A country offering fairy-tale castles, skiing and spectacular scenery

Austria is full of rich cultural offerings and traditions, many dating from when Vienna was the seat of a powerful empire. This is the country of Mozart and Johann Strauss, music festivals in Alpine settings, the popular New Year’s Eve concerts at the Vienna Staatsoper and the original setting of The Sound of Music.

Travel here offers fairy-tale castles and skiing, spectacular scenery and Sacher torte. The grandeur of Vienna’s imperial buildings matches Austria’s huge romantic streak and its passion for rituals. By contrast, Salzburg is set in a region of spectacular natural beauty and boasts a wonderful array of castles, palaces and ecclesiastical architecture.

Austrians seem to blend a kind of Italian romanticism and charm with a Germanic love for order. Travelling through Austria you can experience that romanticism with something as simple as a hike through the mountains of the Tirol—or as spectacular as a visit to Vienna’s Spanish Riding School, where you can see the magnificent Lipizzaner stallions perform their gravity-defying “airs above the ground.”

Using sound professional expertise and advice, Concierge Traveller can provide any type of travel in Austria, from river cruising to coach excursions or B & B holidays, that would suit an individual traveller’s needs.

UNSECO World Heritage sites in Austria

Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Semmering Railway
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
Wachau Cultural Landscape
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape*
Historic Centre of Vienna
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps*