Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Vienna

An elegant imperial capital of grand palaces, coffeehouse culture, and classical music heritage.

A Baroque Alpine city of fortress views, Mozart's legacy, and the hills that inspired The Sound of Music.

Austria's Olympic Alpine capital, where medieval Old Town streets meet cable cars that climb straight into the mountains.

A UNESCO lakeside village of 780 people, famous for pastel houses on the water - best visited with a plan for the crowds.

Austria's second city and self-declared culinary capital, with a UNESCO Old Town and far fewer crowds than Vienna or Salzburg.

A lakeside Alpine resort town in Salzburg province, pairing summer lake days with year-round glacier skiing nearby.

A 750-year-old Tyrolean town famous for the world's toughest downhill ski race, wrapped around a genuinely medieval old town.

A Danube river city in Upper Austria pairing a Baroque old town with a UNESCO City of Media Arts identity and Austria's oldest cake recipe.

Carinthia's capital city, linked by canal to Lake Wörthersee, with a dragon-founding legend, a Renaissance old town, and nearby Alps.

A lake-ringed Carinthian city on the Drau River, gateway to the Alps and the Italian and Slovenian borders.

A compact Upper Austrian city on the Traun River, known for its medieval old town and major trade fairs.

Lower Austria's compact capital, blending a baroque old town with one of Austria's boldest modern districts.

Vorarlberg's largest city, framed by alpine gorges and mountains near the Swiss, German, and Liechtenstein borders.

An 800-year-old fortress city south of Vienna, gateway to the Vienna Alps and Semmering region.