WHERE TO GO

Where to go

Cities, lake towns, alpine villages, and the routes that make them work.

33bases, towns, and regions
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      Amstetten

      Amstetten is a practical transit point on the main Westbahn line between Vienna and Linz,…

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      Bad Aussee

      Bad Aussee sits at Austria's geographic center and is the best overnight base in the…

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      Bad Gastein

      Bad Gastein is built vertically into a steep gorge in the Salzburg mountains, with a…

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      Bad Hofgastein

      Bad Hofgastein is the calmer, more accessible counterpart to dramatic Bad Gastein, sitting 8 kilometers…

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      Bad Ischl

      Bad Ischl is the cultural and practical heart of the Salzkammergut, the lake district east…

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      Bad Kleinkirchheim

      Bad Kleinkirchheim in central Carinthia is one of the few Austrian mountain destinations where the…

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      Bad Radkersburg

      Bad Radkersburg sits at the Austrian-Slovenian border on the Mur river, where a medieval bridge…

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      Baden bei Wien

      Baden bei Wien is a Biedermeier spa town 26 kilometers south of Vienna, reachable in…

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      Berchtesgaden

      Berchtesgaden sits in Bavaria but belongs to the Salzburg orbit in every practical sense: 45…

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      Bischofshofen

      Bischofshofen is a Pongau rail junction town with one major event: the annual finale of…

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      Bludenz

      Bludenz sits where five Vorarlberg valleys converge and has been a transit hub since the…

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      Braunau am Inn

      Braunau am Inn is a well-maintained Gothic border town on the Inn river with the…