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Must-Haves

• Schönbrunn Palace (Hietzing)
  The Habsburg summer palace with imperial rooms, vast gardens and the Gloriette viewpoint.
• Belvedere (Landstrasse)
  Baroque palaces housing the world's largest Klimt collection, including The Kiss.
• Kunsthistorisches Museum (Innere Stadt)
  One of Europe's great old master galleries, with a café beneath a grand dome.

Fun for Everyone

• Hofburg and Sisi Museum (Innere Stadt)
  The imperial winter palace, where the apartments and the Sisi Museum tell the story of the empress.

Great for Date Night

• Vienna State Opera (Innere Stadt)
  World-class opera, with standing places sold on the day for budget-minded music lovers.

Must-Haves

• Café Central (Innere Stadt)
  A vaulted grand café once frequented by Freud and Trotsky, perfect for a melange and strudel.
• Demel (Kohlmarkt)
  The old imperial confectioner, with cakes made behind a glass wall.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Café Hawelka (Innere Stadt)
  A smoky-walled, wonderfully worn family café famous for its warm Buchteln buns.

Great for Date Night

• Café Sperl (Mariahilf)
  A nineteenth century coffeehouse with billiard tables and unchanged interiors.

Must-Haves

• Figlmüller (Innere Stadt)
  The classic stop for a Wiener Schnitzel that hangs over the edge of the plate.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Bitzinger Würstelstand Albertina (Albertinaplatz)
  A famous sausage stand behind the opera, ideal after a late performance.
• Gasthaus Pöschl (Innere Stadt)
  A cosy, honest Beisl tucked into a quiet square, serving Viennese classics.

Great for Date Night

• Plachutta Wollzeile (Innere Stadt)
  Tafelspitz served the traditional way, in copper pots of broth with apple horseradish.

Off the Beaten Path

• Mayer am Pfarrplatz (Heiligenstadt)
  A Heuriger wine tavern in the house where Beethoven once lived, among the vineyards.

Must-Haves

• Naschmarkt (Wieden)
  Vienna's best known market, with food stalls, small restaurants and a Saturday flea market.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Brunnenmarkt (Ottakring)
  A long, lively street market where locals shop, with Turkish and Balkan food stalls around Yppenplatz.

Fun for Everyone

• Prater and the Giant Ferris Wheel (Leopoldstadt)
  A huge park with a funfair, chestnut avenues and the wheel from 1897.

Off the Beaten Path

• Kahlenberg (Döbling)
  A Vienna Woods hilltop with views across the city and the Danube, reached by bus and vineyard paths.

Great for Date Night

• Loos American Bar (Innere Stadt)
  A tiny jewel box of a cocktail bar designed by Adolf Loos in 1908.

Fun for Everyone

• Strandbar Herrmann (Landstrasse)
  A deckchair beach bar on the Danube Canal for long summer evenings.

Must-Haves

• Christkindlmarkt am Rathausplatz (Innere Stadt)
  The big Christmas market in front of the City Hall, with lights, mulled wine and a skating path.

Off the Beaten Path

• Zentralfriedhof (Simmering)
  A vast, peaceful cemetery with the graves of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Strauss.

Great for Date Night

• Hotel Sacher Wien (Innere Stadt)
  The grand hotel opposite the opera, home of the original Sachertorte.

Must-Haves

• Hohensalzburg Fortress (Altstadt)
  A vast medieval fortress above the city, reached by funicular, with sweeping views.
• Mozart's Birthplace (Getreidegasse)
  The house where Mozart was born, now a museum of his early life and instruments.

Fun for Everyone

• Mirabell Palace and Gardens (Neustadt)
  Free, formal gardens with fountains and statues, famous from The Sound of Music.
• Hellbrunn Palace and Trick Fountains (Hellbrunn)
  A playful archbishop's palace with surprise water jets that soak visitors.

Off the Beaten Path

• St Peter's Cemetery and Catacombs (Altstadt)
  An atmospheric old cemetery with chapels cut into the cliff face.

Must-Haves

• Augustiner Bräu Kloster Mülln (Mülln)
  A monastery brewery where you fill a stone mug yourself and eat in a chestnut beer garden.

Great for Date Night

• St Peter Stiftskulinarium (Altstadt)
  A historic restaurant in the abbey walls, known for its Mozart dinner concerts.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Bosna Grill Balkan Grill (Getreidegasse)
  A tiny hatch off Getreidegasse selling the spicy Bosna sausage Salzburg loves.

