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Kaiserappartements
The Kaiserappartements (Imperial Apartments), once the official living quarters of Franz Josef I and Empress Elisabeth, are dazzling in their chandelier-lit opulence. One section, known as the Sisi Museum , is devoted to Austria’s most beloved empress. It has a strong focus on the
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Bergkirche
This unusual church contains the white-marble tomb with Haydn’s reunited parts. It began life as a small chapel and in 1701 was transformed into a bizarre representation of Calvary, the mountain outside Jerusalem upon which Christ is thought to have been crucified. Manage all the d
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Angelika Kauffmann Museum
This ultramodern museum houses a permanent collection in winter and rotating exhibitions in summer of Swiss-Austrian neoclassical painter Angelika Kauffmann’s works. The artist had strong connections to the village where her father was born.A ticket covers entry to the neighbouring
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Vorarlberg Museum
Following a three-year, €34 million makeover, the Vorarlberg Museum reopened in June 2013 to much acclaim. Its striking new home is a white cuboid emblazoned with what appears to 16,656 flowers (actually PET bottle bases imprinted in concrete). The gallery homes in on Vorarlbergs h
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Schloss Belvedere
Belvedere is a masterpiece of total art and one of the world’s finest baroque palaces, designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745) for Prince Eugene of Savoy. The first of the palaces two buildings is the Oberes Belvedere (Upper Belvedere), showcasing Gustav Klimts The Kis
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Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
This treasure-trove of Tyrolean history and art moves from Bronze Age artefacts to the original reliefs used to design the Goldenes Dachl. Alongside brooding Dutch masterpieces of the Rembrandt ilk, the gallery displays an astounding collection of Austrian art including Gothic alta
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Schloss Schönbrunn
The Habsburgs overwhelmingly opulent summer palace is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Of the palaces 1441 rooms, 40 are open to the public; the Imperial Tour takes you into 26 of these. Fountains dance in the French-style formal gardens. The gardens harbour the worlds oldest zoo
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Salzwelten
The fascinating Salzbergwerk is situated high above Hallstatt on Salzberg (Salt Mountain) and is the lakes major cultural attraction. The German–English tour details how salt is formed and the history of mining, and takes visitors down into the depths on miners slides – the largest
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Storno Collection
The Storno Collection is on the 2nd floor of Storno House , home to the Swiss-Italian family of Ferenc Storno, chimney sweep turned art restorer, whose recarving of Romanesque and Gothic monuments throughout Transdanubia divides opinion to this day. The collections highlights inclu
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Neue Burg Museums
The Neue Burg is home to the three Neue Burg Museums. The Sammlung Alter Musik Instrumente (Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments) contains instruments in all shapes, sizes and tones. The Ephesos Museum features artefacts from Ephesus and Samothrace donated (some say ‘lifted’)
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Krimmler Wasserfälle
Enshrouded in mist, arched by a rainbow, frozen solid – this waterfall always looks extraordinary, no matter the time of year. The Wasserfallweg (Waterfall Trail), which starts at the ticket office and weaves gently uphill through mixed forest, has numerous viewpoints with photogen
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Dom
Jakob Prandtauer was one of the most important architects of the baroque epoch, and the cathedral, his masterpiece of baroque rebuilding in St Pölten, has an impressive interior with lashings of fake marble and gold, augmented by frescoes by Daniel Gran. While exploring the cathedr
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Mozart
Tired of the cramped living conditions on Getreidegasse, the Mozart family moved to this more spacious abode in 1773, where a prolific Mozart composed works such as the Shepherd King (K208) and Idomeneo (K366). Emanuel Schikaneder, a close friend of Mozart and the librettist of The
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K
A double act that combines with one of Austria’s most unusual and refreshing museums, the Museum for Sanitary Objects , the K-Hof museum complex gives a fascinating insight into the history of the region. The exhibition covers ceramics manufacture (for which Gmunden was famous in i
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Museum der Moderne
Straddling Mönchsberg’s cliffs, this contemporary glass-and-marble oblong of a gallery stands in stark contrast to the fortress. The gallery shows first-rate temporary exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century art. The works of Alberto Giacometti, Dieter Roth, Emil Nolde and John Cage
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
One of the unforgettable experiences of being in Vienna will be a visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, brimming with works by Europe’s finest painters, sculptors and artisans. Occupying a neoclassical building as sumptuous as the art it contains, the museum takes you on a time-tr
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Iseum
Once part of a grand 2nd-century complex of two temples dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis by Roman legionnaires (one of only three in Europe), Iseum was completely restored in 2011. The adjacent U-shaped hall makes a grand new home for the archaeological discoveries made at th
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Hofburg
Demanding attention with its imposing facade and cupolas, the Hofburg was built as a castle for Archduke Sigmund the Rich in the 15th century, expanded by Emperor Maximilian I in the 16th century and given a baroque makeover by Empress Maria Theresia in the 18th century. The centre
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Residenz
The crowning glory of Salzburgs new DomQuartier, the Residenz is where the prince-archbishops held court until Salzburg became part of the Habsburg Empire in the 19th century. An audioguide tour takes in the exuberant state rooms , lavishly adorned with tapestries, stucco and fresc
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Klimt Villa
The Klimt Villa immerses you in the sensual world of Viennas most famous Secessionist. Set in landscaped grounds in a leafy corner of Hietzing, the 1920s neo-baroque villa was built on and around the site of the artists last studio (1911 to 1918), which opened to the public in Sept
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