inntal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Ischgl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Arlberg Region . . . . . . . . . 324Vorarlberg . . . . . . . . . . . 330Bregenz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Dornbirn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Bregenzerwald . . . . . . . . . 336Feldkirch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Bludenz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Montafon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Austria Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Architecture . . . . . . . . . 364Visual Arts & Music . . . 370Kaffeehäuser – Austria’s Living Rooms . . . . . . . . 376The Austrian Alps . . . . . 378

Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . 384Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . 415

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priests and servants . This 4500-year-old tomb chamber is a spectacular leap into the afterlife.

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Baptist, has an almost iridescent quality in Raphael’s seminal High Renaissance 1506 masterpiece,

set against the backdrop of a Tuscan meadow.

Gemma Augustea CameoGreek & Roman Antiquities, Room XVIPossibly the handiwork of imperial gem-cutter Dioscurides, this sardonyx cameo from the 1st century AD shows in exquisite bas-relief the dei cation of Augustus, in the guise of Jupiter, who sits next to Roma. The defeated barbarians occupy the lower tier.

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HALF-DAY TOUR OFTHE HIGHLIGHTSThe Kunsthistorisches Museum’s scale can seem daunting; this half-day itinerary will help you make the most of your visit.

Ascend the grand marble staircase, marvelling at the impact of Antonio Canova’s Theseus Slaying the Centaur. Turn right into the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, where you can decipher the reliefs of the Offering

Chapel of Ka-ni-nisut 1 in room II. Skip through millennia to Ancient Rome, where the intricacy of the Gemma Augustea Cameo 2 in room XVI is captivating. The other wing of this floor is devoted to the Kunstkammer Wien, hiding rarities such as Benvenuto Cellini’s golden Saliera 3 in room XXIX.

Head up a level to the Picture Gallery, a veritable orgy of Renaissance and baroque art. Bearing to the East Wing brings you to Dutch, Flemish and German Painting, which starts with Dürer’s

TOP TIPS » Pick up an audio guide and a floor

plan in the entrance hall to orientate yourself. » Skip to the front of the queue by

booking your ticket online. » Visit between 6pm and 9pm on

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Devote a couple of cultural days to swanning around Habsburg palaces, world-class galleries hung with Klimts and sumptuous coffee houses in Vienna.

A breezy hour’s train ride west and you’re in the heart of wine country and on the Danube in the picture-book Wachau. Linger for a day or two to lap up the castles, ab-beys and local rieslings.

Swing west now for two days to the Salzkammergut, where cinematic mountain backdrops rim lakes of bluest blue. Base yourself in ludicrously pretty Hallstatt for peak-gazing swims and a visit to Dachstein’s astonishing ice caves. From here, head west to Salzburg for a feast of baroque art, prince-archbishop palaces, Mozart and more. After a couple of days, tag on a day in Werfen with its high-on-a-hill castle and extraordinary Eisriesenwelt – all backdropped by the Tennengebirge’s jagged limestone peaks.

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Launch your trip in Salzburg, with three days combing the back alleys and clamber-ing up to the castle to outpomp all castles in Mozart’s hometown. You might want to hook onto a Sound of Music tour or whizz up to the Alps from here. Or detour to Italianate Schloss Hellbrunn or Hallein’s salt works.

From Salzburg, the road dips south to the most gently picturesque of the lakes in the Salzkammergut, the Wolfgangsee, where summertime swimming, walking and cycling are splendid. Tick off some the lesser-known towns on hikes or rides over the next few days.

From lakeside St Wolfgang or St Gilgen, it’s a short bus hop to Bad Ischl, a crack-ing base for exploring other lakes in the Salzkammergut over the next three days. The most dramatic of these is the Hallstät-ter See, with Hallstatt or more laid back (but less historic) Obertraun perfect for overnighting. Near Obertraun, take in Dachstein’s surreal ice caves on a cable-car ride and tack on a hike in the area.

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Kick start your trip with three days of cultural immersion in Vienna, lapping up Habsburg life in Klimt-crammed Schloss Belvedere or opulent Schloss Schönbrunn, before heading west along the Danube Val-ley to Krems an der Donau. Pause here for cutting-edge galleries and wine tast-ings, factoring in a trip to the spirit-lifting Benedictine abbey-fortress in Melk, slung high above the Danube.

On day seven (a day or two earlier in winter), head on to Linz, an industrial city with edgy galleries like Lentos and Ars Electronica. The trail to mountain-rimmed Hallstatt and the lakes of the Salzkammer-gut are soothingly beautiful on day eight.

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Kerry ChristianiVienna, Salzburg & Salzburgerland, Tyrol & Vorarlberg, Plan Your Trip, Under-stand Austria, Surivival Guide Kerry’s first encounter with real snow in Tyrol more than 15 years ago sparked her enduring love affair with the Austrian Alps – and she’s been returning ever since. For this edition, she sweated out a heatwave in the Hohe Tauern Alps, grappled with white-water rapids in Tyrol, tested out radon cures and climbed (almost) every mountain. Kerry is an award-winning

travel writer, and has authored/co-authored many of Lonely Planet’s central and southern Europe-an titles. Follow her travels on her website https://its-a-small-world.com and tweets @kerrychristiani.

Catherine Le NevezVienna, Upper Austria Catherine’s wanderlust kicked in when she roadtripped across Europe from her Parisian base aged four, and she’s been hitting the road at every opportunity since, travelling to around 60 countries and completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing along the way. She’s written scores of Lone-ly Planet guides and articles covering Paris, France, Europe and far beyond. Her work has also appeared in numerous online and print publications.

Donna WheelerVienna, Lower Austria & Burgenland, Styria, The Salzkammergut Carinthia Donna has written for Lonely Planet’s Italy, Norway, Belgium, Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, France, Austria and Melbourne guidebooks. Born and bred in Sydney, Australia, Donna fell in love with Melbourne’s moody bluestone streets as a teenage art student. She has divided her time between there and her home town for over two decades, along with residential stints in Turin, Paris, Bordeaux, New

York, London and rural Ireland. Donna travels widely (and deeply) in Europe, North Africa, the US and Asia.

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