Must-Haves

• Café Tomaselli (Alter Markt)
  One of Austria's oldest coffeehouses, with a cake tray brought to your table.

Fun for Everyone

• Café Konditorei Fürst (Brodgasse)
  The confectioner that invented the original Mozartkugel chocolate.

Great for Date Night

• Café Bazar (Rudolfskai)
  A riverside café with chandeliers and views across to the old town.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Grünmarkt (Universitätsplatz)
  A daily market for fruit, pretzels and local snacks behind Mozart's Birthplace.

Off the Beaten Path

• Schrannenmarkt (Mirabellplatz)
  A Thursday farmers' market where locals stock up on cheese, bread and smoked meats.

Must-Haves

• Salzburg Festival (Festival district)
  Opera, theatre and concerts at the highest level from late July to August.

Fun for Everyone

• Salzburg Christkindlmarkt (Domplatz)
  An Advent market around the cathedral with choirs, crafts and warm drinks.

Off the Beaten Path

• Kapuzinerberg (Steingasse)
  A quiet wooded hill with a monastery and an uncrowded view back across the domes.

Fun for Everyone

• Untersberg Cable Car (Grödig)
  A cable car to a high plateau with Alpine views on the edge of the city.

Fun for Everyone

• Eisriesenwelt (Werfen)
  The largest ice cave in the world, a short train ride south, open in the warmer months.

Off the Beaten Path

• Salt Mine Hallein (Bad Dürrnberg)
  Miners' slides and an underground salt lake on a tour below the German border.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Die Weisse (Rupertgasse)
  A brewery pub making its own wheat beers, popular with locals and students.

Great for Date Night

• Hotel Sacher Salzburg (Rudolfskai)
  A riverside classic with fortress views and its own Sachertorte café.

Must-Haves

• Golden Roof (Altstadt)
  The gilded late Gothic balcony that has become Innsbruck's symbol.
• Ambras Castle (Amras)
  A Renaissance castle with armour, portraits and a cabinet of curiosities in lovely gardens.

Fun for Everyone

• Hofkirche (Altstadt)
  A court church ringed by larger-than-life bronze statues around Maximilian's tomb.

Off the Beaten Path

• Tyrolean Folk Art Museum (Altstadt)
  Painted furniture, costumes and rooms that bring old Alpine life to light.

Must-Haves

• Nordkette Cable Car (Hungerburg)
  Funicular and cable cars from the old town to high Alpine viewpoints.

Fun for Everyone

• Patscherkofel (Igls)
  A gentle family mountain with easy trails and an Alpine garden.

Off the Beaten Path

• Stubai Glacier (Stubaital)
  A high glacier ski and snow area reachable by bus from the city.

Fun for Everyone

• Bergisel Ski Jump (Wilten)
  An Olympic ski jump with a viewing platform and café above the city.
• Alpine Zoo Innsbruck (Hungerburg)
  A zoo of Alpine animals on the mountainside, on the way up the Nordkette.

Off the Beaten Path

• Hall in Tirol old town (Hall in Tirol)
  A beautifully preserved medieval town with a historic mint, minutes by train.

Must-Haves

• Swarovski Crystal Worlds (Wattens)
  A whimsical crystal art park and gardens behind a giant green-eyed head.

Must-Haves

• Gasthof Weisses Rössl (Altstadt)
  A traditional old town inn for Tiroler Gröstl and Speckknödel.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Markthalle Innsbruck (Herzog-Siegmund-Ufer)
  An indoor market hall by the river with food stalls and local produce.

Great for Date Night

• Restaurant Seegrube (Nordkette)
  A mountain restaurant with sunset views over the city from the cable car station.

Fun for Everyone

• Stiftskeller Innsbruck (Altstadt)
  A big, friendly Tyrolean tavern with a garden in the old town.

Must-Haves

• Café Sacher Innsbruck (Hofburg)
  Sachertorte in an elegant café inside the imperial palace.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Strudel Café Kröll (Altstadt)
  A tiny café baking sweet and savoury strudels all day.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Bögen bars (Viaduktbögen)
  Bars and clubs under the old railway arches, popular with students.

