Table of Contents
1 Experience Vienna and the Best of Austria 6
12 Ultimate Experiences 8
What's Where 14
What to Eat and Drink in Austria 16
Best Museums in Vienna 18
Under the Radar Vienna 20
What to Buy in Vienna 22
What to Watch and Read 24
Vienna and Austria Today 26
2 Travel Smart 28
Know Before You Go 30
Getting Here and Around 32
Essentials 38
Great Itineraries 46
On the Calendar 49
Contacts 51
3 Innere Stadt 53
Neighborhood Snapshot 54
4 Leopoldstadt and Alsergrund 87
Neighborhood Snapshot 98
Leopoldstadt 100
Alsergrund 108
5 Landstrasse and Wieden 111
Neighborhood Snapshot 112
6 Neubau, Mariahilf, and Josefstadt 123
Neighborhood Snapshot 124
7 Greater Vienna 139
Neighborhood Snapshot 140
Favoriten, 10th District 143
Simmering, 11th District 143
Hietzing, 13th District 144
Penzing, 14th District 148
Rudolfsheim Fünfhaus, 15th District 148
Ottakring, 16th District 148
Dobling, 19th District 150
The 20th, 21st, and 22nd Districts 151
8 Day Trips from Vienna 153
Welcome to Day Trips from Vienna 154
Planning 157
Carnuntum and Hamburg an der Donau 161
Marchegg 163
Bratislava, Slovakia 164
Neusiedl am See 171
Eisenstadt 171
Rust 174
Sopron, Hungary 175
Baden 181
Klosterneuburg and Korneuburg 183
Krems 184
Dürnstein 188
Melk 190
Linz 191
9 Salzburg 199
Welcome to Salzburg 200
Planning 203
The Altstadt 207
Around Fortress Hohensalzburg 223
The Neustadt 226
Day Trips from Salzburg 237
10 Eastern Alps 239
Welcome to Eastern Alps 240
Planning 243
Zell am See 245
Grossglockner High Alpine Road 249
Heiligenblut 251
Bad Gastein 253
FilzmooS 256
Werfen 257
11 Salzkammergut 259
Welcome to Salzkammergut 260
Planning 263
St. Wolfgang 265
Bad Ischl 268
Gosau am Dachstein 271
Hallstatt 272
12 Carinthia and Graz 277
Welcome to Carinthia and Graz 278
Planning 281
Klagenfurt 283
Hochosterwitz 287
Gurk 289
Friesach 289
Graz 290
12 Innsbruck, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg 303
Welcome to Innsbruck, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg 304
Planning 307
Innsbruck 310
Hall in Tirol 328
Zell am Ziller 331
Kitzbühel 332
The Stubaital 335
Sbölden 336
St. Anton am Arlberg 339
Ischgl and Galtür 342
Zürs 344
Lech 345
Schruns-Tschagguns 347
Bregenz 349
Index 355
About Our Writers 368
Maps
Hofburg imperial Palace 58
Schottentor to Stephansplatz 62-63
Stephansplatz to Stadtpark 72-73
Leopoldstadt and Alsergrund 102-103
Landstrasse and Wieden 116
Neubau, Mariahilf, and Josefstadt 128-129
Greater Vienna 142
Hietzing, 13th District - Schonbrunn Palace and Park 146
Hietzing, 13th District-Schonbrunn Weinviertel and Bratislava 164
Neusiedl Lake, Sopron, and Baden 172
West Along the Danube 185
The Altstadt 210-211
Around Fortress Hohensalzburg 224
The Neustadt 230-231
Salzkammergut/The Lake District 266
Carinthia 283
Graz Region 288
Graz 292-293
Ski Areas 312-313
Innsbruck 318-319
Eastern Tyrol 329
Western Tyrol 340
Vorarlberg 348