A country · 441 places · 9 regions
Austria, all of it.
441 curated places across 9 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Vienna, Tyrol, Lower Austria and Salzburg — read below as chapters, with 5 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Vienna · 80 places
Vienna
The summer residence of the Habsburg imperial family for more than 250 years, Schönbrunn stands in the western districts of Vienna and comprises a 1,441-room palace complex surrounded by 160 hectares of formal gardens. The gardens rise to the Gloriette colonnade on the hill above, from which the palace and the Vienna skyline are visible together. The complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompasses Europe's oldest zoo, founded in 1752 within the palace grounds.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Tyrol · 70 places
Tyrol
The capital of Tyrol sits in a broad Inn River valley enclosed by the Nordkette range to the north and the Patscherkofel massif to the south, creating an alpine urban environment unusually accessible on foot. The medieval Altstadt features the Golden Roof, a late-Gothic oriel window covered with gilded copper tiles commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I. A funicular from the city centre reaches the Nordkette ridge at 2,256 metres in under 30 minutes, providing immediate access to high alpine terrain.
✦ Year-round; summer for hiking, winter for skiing · $$
Chapter III · Lower Austria · 63 places
Lower Austria
A 36-kilometre reach of the Danube between Melk and Krems in Lower Austria where the river carves through the Bohemian Massif, the Wachau is a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape. Terraced vineyards above the river produce a celebrated dry Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, while ruined fortresses crown the hilltops above riverside villages of apricot orchards and Baroque parish churches. Dürnstein, with its ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in 1192, is the most storied of the valley villages.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Salzburg · 61 places
Salzburg
The largest national park in the Alps, Hohe Tauern protects over 1,800 square kilometres of the central Eastern Alps in the states of Salzburg, Carinthia, and Tyrol. The park encompasses more than 300 glaciers, 300 three-thousand-metre peaks, and the Krimml Waterfalls — the highest in Austria. Brown bears, bearded vultures, and golden eagles inhabit its protected valleys and high alpine zones.
✦ June to September for high alpine trails · $
Regions of Austria
Every place in Austria
441 places, one country.
Hallstatt
Upper Austria, Austria
✦ May to October; December for winter atmosphere · $$
Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Carinthia, Austria
✦ Late May to October · $$
Grossglockner
Carinthia, Austria
✦ July to September · $$
Hohe Tauern National Park
Salzburg, Austria
✦ June to September for high alpine trails · $
Krimml Waterfalls
Salzburg, Austria
✦ May to October · $
Wolfgangsee
Salzburg, Austria
✦ May to September · $$
Dachstein massif
Upper Austria, Austria
✦ June to September · $$
Wachau
Lower Austria, Austria
✦ April to October; April–May for apricot blossom · $$
Melk Abbey
Lower Austria, Austria
✦ April to October · $$
Innsbruck
Tyrol, Austria
✦ Year-round; summer for hiking, winter for skiing · $$
Nordkette
Tyrol, Austria
✦ Year-round · $$
Schönbrunn Palace
Vienna, Austria
✦ Year-round; gardens best April to October · $$
Stephansdom
Vienna, Austria
✦ Year-round · $
Belvedere, Vienna
Vienna, Austria
✦ Year-round · $$
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Vienna, Austria
✦ Year-round · $$
Prater, Vienna
Vienna, Austria
✦ April to October · $
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Salzburg, Austria
✦ Year-round · $$
Mirabell Palace
Salzburg, Austria
✦ Year-round; gardens best May to October · $
Salzburg Old Town
Salzburg, Austria
✦ Year-round; July–August for Salzburg Festival · $$
Zell am See
Salzburg, Austria
✦ June to September for lake and hiking; December to April for skiing · $$
Kitzbühel
Tyrol, Austria
✦ December to April for skiing; June to September for summer activities · $$$
Attersee
Salzkammergut, Austria
✦ June to September · $$
Ötztaler Alps
Tyrol, Austria
✦ July to September · $$
Dürnstein
Lower Austria, Austria
✦ April to October · $$