Austria travel guide
Before you go to Austria
- Currency
- EUR €
- Bargaining
- Not expected
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard
- ATM fees
- Usually free at bank ATMs; avoid Euronet
Cities in Austria
- Salzburg Baroque city on the Salzach, birthplace of Mozart and setting of The Sound of Music, crowned by the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
- Innsbruck Alpine capital of Tirol framed by the Nordkette range, known for the Golden Roof, Imperial history and world-class skiing.
- Hallstatt Postcard lakeside village in the Salzkammergut, a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its salt mine and mirror-still lake.
- Graz Austria's second city and a UNESCO City of Design, with a red-roofed old town, the Schlossberg clock tower and modern Kunsthaus.
- Zell am See Lakeside alpine resort beside the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, a year-round base for skiing, hiking and watersports.
- Melk Gateway to the Wachau valley on the Danube, dominated by the golden Baroque Melk Abbey above the town.
- Vienna Capital of Austria, the imperial Habsburg city of palaces, coffeehouses and classical music.