Discover Austria: Inspiring travel ideas to Austria

Taubenkobel Schützen

An award-winning restaurant and the owner is Chef of the Year. When gourmets from all over the world make their pilgrimage to the village of Schützen they have one destination in mind: the Taubenkobel.
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Kalchkendlalm – a school on the mountain

Austria’s most unusual school can be found high on a mountain pasture. Visitors can learn about the bread and butter of life in a centuries-old farmhouse.The highlight of the lesson is of course the farmer’s platter! You can try the tasty, home-made produce for yourself.

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Villgratental

Tranquillity, simple pleasures, the fragrance of flower-strewn meadows and new mown hay, starry skies that city dwellers can only dream of. Discover the true luxuries of our time at an altitude of 1,400 metres in the mountain valley of Villgratental.
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Naschmarkt Vienna

A culinary voyage around the world does not take 80 days but minutes at Vienna’s Naschmarkt. It is named the “city’s stomach” by locals. The Naschmarkt has existed since the 18th century and is Vienna’s largest inner city market.
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Modern Art in Salzburg

A new work is added every year, forming its own dialogue with the baroque heritage of the Mozart city, Modern Art in Salzburg, and the juxtaposition always creates lively debate.
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Architecture in Vorarlberg

With clever use of traditional materials and clear, sleek design, the mountainous region has become a magnet for lovers of cutting edge architecture in Voralberg.
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Bergisel Ski Jump

Innsbruck’s futuristic new landmark is the Bergisel ski jump, known particularly as one of the venues for the international Vierschanzentournee ski jump competition.
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Nonseum

A crazy village and a museum for inventions that nobody needs..... quirky rather than certifiable. The museum exhibits 'inventions that make everyday life.'
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Wachau

Wachau is a region which straddles the banks of the Danube, rich in history, blessed with a mild climate and outstanding white wines, the UNESCO cultural heritage site of Wachau is a magical land in every season.
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Grünau im Almtal

The region of Grünau im Almtal is as fresh and green as the name promises. Dense forests, tranquil lakes and peaceful places, where you can find some inner harmony and revel in nature’s treasures. A secret hideaway, not just for bird watchers.
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Kamptal Gardens

The Kamptal Gardens have been especially blessed by nature and 19 unique oases of green can be visited in one of the most beautiful valleys in Lower Austria.
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Kamptal Gardens

The Kamptal Gardens have been especially blessed by nature and 19 unique oases of green can be visited in one of the most beautiful valleys in Lower Austria.
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Pure Living

Enjoy the luxuries of the good life – simply live in beautiful surroundings, eat and drink well, and savour the landscape. A recipe for total relaxation within Pure Living accommodation.
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Pixel Hotel

The most unusual hotel in Linz. Rooms are located all over the city and can be found in former workshops, shops and even on a barge.The Pixel Hotel offer every comfort, but also a large measure of originality.
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Hotel Lanserhof

Guests at this Hotel Lanserhof can improve their well-being with an individually tailored programme. The future of your sustained good health lies in Tirol.
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Mohndorf

A small village in the Mohndorf / Waldviertel has devoted itself totally to the poppy plant. The inhabitants of Armschlag have even patented the unique Waldviertel grey poppy seed.
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Bregenzerwald

Bregenzerwald valley, once completely covered by forest, lies between Lake Constance and the Arlberg and is the ideal destination for gourmet holidays amidst pristine nature.
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Hotel Haus Hirt

A stunningly located hideaway in the heart of the Alps, combining 1920s style with modern design.
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Ahornboden at Alpine Park Karwendel

High up in the Karwendel mountains outdoor lovers can discover one of the most beautiful places in the Alps: a lovely valley with thousands of maple trees, offering nature at its most impressive throughout the whole year.
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Rogner Bad Blumau

The Rogner Bad Blumau was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and unites therapeutic springs, sauna worlds, a hotel and a park to create a harmonious, sustainable total work of art.
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Tschebull Lakeside Restaurant

For decades now, Tschebull has been known as a treasured jewel of Carinthia’s restaurant scene. It is even a monument, an institution, in matters of maintaining Alpine-Adriatic culinary traditions.
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Landgasthof Linde

The historic village Inn in Stumm, home town of skiing legend Stephan Eberharter, is itself an enticing invitation that everyone hastens to accept: to savour awhile, to linger awhile.
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Kreuz Inn

Not merely the farmer’s mountain bacon is homemade here. That’s why everything at the Kreuz in Reutte/Tirol tastes precisely the way it’s supposed to: delicious, genuine and original.
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Restaurant Rauch

At the foot of the mighty Schattenburg fortress, Reinhard Rauch has built up his own little culinary kingdom, whose heartbeat is the ‘Rauch’ at city centre of the historic town.
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Restaurant Hanner

Heinz Hanner is doubtless the most avant-guard top Austrian chef there is. And one thing is also certain: nothing here can ever get boring.
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Plachutta - A Mecca for Fans of Boiled Beef

Plachutta is to beef what Figlmüller is to schnitzel. In keeping with the tradition of fabled Viennese beef establishments of the past, the Plachutta restaurants have now become legends themselves.
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Restaurant Eckel