Fun for Everyone

• Innsbruck Christmas Markets (Altstadt)
  Several Advent markets, including one on the Hungerburg and one below the Golden Roof.

Great for Date Night

• Hotel Grauer Bär (Universitätsstrasse)
  A central hotel with a rooftop spa and pool facing the mountains.

Must-Haves

• Salzwelten Hallstatt (Salzberg)
  One of the world's oldest salt mines, with miners' slides and an underground lake.

Fun for Everyone

• Dachstein Giant Ice Cave (Obertraun)
  A frozen cave of ice halls, reached by cable car and a short climb.

Must-Haves

• Hallstatt Skywalk (Rudolfsturm)
  A viewing platform high above the lake and the rooftops of the village.

Fun for Everyone

• Five Fingers viewing platform (Krippenstein, Obertraun)
  A platform with five arms jutting over a sheer drop above the Hallstätter See.

Off the Beaten Path

• Gosausee (Gosau)
  A lake with a classic mirror view of the Dachstein glacier and an easy loop trail.
• Waldbachstrub Waterfall (Echerntal)
  A forest walk from the village to a roaring waterfall, away from the crowds.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Obertraun lakeside beach (Obertraun)
  A quiet grassy swimming spot at the south end of the lake.

Off the Beaten Path

• Hallstatt Beinhaus (Marktplatz)
  A tiny charnel house of painted skulls, part of the village's unusual history.

Fun for Everyone

• Hallstatt Museum (Seestrasse)
  Seven thousand years of salt mining and lake life in a compact museum.

Great for Date Night

• Seehotel Grüner Baum restaurant (Marktplatz)
  Lakeside dining on a terrace over the water, known for fresh char.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Bräugasthof Hallstatt (Seestrasse)
  An old brewery inn with a terrace on the lake and simple local dishes.

Great for Date Night

• Heritage Hotel Hallstatt (Landungsplatz)
  Historic houses by the lake, ideal for seeing the village quiet in the evening.

Must-Haves

• Schlossberg and Clock Tower (Innere Stadt)
  A wooded hill with the city's emblematic clock tower and red-roof views.
• Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg)
  A baroque palace built around the calendar, with peacocks in the park.

Fun for Everyone

• Kunsthaus Graz (Lend)
  A blue bubble of a contemporary art gallery nicknamed the friendly alien.
• Murinsel (Mur river)
  A floating steel shell in the river with a café and small playground.

Off the Beaten Path

• Landeszeughaus (Herrengasse)
  The world's largest historic armoury, still packed with weapons and armour.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Kaiser-Josef-Markt (Kaiser-Josef-Platz)
  The city's best farmers' market for pumpkin seed oil, cheese and fruit.
• Lendplatz Market (Lend)
  A neighbourhood market with stalls and small bistros on the square.

Must-Haves

• Landhauskeller (Schmiedgasse)
  Styrian classics served in a Renaissance building near the Landhaus.

Low Cost and Authentic

• Glöckl Bräu (Glockenspielplatz)
  A traditional brewery inn under the square's mechanical glockenspiel.

Great for Date Night

• Der Steirer (Belgiergasse)
  Modern Styrian tapas and a long list of local wines.

Fun for Everyone

• Aiola im Schloss (Schlossberg)
  Dining on the Schlossberg terrace with views over the old town.

Must-Haves

• Hofbäckerei Edegger-Tax (Hofgasse)
  The former imperial court bakery with a carved wooden shopfront.

Fun for Everyone

• Bermuda Triangle bars (Mehlplatz)
  Lanes of bars and terraces in the old town that buzz on warm nights.

Must-Haves

• Steirischer Herbst (Citywide)
  An autumn festival of contemporary art and performance across the city.

Fun for Everyone

• Aufsteirern (Innere Stadt)
  A September folk festival with brass bands, dirndls and regional food.

Off the Beaten Path

• South Styrian Wine Road (Gamlitz)
  Steep vineyards, wine taverns and lookout towers near the Slovenian border.

Fun for Everyone

• Zotter Chocolate Factory (Riegersburg)
  A chocolate theatre where you taste your way through the factory.

Off the Beaten Path

• Riegersburg Castle (Riegersburg)
  A castle perched on a volcanic rock, reached by lift or footpath.

Great for Date Night

• Schlossberghotel (Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai)
  An art-filled hotel at the foot of the Schlossberg with a rooftop pool.