AUSTRIA BEYOND VIENNA AND SALZBURG — UPDATED FOR 2026
Pick an Austrian town.
See its old town, abbeys and lakes.
Plan the days around them.
Town-by-town guides to Innsbruck, Graz, Linz, the Wachau, the Salzkammergut, Carinthia and more, with sources you can check.
Explore Towns
AUSTRIA TOWN BY TOWN17 towns and citiesInnsbruck, Graz, Linz, Hallstatt, Krems, Klagenfurt, Bregenz and more
7 regions and scenic routesThe Wachau, the Salzkammergut lakes, Tyrol’s valleys, the Grossglockner Road
277 town, castle and food guidesOld towns, castles, abbeys, lakes, dishes, cakes and beer
110 attraction guidesOpening times, tickets and time to allow
8 REGIONS · BEYOND VIENNA
Austria, state by state, town by town.
Start with a town or a region. Each guide leads to its old town, castles, abbeys, lakes and day plans, and the main towns to their attraction pages.
Tyrol
Innsbruck between the Nordkette and the Inn, the fortress town of Kufstein, and the valleys of the Zillertal, Stubai and Ötztal.
Salzburgerland
Werfen’s ice caves and castle, the salt town of Hallein, Zell am See and Kaprun, and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.
The Salzkammergut
Hallstatt on its lake, the imperial spa town of Bad Ischl, Gmunden on the Traunsee and the Wolfgangsee villages.
Upper Austria
Linz on the Danube, the old iron town of Steyr, the abbeys of St. Florian and Kremsmünster and the Schlögen loop.
The Danube and Lower Austria
The Wachau between Melk and Krems, the Vienna Woods and Baden, and the castles and abbeys of Lower Austria.
Styria
Graz and its old town on the Mur, Admont’s abbey library, the pilgrim town of Mariazell and the volcano-land castles.
Carinthia
Klagenfurt and the Wörthersee, Villach and its lakes, Burg Hochosterwitz on its rock and Gurk’s Romanesque cathedral.
Vorarlberg and Burgenland
At the two ends of the country: Bregenz on Lake Constance and Feldkirch’s old town in the west, Eisenstadt and Lake Neusiedl in the east.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Castles, abbeys, villages, food and cake.
The guides that cross regions: which castles and baroque abbeys to visit and how their tours work, the villages worth a detour, what to order in a Gasthaus, and which cakes and beers to try.
Desserts, coffee and beer
PLAN BY INTEREST
Palaces, abbeys, lakes and alpine roads.
The same questions answered place by place, so you can compare Melk with Admont, the Wolfgangsee with the Wörthersee, or the Grossglockner Road with the Silvretta valleys.
Castles & Palaces
Castles and palaces across Austria, from Krems and Vienna's outskirts to Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt and Werfen, with tours, tickets, parks and falconry shows.
All 22 guidesAbbeys & Churches
Monastery libraries, baroque churches and pilgrimage basilicas across Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Krems and Steyr, with what to see inside each.
All 14 guidesTowns & Villages
Old-town squares, lakeside villages and alpine hamlets across Austria, from Hallstatt and Hall in Tirol to Rust, Feldkirch, Gmunden and the Bregenzerwald.
All 94 guidesLakes & Lake Towns
Swim, boat and ride the shorelines of Austria's lakes, from the Salzkammergut and Lake Constance to Carinthia's warm southern waters and Lake Zell.
All 22 guidesDanube & Wachau
River routes and town stops along the Danube and Wachau, from Melk, Dürnstein, Spitz and Krems to Linz cruises and the Schlögen loop near Steyr.
All 10 guidesAlpine Scenery
Alpine scenery across Heiligenblut, Innsbruck, Zell am See, Villach and Werfen: toll high roads, glacier viewpoints, ice caves, waterfalls and cable car summits.
All 25 guidesMuseums & History
Explore museums and history in Graz, Linz, Innsbruck, Hallstatt, Krems, Villach and Bad Ischl, from Roman ruins and salt mines to memorial sites.
All 14 guidesAustrian Food
Austrian food explained: schnitzel, goulash, dumplings and strudel nationwide, plus Tyrolean plates in Innsbruck and where to eat in Graz and Linz.
All 36 guidesBeer & Drinks
Explore Austrian beer styles from Gösser, Stiegl and Zipfer, plus fruit schnapps and Almdudler herbal lemonade, with brewery visits and tasting notes.
All 6 guidesSIGHT BY SIGHT
Every attraction, with tickets and time to allow.
Attractions
110 guides · 13 townsCastles, cathedrals, palaces, museums, gardens and towers in the main towns: where each one is, opening times and tickets, how long to allow and what is nearby.
- Bad Ischl 9
- Baden bei Wien 7
- Bregenz 8
- Eisenstadt 11
- Feldkirch 8
- Gmunden 7
- Graz 7
- Hallstatt 11
- Innsbruck 17
- Klagenfurt 5
- Krems 10
- Linz 5
- Steyr 5
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