Contents

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On the Road 4
Austria Highlights 5
Destination Austria 20
Getting Started 21
Itineraries 26
History 29
The Culture 41
Food & Drink 59
Environment 69
Outdoor Activities 74
Walking in Austria 82
Vienna 111
History 112
Orientation 112
Information 112
Sights 124
Activities 136
Walking Tour 137
Vienna for Children 138
Tours 139
Festivals & Events 141
Sleeping 141
Eating 145
Drinking 149
Entertainment 152
Shopping 155
Getting There & Away 158
Getting Around 158
AROUND VIENNA 160
Klosterneuburg 160
Lower Austria 162
History 163
Climate 163
Getting There & Away 164
Getting Around 164
THE DANUBE VALLEY 164
Getting Around 164
Driving Tour of the
Danube Valley 164
Krems an der Donau 167
Around Krems 170
Drnstein 171
Spitz 172
Melk 172
Tulln 173
ST PLTEN 174
History 174
Orientation & Information 174
Sights 174
Sleeping 176
Eating & Drinking 176
Entertainment 176
Getting There & Away 176
Around St Plten 176
MOSTVIERTEL 177
Getting There & Away 177
WALDVIERTEL &
WEINVIERTEL 177
Getting There & Away 178
Drosendorf 178
Nationalpark Thayatal 178
MARCH-DONAULAND 178
Carnuntum 178
Nationalpark Donau-Auen 180
WIENERWALD 180
Getting There & Away 180
Baden bei Wien 180
SD-ALPIN 184
Wiener Neustadt 184
Semmering 186
Schneeberg, Raxalpe
& Hllental 187
Burgenland 188
Eisenstadt 190
Around Eisenstadt 192
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NEUSIEDLER SEE 193
Rust 193
Mrbisch am See 194
Purbach am See 195
Neusiedl am See 196
Podersdorf am See 196
Seewinkel 197
MIDDLE & SOUTHERN
BURGENLAND 197
Lockenhaus & Around 197
Gssing & Around 198
Upper Austria 199
Linz 200
AROUND LINZ 209
St Florian 209
Mauthausen 210
THE TRAUNVIERTEL 210
Steyr 211
Bad Hall 213
Nationalpark Kalkalpen 213
Kremsmnster 213
Wels 214
THE MHLVIERTEL 215
Freistadt 215
Kefermarkt 216
THE INNVIERTEL 217
Braunau am Inn 217
Schrding 217
Geinberg 218
Styria 219
Graz 221
AROUND GRAZ 234
sterreichischen
Freilichtmuseum 234
Bundesgestt Piber 234
Brnbach 235
SOUTHERN STYRIA 235
Styrian Weinstrassen 236
Deutschlandsberg 236
Grossklein 236
Ehrenhausen 236
Riegersburg 237
NORTHERN STYRIA 237
Mariazell 238
Bruck an der Mur 240
Leoben 241
Eisenerz 242
Nationalpark Gesuse 243
Admont 243
WEST STYRIA 244
Murau 244
The
Salzkammergut 245
BAD ISCHL 247
SOUTHERN
SALZKAMMERGUT 249
Hallsttter See 249
Hallstatt 250
Obertraun 252
Gosausee 254
Bad Aussee 254
NORTHERN
SALZKAMMERGUT 256
Traunsee 257
Gmunden 257
Traunkirchen 259
Ebensee 259
Grnau 259
Attersee 259
Wolfgangsee 260
St Wolfgang 260
St Gilgen 261
Mondsee 262
Salzburg &
Salzburger Land 264
SALZBURG 266
AROUND SALZBURG 283
Hellbrunn 283
Untersberg 283
Gaisberg 283
Hallein 283
Werfen 285
SOUTHERN SALZBURG
PROVINCE 286
Liechtensteinklamm 286
Filzmoos 286
Radstadt 287
Mauterndorf 287
Carinthia 288
Klagenfurt 289
CENTRAL CARINTHIA 295
Wrthersee 295
Villach 297
Around Villach 300
Hermagor 301
EASTERN CARINTHIA 301
Friesach 301
Gurk 302
Httenberg 302
St Veit an der Glan 303
Burg Hochosterwitz 304
Maria Saal 304
WESTERN CARINTHIA 305
Gmnd 305
Spittal an der Drau 305
Millsttter See 307
Hohe Tauern
National Park
Region 310
Zell am See 312
Krimml 317
Gerlos Pass 318
Grossglockner Road 318
Heiligenblut 319
Bad Gastein 320
Around Bad Gastein 323
Lienz 323
Tyrol 329
Innsbruck 331
AROUND INNSBRUCK 343
Hall in Tyrol 343
Wattens 344
Schwaz 344
Stubai Glacier 345
Seefeld 345
NORTHEASTERN
TYROL 346
The Zillertal 346
Zell am Ziller 347
Mayrhofen 348
Ginzling 350
Achensee 350
Kitzbhel 350
Kufstein 354
Sll 355
WESTERN TYROL 356
Stams 356
The tztal 356
Imst 358
Ehrwald 358
Landeck 359
The Inntal 360
The Paznauntal 360
ARLBERG REGION 361
St Anton am Arlberg 362
Vorarlberg 366
Bregenz 368
Dornbirn & Around 372
Bregenzerwald 373
Feldkirch 374
Bludenz 376
C O N T E N T S 19
Montafon 378
Western Arlberg 379
Directory 380
Transport 395
Health 407
Language 411
Glossary 419
The Authors 421
Behind the Scenes 422
Index 425
GreenDex 436
World Time Zones 438
Map Legend 440
p311
Salzburger Land
Salzburg &
p246
Salzkammergut
The
Region
National Park
Hohe Tauern p265
p163
Lower Austria
p200
Upper Austria
p367
Vorarlberg
p330
Tyrol
p289
Carinthia
p220
Styria
p189
Burgenland
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