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Austria
Summer sightseeing and winter sports make Austria a year-round destination.
The summer high season is in July and August, when crowds will be bigger and prices higher. It can be uncomfortably hot in the cities over summer and many famous institutions close down. Consequently, June and September are also popular months.
Winter sports are in full swing from mid-December to late March with the high season over Christmas, New Year and February.
Vienna
Vienna is the glorious legacy of the Habsburg dynasty, which controlled much of Europe for over 600 years.
It is full of architectural gems and has an impressive musical ancestry.
Salzburg
Austria's home town of Baroque, and the birthplace of that talented tunesmith Mr. Mozart, is picturesquely sheltered by surrounding mountains and straddles the Salzach River near the border with Germany.
The high point of a visit to Salzburg is a tour of the 11th-century Hohensalzburg Castle, which stands on a rock outcrop about 120m above the city. It is almost a separate village in its own right, with all the usual self-sufficient accoutrements of a tiny settlement like state rooms, a tower and two museums.
If you're on a musical pilgrimage, you can visit Mozart's birthplace, his home, the grave of his father and widow, and the house of a person who once knew someone who knew someone whose great-great grandfather once played second bassoon in a Mozart opera. |
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