Unique Experiences In Austria

Schönbrunn Palace

18th-century summer palace with tours of lavish rococo ceremonial rooms, plus gardens with a maze.

Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Wien, Austria

Prater

Large park with old-time amusements, including a landmark giant wheel dating from 1897.

1020 Vienna, Austria

St. Stephen's Cathedral

Medieval Roman Catholic place of worship with an ornate spire, catacombs & a treasury museum.

Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria

Belvedere Palace

Baroque, 18th-century palaces housing art from Middle Ages to today, with notable Klimt collection.

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Wien, Austria

Hofburg

Habsburg palace complex with ornate, baroque interiors, imperial apartments & a silver museum.

1010 Vienna, Austria

Fortress Hohensalzburg

Huge 11th-century fortress complex on a hilltop with views over city to the Alps, plus museums.

Mönchsberg 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel

Fairground attraction rebuilt in 1945, with wooden cabins offering dining & an exhibition.

Gaudeegasse 1, 1020 Wien, Austria

Museum of Natural History Vienna

Palatial, 19th-century museum with vast specimen collections, from dinosaur skeletons to meteorites.

Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria

Mirabell Palace

Iconic, 17th-century palace with ornamental gardens, plus classical concerts in the lavish ballroom.

Mirabellplatz 4, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Haus des Meeres

Aquarium with 10,000 creatures including snakes, crocodiles & sharks, plus a tropical house.

Fritz-Grünbaum-Platz 1, 1060 Wien, Austria

Danube Tower

Iconic tower opened in 1964, with open-air & covered observation terraces, a restaurant & a cafe.

Donauturmplatz 1, 1220 Wien, Austria

Red Bull Hangar-7

Futuristic building, home to the Flying Bulls display team, plus art shows, restaurants & bars.

Wilhelm-Spazier-Straße 7a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Laxenburg Castle Park

Palace garden of old imperial summer residence with 13th-century & 16th-century castles. · Dogs allowed

Schloßpl. 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Tirol

Mountainside conservation-minded zoo, for rare Alpine birds & animals from wolves to golden eagles.

Weiherburggasse 37a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Burggarten

A striking art nouveau conservatory with butterfly house stands in this statue-filled palace garden. · Dogs allowed

Josefsplatz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Imperial Crypt

Crypt beneath the Capuchin Church housing tombs of Hapsburg royalty, including emperors & empresses.

Tegetthoffstraße 2, 1010 Wien, Austria

Time Travel Vienna

Entertaining place with multi-media experiences & interactive exhibits on the history of Vienna.

Habsburgergasse 10A, 1010 Wien, Austria

House of Music

Virtual, hands-on concert stages in a high-tech museum exploring musical science, art & history.

Seilerstätte 30, 1010 Wien, Austria

Madame Tussauds Vienna

Museum chain for life-size wax replicas of famous Americans & historic icons in themed galleries.

Riesenradpl. 5, 1020 Wien, Austria

Eisriesenwelt

Vast ice cave with stalagmites, discovered in 1879, open in summer to the public for guided tours.

Eishöhlenstraße 30, 5450 Werfen, Austria

Museum der Illusionen

Family entertainment center with holograms & optical trickery in vortex tunnels & infinity rooms.

Wallnerstraße 4, 1010 Wien, Austria

Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser

Former furniture factory with paintings, graphic works & designs by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Untere Weißgerberstraße 13, 1030 Wien, Austria

Wien Museum Mozart apartment

Restored 1700s apartment museum where Mozart lived & composed, with an audio tour & a souvenir shop.

Mozarthaus, Domgasse 5, 1010 Wien, Austria

Uhrturm

Landmark hilltop 13th-century medieval clock tower with a garden & panoramic town views.

Am Schlossberg, 8010 Graz, Austria

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Late renaissance castle now a national museum housing portrait collections, art & an armory.

Schloßstraße 20, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Schmetterlinghaus

Art nouveau palm house, home to hundreds of butterflies housed in a tropical rainforest setting.

Palmenhaus, Schmetterlinghaus Hofburg Burggarten, 1010 Wien, Austria

Kunsthaus Graz

Riverside contemporary art museum in amorphous blue building, with cutting-edge exhibitions.

Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz, Austria

5 Fingers

Unique, hand-shaped observation platform featuring 5 "fingers" stretching 400 m. above the ground.

am, Winkl 34, 4831 Obertraun, Austria

Stiegl-Brauwelt

Beer tasting & exhibits on brewing history, plus Austrian cuisine in a brewpub & restaurant.

Bräuhausstraße 9, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Chocolate Museum Vienna "Bo-Yo"

Displays on cocoa cultivation & chocolate history, plus tastings, workshops & colorful photo spots.

Schönbrunner Str. 99, 1050 Wien, Austria

Weltmuseum Wien

Stately museum with a vast ethnographic collection of 40,000+ objects from Asia, Africa & America.

Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien, Austria

An Arnold Schearzenegger Exhibition

Museum in celebrity & politician Arnold Schwarzenegger’s childhood home, with objects & photos.

Linakstraße 9, 8051 Thal, Austria

Salzburger Freilichtmuseum

Open-air museum with rebuilt farmhouses from the 1500s onward, plus train rides & a butterfly path.

Hasenweg 1, 5084 Großgmain, Austria

Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna

Exhibitions, art & artifacts on Jewish culture & history in Vienna from medieval to modern times.

Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Wien, Austria

Styrian Armory

Housed in an 1811-built armory, this museum displays the historic military hardware of the region.

Herrengasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria

Natureispalast

Hintertux 794, 6293 Tux, Austria

Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum

Timmelsjoch Pass, 6456 Gurgl, Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol, Austria

Vienna Crime Museum

Exhibits trace the history of crime & the judicial system in Vienna from the Dark Ages until now.

Große Sperlgasse 24, 1020 Wien, Austria

Ernst Fuchs-Museum (Otto-Wagner-Villa)

Striking, Secession-era villa with landscaped gardens, now a museum of Fuchs's painting & sculpture.

Hüttelbergstraße 26, 1140 Wien, Austria

Seegrotte

Tours of flooded gypsum mine & WWII aircraft factory with boat trips on the large underground lake.

Grutschgasse 2a, 2371 Hinterbrühl, Austria

Vienna Clock Museum

A unique collection of clocks from 1400s onwards in an elegant Viennese house, with hourly chiming.

Schulhof 2, 1010 Wien, Austria

Narrenturm - Pathologisch-anatomische Sammlung

Striking former mental hospital from the 1700s, now home to exhibitions on anatomy, illness & death.

Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien, Austria

Glockengießerei Grassmayr - "Glockenmuseum"

Award-winning museum of bells in the famed Grassmayr Bell Foundry, with a bell-ringing sound studio.

Leopoldstraße 53, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Dialog im Dunkeln Wien

Barbara-Prammer-Allee 13/1/4, 1220 Wien, Austria

Sisi's Amazing Journey

Habsburgergasse 3/Floor M, 1010 Wien, Austria

Tyrolean Folk Art Museum

Tyrolean folk-art collection with artifacts displayed in the period rooms of a historic building.

Universitätsstraße 2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

The Sound of Music Trail

5450 Werfen, Austria

Kuffner Observatory

Johann-Staud-Straße 10, 1160 Wien, Austria

Third Man Museum

Small museum with memorabilia from the film "The Third Man" which takes place in postwar Vienna.

Preßgasse 25, 1040 Wien, Austria

Brauerei Schloss Starkenberg Betriebs GmbH

· Kerbside pickup

Griesegg 1, 6464 Tarrenz, Austria