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Musikverein
Musikverein With a capacity of 2,854 between two concert halls, the Musikverein is home to the renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. It was constructed on the Vienna Ringstrasse, in elegant Neo-Classical style, by Danish architect Theophil Hansen, and as well as having some of the best acoustics
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Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey Melk stands at the western end of the Wachau Valley wine-producing region in Lower Austria, accessible from both Vienna and Salzburg. It is a small town on the south side of the Danube River with a Baroque center and is an ideal base from which to explore the vineyards. Seasonal cruises
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St. Peters Abbey (Stift Sankt Peter)
St. Peters Abbey (Stift Sankt Peter) In the heart of Salzburg’s Old Town, St. Peter’s Abbey (or Stift Sankt Peter) is known for its cemetery and ancient lineage, dating back to the 800s. The Benedictine monastery’s abbey church has a Romanesque structure and lavish rococo interior. The abbey libra
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Salzburg Salt Mines (Salzkammergut)
Salzburg Salt Mines (Salzkammergut) Salzkammergut is in Austria’s Lake District, focusing on the lakeside town of Hallstatt. Beneath the region’s picture-perfect lakes ringed by snow-capped mountains lie miles and miles of salt mines.After exploring Hallstatt’s fine market buildings, and its macab
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Berchtesgaden & Eagles Nest
Berchtesgaden & Eagles Nest From Salzburg, the fairytale scenery of Germany’s Bavarian Alps leads to Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s mountain retreat, and Eagles Nest (or Kehlsteinhaus), the southern headquarters of the Nazi party.Brilliantly positioned on top of Mt Kehlstein, the lodge boasts some of Ger
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Lake Mondsee
Lake Mondsee Crescent-shaped Lake Mondsee is often regarded as the gateway to the spectacular alpine scenery of the Salzkammergut (Austrian Lake District) west of Salzburg, and is surrounded by the snow-topped peaks of the Austrian Alps; it is a perfect summer base for hiking, biking, sailing, fis
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Hallstatt
Hallstatt The most picture-perfect of the Salzkammergut (Austrian Lake District) villages has to be idyllic little Hallstatt, which hugs Hallstättersee lake and is backed by the snowy summits of Mount Dachstein. Sandwiched between mountain and lake, it is an archetypal alpine village crammed with
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St Wolfgang
St Wolfgang The historic spa town of St Wolfgang is quite simply one of the prettiest villages in the Salzkammergut (Austrian Lake District). It perches on the northern shore of the Wolfgangsee lake and is backed by the alpine foothills of Mount Schafberg – a cog railway goes right to the summit.
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Ringstrasse
Ringstrasse Marking the boundary of the First District, where the old city walls once stood, the series of boulevards that make up the Ringstrasse trace a 5km scenic loop around the historic center of Vienna. Created in the late 19th century to replace the fortification walls demolished under Empe
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Panorama Museum
Panorama Museum The Salzburg Museum incorporates seven branches, including the Toy Museum (Spielzeug Museum) and Museum of Natural History (Haus der Natur), but its main branch is at the Neue Residenz and is connected by subterranean tunnel to the adjacent Panorama Museum. The underground passage
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Mozart House Vienna
Mozart House Vienna Mozart had multiple residences in Vienna, but only one survived to the present day. The Mozart House Vienna at Domgasse 5 served as the composer’s home from 1784 to 1787, during the height of his musical success. Within his first-floor apartment, Mozart penned some of his most
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Marionette Theatre
Marionette Theatre Salzburg’s acclaimed Marionette Theatre was founded back in 1913 and its debut performance Bastien and Bastienne – the comic opera by Mozart – proved an instant hit with audiences. As its fan base expanded, so the theatre’s repertoire increased, taking in operas by Rossini and S
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Salzburg Old Town (Aldstadt)
Salzburg Old Town (Aldstadt) Lovely Salzburg’s enchanting medieval heart lies along the southern bank of the Salzach River; the Aldstadt is an enclave of winding cobbled alleyways, airy piazzas and many fine Baroque churches. The wealth of Salzburg originated in the 14th century when it became an
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Heldenplatz
Heldenplatz A colossal piazza right at the heart of Imperial Vienna, Heldenplatz stretches out in front of the sweeping arcs of the Hofburg Palace, which was commissioned for the Habsburg Imperial Family in 1881. Constructed under the orders of Emperor Franz Joseph II as part of the city’s elegant
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Kursalon Vienna
Kursalon Vienna Vienna’s most beautiful concert hall was completed in 1867 on the edge of the Stadtpark (City Park), close to the gilded statue of composer Johann Strauss, whose music is enjoyed there nightly. The Kursalon was designed by Austrian architect Johann Garben in Neo-Renaissance style a
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Museum Quarter
Museum Quarter Located just off the famous Ringstrasse, to the south of Maria Theresa Square, Vienna’s Museum Quarter (Museum Quartier) ranks among the world’s largest cultural quarters, housing over 20 museums. Completed in 2001, the vast complex covers 640,000 square feet, taking over the site
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Remise Transport Museum
Remise Transport Museum The Remise is a museum about the history of public transport in Vienna, Austria. It is situated on the site of a former tram depot (“remise” means “depot” in German), which was built in 1901 in Vienna’s Erdberg district, and was still an operational tram station until 1990.
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Vienna Boys Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)
Vienna Boys Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) The Vienna Boys Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben, is one of the oldest boys choirs that is not part of a church or college. In the late 15th century the choir was part of Maximilian Is court music and sang in the Imperial Chapel which he founded, but the roots of
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St Rupert’s Church
St Rupert’s Church Vienna’s oldest church was made from stone taken from the ancient Roman settlement of Vindabona and was originally Romanesque in design, with its origins reaching as far back as 740 AD. It has a dumpy and largely unprepossessing exterior that dates from the 12th century, althoug
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Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus)
Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) The pastel-hued façade of Vienna’s Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) may pale in comparison to the dramatic neo-gothic towers of the modern City Hall, but the former administrative center is still a charming reminder of medieval Vienna. Although first built in the 13th ce
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