Thrilling ice-carpeted caves, enchanting waterfalls, exquisite parks brimming with wildlife, fabulous architecture, Austria seems to possess variety of presents for its visitors. Vacations in Austria are worth enjoying from all aspects.

Due to its countless attractions and travel destination sites, Austria has timeless charm for tourists from all over the world.The places of travel interest in Austria include its perfect landscape features, towering mountains, serene lakes, feats of architecture, and World Heritage sites.When you travel to Vienna, the capital of Austria, you experience the best attraction of them all. This very special place of interest in Austria is rich, romantic, over-flowing with history and cultural charm. A river water cruise down the fascinating Danube is a wonderful travel experience of Austria.

Main Attractions :

Schonbrunn Palace

It is the most visited tourist attraction of Austria. Its unique style of imperial Baroque painted in the archetypical Hapsburg light yellow makes it the undisputed number one. Schönbrunn is a huge complex of various additional buildings (such as the Gloriette or the Palm house) in a landscaped garden complete with a labyrinth. Schönbrunn was the summer residence of the Hapsburg family and the birthplace of Emperor Franz Josef (born 1830). Attached to Schönbrunn is one of the world’s oldest and largest zoo which has been modernized recently according to the highest standards.

Eisriesenwelt Caves

Never fail to explore frozen Eisriesenwelt Cave in Austria, one of the most thrilling experiences in Austria and the largest accessible ice caves in the world. All kinds of ice formations like huge columns and towers as well as waterfalls bedeck the caves. Toured by approximate 200,000 tourists every year, it is one of the most visited places in Austria.

Krimml Falls

Krimml Falls, one of natural wonders in Austria, is considered by many the best tourist sight to explore in winter in Europe. The longest water fall in Europe is a popular holiday resort making the viewers breathless with its elegant enchanting natural beauty. Height of the triple level fall is 1246 feet, with three sections linked by twisting rapids.

Fortress Hohensalzburg

It is the dominant landmark of Salzburg, the city of Mozart. Towering above the old city this castle dates back as early as to the twelfth century. Continuously revamped and fortified it grew to one of the mightiest castles in Central Europe ensuring the power of the Roman-Catholic Archbishops who ruled Salzburg until the late eighteenth century.

Basilica Mariazell

The Basilica Mariazell is located a two hour car-ride in the South-West of Vienna. Probably not that prominent at an international level it is an important pilgrim location for Roman-Catholics. Pope Johannes Paul II (in 1983) and Pope Benedict XVI (2007) visited Mariazell during their official voyages to Austria.

Melk Abbey

The Melk Abbey is located some 100 km West of Vienna on a rocky hill above the Danube marking the Western end of the Wachau, a unique river landscape along the Danube. The abbey was founded as early as 1089 and has been a centre of Christian scholarship ever since. Its monastic library is of worldwide fame and its scriptorium has had enormous influence during the medieval ages. In the early eighteenth century the abbey was rebuild as a Baroque castle designed by famous Austrian architect Jakob Prandtauer.

Belvedere

The Belvedere in Vienna’s third district was originally built as the summer palace of Prince Eugen von Savoyen, a famous and successful military leader in the eighteenth century. Designed by Austrian baroque architect Lukas von Hildebrandt it is worth a visit just due to its architectural style. However, its museum is also show casting the world’s largest Gustav Klimt collection together with an array of other famous Austrian artists like Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka.

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