Trip IdeasFodor's Austria, 13th Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Austria!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Austria provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Austria features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Austria.
Experience Austria like a local! Fodor’s Austria includes choices for every traveler, from tips on which coffeehouses to linger at, to where to go to listen to opera or the philharmonic, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Austria!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Austria provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Austria features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Austria.
Experience Austria like a local! Fodor’s Austria includes choices for every traveler, from tips on which coffeehouses to linger at, to where to go to listen to opera or the philharmonic, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 6
When to Go ............ 7
What’s Where ............ 8
Quintessential Austria ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
Chapter 1: Vienna ............ 19
Where to Eat ............ 85
Where to Stay ............ 100
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 110
Shopping ............ 119
Chapter 2: Vienna Environs ............ 127
On the Road to Baden & Mayerling ............ 132
The Weinviertel ............ 140
Chapter 3: Eastern Austria ............ 147
Burgenland ............ 152
Graz & Its Environs ............ 168
Styria ............ 181
Chapter 4: The Danube Valley ............ 189
The Wachau: Along the North Bank of the Danube ............ 195
Linz: “Rich Town of the River Markets” ............ 209
Excursions from Linz ............ 221
The Wachau: Along the South Bank of the Danube ............ 226
Chapter 5: Salzburg ............ 235
Exploring Salzburg ............ 240
Where to Eat ............ 260
Where to Stay ............ 268
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 275
Shopping ............ 278
Chapter 6: Salzkammergut ............ 281
On the Road to St. Wolfgang & Bad Ischl ............ 286
Gosau, Hallstatt & Bad Aussee ............ 302
Chapter 7: Carinthia ............ 311
Klagenfurt & the Southern Lakes ............ 316
The Gurktal Region ............ 333
Chapter 8: Eastern Alps ............ 337
To Lienz, up the Defereggental & Back ............ 342
Across the Grossglockner Pass ............ 351
Mountain Spas & Alpine Rambles ............ 361
Chapter 9: Innsbruck & Tirol ............ 373
Innsbruck ............ 380
Around the Lower Inn Valley ............ 397
On the Road to Kitzbühel ............ 403
West from Innsbruck ............ 413
Landeck, Upper Inn Valley & St. Anton ............ 420
Chapter 10: Vorarlberg ............ 425
Bregenz ............ 430
Through the Bregenzerwald to Bludenz & Feldkirch ............ 437
The Arlberg & Montafon Resorts ............ 443
Understanding Austria ............ 451
Powder-Perfect Skiing ............ 452
Austria at a Glance ............ 458
Chronology ............ 460
Words & Phrases ............ 464
Menu Guide ............ 467
Travel Smart Austria ............ 472
Getting Here & Around ............ 473
Essentials ............ 479
About Our Writers ............ 512
MAPS
Austria ............ 8-9
Exploring Vienna ............ 34-35
The Hofburg ............ 55
Schönbrunn Palace and Park ............ 83
Where to Eat in Vienna ............ 86-87
Where to Stay in Vienna ............ 102-103
Baden & Environs ............ 132
The Weinviertel ............ 141
Burgenland ............ 155
Graz ............ 171
Eastern Styria and Lower Austria ............ 183
Lower Danube Valley ............ 196
Upper Danube Valley ............ 208
Linz ............ 211
Salzburg ............ 242
Where to Stay & Eat in Salzburg ............ 262-263
Salzkammergut/The Lake District ............ 287
Carinthia ............ 317
Eastern Alps ............ 344-345
Eastern Tirol ............ 377
Innsbruck ............ 384
Where to Stay & Eat in Innsbruck ............ 390
Western Tirol ............ 414
Vorarlberg ............ 431
Ski Areas ............ 454-455
When to Go ............ 7
What’s Where ............ 8
Quintessential Austria ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
Chapter 1: Vienna ............ 19
Where to Eat ............ 85
Where to Stay ............ 100
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 110
Shopping ............ 119
Chapter 2: Vienna Environs ............ 127
On the Road to Baden & Mayerling ............ 132
The Weinviertel ............ 140
Chapter 3: Eastern Austria ............ 147
Burgenland ............ 152
Graz & Its Environs ............ 168
Styria ............ 181
Chapter 4: The Danube Valley ............ 189
The Wachau: Along the North Bank of the Danube ............ 195
Linz: “Rich Town of the River Markets” ............ 209
Excursions from Linz ............ 221
The Wachau: Along the South Bank of the Danube ............ 226
Chapter 5: Salzburg ............ 235
Exploring Salzburg ............ 240
Where to Eat ............ 260
Where to Stay ............ 268
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 275
Shopping ............ 278
Chapter 6: Salzkammergut ............ 281
On the Road to St. Wolfgang & Bad Ischl ............ 286
Gosau, Hallstatt & Bad Aussee ............ 302
Chapter 7: Carinthia ............ 311
Klagenfurt & the Southern Lakes ............ 316
The Gurktal Region ............ 333
Chapter 8: Eastern Alps ............ 337
To Lienz, up the Defereggental & Back ............ 342
Across the Grossglockner Pass ............ 351
Mountain Spas & Alpine Rambles ............ 361
Chapter 9: Innsbruck & Tirol ............ 373
Innsbruck ............ 380
Around the Lower Inn Valley ............ 397
On the Road to Kitzbühel ............ 403
West from Innsbruck ............ 413
Landeck, Upper Inn Valley & St. Anton ............ 420
Chapter 10: Vorarlberg ............ 425
Bregenz ............ 430
Through the Bregenzerwald to Bludenz & Feldkirch ............ 437
The Arlberg & Montafon Resorts ............ 443
Understanding Austria ............ 451
Powder-Perfect Skiing ............ 452
Austria at a Glance ............ 458
Chronology ............ 460
Words & Phrases ............ 464
Menu Guide ............ 467
Travel Smart Austria ............ 472
Getting Here & Around ............ 473
Essentials ............ 479
About Our Writers ............ 512
MAPS
Austria ............ 8-9
Exploring Vienna ............ 34-35
The Hofburg ............ 55
Schönbrunn Palace and Park ............ 83
Where to Eat in Vienna ............ 86-87
Where to Stay in Vienna ............ 102-103
Baden & Environs ............ 132
The Weinviertel ............ 141
Burgenland ............ 155
Graz ............ 171
Eastern Styria and Lower Austria ............ 183
Lower Danube Valley ............ 196
Upper Danube Valley ............ 208
Linz ............ 211
Salzburg ............ 242
Where to Stay & Eat in Salzburg ............ 262-263
Salzkammergut/The Lake District ............ 287
Carinthia ............ 317
Eastern Alps ............ 344-345
Eastern Tirol ............ 377
Innsbruck ............ 384
Where to Stay & Eat in Innsbruck ............ 390
Western Tirol ............ 414
Vorarlberg ............ 431
Ski Areas ............ 454-455
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