Austria - Attractions
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Lipizzaner Stallions
View the famous Lipizzaner stallions perform finely executed dressage manoeuvres to Viennese classical music in the Hofburg in Vienna.
Museums
Vienna has more than 50 museums, including the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Museumsquartier.
Tirol
Explore the Tirol, Austria's most mountainous province, with pastures, forests, valleys, alpine villages, churches, castles and mountain lakes. The capital Innsbruck has numerous historical buildings including a 12th-century castle.
Historical Buildings
Landesmuseum Johanneum, encompassing the Alte Galerie's gothic paintings, the Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II, the old quarter, the Neue Galerie in the Herbenstrein Palace, the Cathedral, the Schlossberg (Castle Hill) with its Uhrtrum (clock tower), and the Glockenturm (bell tower).
National Park
Donau-Auen National Park is the last protected area of European rainforest, offering a floodplain area of wilderness that nurtures a assortment of plants and animals.
Baroque
Soak up Vienna‘s baroque elegance, notably in the elegant First District (the Innerstadt). The Hapsburgs resided in the Hofburg where the Imperial Apartments contain the Crown Jewels.
Medieval City
Visit Retz the medieval city, which boasts subterranean wine-cellars, well-restored medieval city walls, windmills and a Dominican church.
Post WWI
Appreciate some Austrian eccentricity from the Vorarlbergers, who speak a dialect close to Swiss German and declared independence in 1918, requesting a union with Switzerland that was subsequently refused by the Allied Powers.
Lakes
Austria's crystal-clear lakes are simply breathtaking: they include Wörthersee, Wolfgangsee, Traunsee, Hallstättersee and Mondsee, one of the warmest lakes in the Salzkammergut. 28°C in temperature can be reached in the Carinthia's and wins awards for the quality of water.
Vienna
The Vienna Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad) in the Prater amusement park. Vienna offers insight into the St Stephen's Cathedral, the Chapel of the Hofburg, the Parliament and the Votive Church. You can also visit the historical memorial site of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss and Freud.
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