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Top 7 Breathtaking Regions of Austria
1. Austria - Upper Austria (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Upper Austria has a taste of all that is great about Austria. For starters, there’s the mighty Danube and a rich musical heritage, old-world coffee houses and castle-topped medieval towns, and resplendent Augustinian abbeys and spas. And the best bit, they whisper, is that nobody really knows it.
2. Austria - Lower Austria & Burgenland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Surrounding Vienna on all sides, Lower Austria is a cradle of Austrian civilisation and a region offering visitors one of the country’s most lively cultural landscapes. The Danube River cuts a picturesque valley, the Wachau, through the region’s northwest. A place of magnificent natural beauty: vineyards, castles, abbeys and medieval villages.
3. Austria - Tyrol & Vorarlberg (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
This is the Tyrol & Vorarlberg chapter from Lonely Planet’s Austria guidebook.
4. Austria - Styria (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Austria’s second-largest province is a picturesque combination of culture, architecture, rolling hills, vine-covered slopes and mountains. Graz, Austria’s second-largest city, is Styria’s attractive and relaxed capital.
5. Austria - Carinthia (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
This is the Carinthia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Austria guidebook.
6. Austria - Salzburg & Salburgerland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Salzburgerland is proof that size really doesn’t matter. Well, not when you have Mozart, Maria von Trapp and the 600-year legacy of the prince-archbishops behind you. Salzburg is every bit as grand as you imagine it: a baroque masterpiece, a classical-music legend and Austria’s spiritual heartland.
7. Austria - The Salzkammergut (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
The Salzkammergut is a spectacular region of alpine and subalpine lakes, picturesque valleys, rolling hills and rugged, steep mountain ranges rising to almost 3000m. Much of the region is remote wilderness and, even in those heavily visited parts you’ll always find isolated areas where peaceful, glassy waters provide limitless opportunities.