Austria Destinations
Salzburg, Austria: Tourist Guide to Mozart's City in the Alps
Salzburg sits on the Salzach River at the edge of the Alps, close to the German border. The name means "Salt Fortress": the city grew rich on salt from the nearby mines, and its prince-archbishops spent that wealth on the Baroque churches, palaces and squares that make the Old Town a UNESCO World Heritage Site (listed in 1996). It is also the birthplace of Mozart and the setting of The...
Vienna, Austria: Tourist Guide to the City of Music and Imperial Splendour
Vienna is Austria's capital and largest city, on the Danube in the northeast of the country. It began as the Roman military camp of Vindobona, and later became the seat of the Habsburg dynasty, whose emperors ruled a vast empire from here for centuries. That past shows in its palaces, grand boulevards and museums. It is also famous for classical music, coffee houses and a very high quality of life,...