If there was a superlative form for “good traditional cooking”, it would be “best traditional cooking”, and this term is the perfect description of the food at Eckel, in Vienna’s Sievering neighbourhood.
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Figlmüller

In Vienna Figlmüller is synonymous with schnitzel: the city’s Figlmüller restaurant makes what is probably the best and most famous schnitzel in the entire city.
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Almdorf Seinerzeit

Holidays in a mountain hut? Behind the authentic Alpine ambience of the Almdorf Seinerzeit, perched high up in Carinthia’s Nockberge, guests encounter a great deal of privacy and even more luxury.
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Hotel zum Dom

Small, stylish, and anything but conventional: at Graz’s Dom Hotel the guest resides in the colourful, artistic ambience of a time-honoured city palace.
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Walliserhof

From drab to fab: with a great deal of commitment, hard work, vision, and even more good taste, the owners of the Walliserhof have succeeded in turning a dreary 1970s-era hotel into a stylish, relaxed design hotel.
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Loisium-Hotel

Ultra-modern architecture and exceptional wellness facilities in one of Austria’s oldest wine regions. This is a winning concept, as the 4-star Superior Hotel Loisium in Langenlois demonstrates.
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Der Steirerhof

Nestled in the gently rolling hills of Eastern Styria is the Steirerhof – a 5-star wellness hotel perfect for relaxation and regeneration.
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Hotel Auersperg in Salzburg

Refreshing energy, perfect service and contemporary elegance in an old Salzburg villa: the Auersperg is the ideal hideaway for a wonderful weekend in the city of Mozart.
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Ebners Waldhof

The fabulous setting on Lake Fuschl, the proximity to the city of Salzburg and its famed festival, the largest private spa in the Salzkammergut region, and the outstanding cuisine all make the Waldhof well worth a stay – any season of the year.
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Art Hotel Blaue Gans

At the “Blue Goose”, perched atop Salzburg’s city mountain, the Mönchsberg, they pursue an overall philosophy: eat, drink, feel good, stay a while...
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Maierl-Alm and Chalets

Ski holidays in your private chalet with room for up to eight people, your own wellness oasis, optional hotel service, and the ski lift right by the front door: the five new chalets at the Maierl Alm offer all of this – and at affordable rates!
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Hotel Schwalbe

Small, friendly, family-run hotels – the kind where one immediately feels as if one is at home or visiting good friends – really do still exist. And one of them is Vienna’s Hotel Schwalbe.
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Hollmann-Beletage

Boutique hotel, design refuge, living room for globetrotters and the pampered jetsetters: the Hollmann Beletage is all this and much more – a Viennese jewel in the truest sense of the word.
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Hotel Altstadt in Vienna

In the middle of Vienna’s 7th district, behind the splendid façade of an old patrician house, one finds the Hotel Altstadt Vienna. Since its opening in 1991 the stylish 4-star hotel has been a favourite hideaway for art-lovers, musicians, and non-group travellers from all over the world.
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Boutique Hotel Stadthalle

A trendsetting combination of sustainability, design, and a touch of luxury: the world’s first hotel with a net zero energy balance is a green haven located in the heart of bustling Vienna.
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Lake's - my lake hotel

Tradition at its trendiest: Lake’s, located right on Carinthia’s Lake Wörth, offers a new take on the good old summer holidays in the country. This hotel is more like a chic private club – and it’s the perfect place for lounging, chilling out, sunbathing, enjoying sports activities, and simply having fun in a stylishly modern ambience.
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Hofburg Innsbruck

In the middle of Tirol’s Alpine landscape, one is treated to a close-up look at the lifestyle of prominent Austrians of the past, such as Empress Maria Theresa and “Sisi”. Innsbruck’s Hofburg, one of the three most important historical buildings in Austria, was once a favourite residence of the Habsburgs.
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Alpinarium Galtür

The combination of a protective wall and an exhibition space makes the Alpinarium Galtür and its architecture unique in all of Europe.
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Arnulf Rainer Museum

Arnulf Rainer’s hometown of Baden pays tribute to this versatile and busy painter with a museum devoted to his work – and housed in a former bath that is a gem of 19th-century architecture.
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Wiener Festwochen

Each year a huge celebration in front of City Hall kicks off this festival, which combines cultural experiences of the highest order with socially relevant themes and objectives.
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Crystal Worlds Wattens

Marvelling like a child is rare these days, but one cannot help it when standing in the interior of a huge crystal, watching light refracted in hundreds of mirrored surfaces. The imposing Crystal Dome is the showpiece of the “Swarovski Crystal Worlds”.
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Salzburg Festival

Salzburg lies in the heart of Europe. But for six weeks a year Salzburg is the centre of the world, when the most prestigious music festival on earth opens with a huge celebration on the city’s squares and streets.
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Huth Vienna

Huth is a prime example of a contemporary Viennese inn: modern in appearance, but classic when it comes to hospitality and cuisine.
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Lobmeyr Shop and Glas Museum

The former K&K purveyor to the court is well-known all over the world for glas culture and light design. Nowadays the glas-empire not only focuses on tradition, but also on the creations of young Austrian designers.
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