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- Upper Austria Travel Guide: Linz, Steyr, Danube and the Salzkammergut
Upper Austria packs a cathedral city, an old iron town, a 380-kilometer scenic drive and a lake district into one state. Here is how the pieces fit, what to see in Linz and Steyr, where the quiet lakes are, and how to link it all by train, boat or car.
- Burg Clam: Guided Tours of an Inhabited Medieval Castle
Burg Clam near Grein is a medieval fortress still lived in by the Counts of Clam, so you see it only on a 45-minute guided tour. Here is what the route covers, when the museum opens, and how the visit fits a Danube route through Upper Austria.
- Enns, Austria: Old Town, Stadtturm and Roman Lauriacum
Enns packs a Roman legionary past, a freestanding medieval clock tower and a compact old town into a short stop on the Linz–Danube corridor. Here is how the Hauptplatz works, what the 157-step climb buys you, and where Roman Lauriacum and the Basilika St. Laurenz fit in.
- Freistadt, Austria: A Guide to the Walled Mühlviertel Town
Freistadt is a compact medieval brewery town in the Mühlviertel, ringed by one of Austria's best-preserved walls. Here is how to walk it in half a day.
- Grein an der Donau: Castle, Old Town and Danube Guide
Grein an der Donau packs Austria's oldest burgher theater, Schloss Greinburg and a compact old town on the Danube into a few hours. The efficient route is a booked Großer Stadtrundgang from the Altes Rathaus, May through October, which combines the theater, the late-Gothic parish church and the castle interiors in one 90-minute walk.
- Hinterstoder in Summer: Valley Village, Höss Cable Car and the Stoder Valley
Hinterstoder is a small Upper Austrian village in the Stoder valley, split between a quiet valley floor and the Höss slopes above it. Here is how the two halves work in summer, how to arrive without a car, and how the village fits a route through Upper Austria.
- Kremsmünster Abbey: What to See at the Benedictine Monastery
Kremsmünster Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 777, with art treasures and an observatory, and Kremsegg Castle houses a musical instrument museum. Here is what the visit covers, how the town is laid out, and where the abbey fits between Linz, Wels and Steyr.
- Lambach, Austria: Stift Lambach and the Market Town on the Traun
Lambach is a short stop with one big reason to get off the train: the Benedictine Stift Lambach, founded in 1056, with early-Romanesque frescoes, baroque state rooms and a small theater. Here is how to see it, what the tickets cost, and how the town fits a rail or road route between Wels and the Salzkammergut.
- Schärding, Austria: Baroque Old Town on the Inn
Schärding is a compact baroque town on the Inn in Upper Austria, facing Bavaria across the river. The two old-town squares and their painted facades are the sight itself, and the town works best as a half-day stop on an Inn or Danube route by train or car.
- Schlögen Danube Loop: The Schlögener Schlinge Viewpoint Guide
The Schlögen Danube loop, or Schlögener Schlinge, is a near 180-degree river bend in Upper Austria between Schlögen and Haibach ob der Donau. You reach the classic view at the Schlögener Blick on foot, either up the Ciconia nature trail from Schlögen or by a short forest route from the Schlögenleiten car park.
- St. Florian Abbey: What to See Inside Austria's Baroque Monastery
St. Florian Abbey is a baroque Augustinian monastery southeast of Linz, toured with a guide who opens the 150,000-volume library, the Marmorsaal, Altdorfer's Sebastianaltar and Bruckner's sarcophagus. The basilica holds the Brucknerorgel, and the tour price and length come from the monastery's published offer.
- Steyr, Austria: Old Town Guide to the Stadtplatz, Castle and Museums
Steyr packs an elliptical old-town square, a 13th-century landmark house, a baroque castle above two rivers and a factory quarter turned museum into a few walkable streets. Here is how the town is laid out, which museums earn an hour, where to get breakfast, and how Steyr slots into a route through Upper Austria.
- Wilhering Abbey: Austria's Rococo Church Near Linz
Wilhering Abbey is a Cistercian monastery about 8 km west of Linz, and its abbey church is the reason to come: a dense Rococo interior rebuilt after the 1733 fire. The church and gardens are free, the monastery itself is closed, and the seasonal hours and Monday closure decide whether your visit works.