The pilgrimage church of Maria Saal cuts a fine figure with its twin tuff towers and greenish sandstone-tiled roof. Note its exterior Romanesque ossuary and baptistry. The surprising Roman low reliefs and splendid Keutschach tombstone are incorpora..

The Schareck summit (altitude 2 604 m) can be reached by cable-car. It offers an impressive panorama which stretches over the pyramidal Schildberg and the Grossglocknergruppe to the west, and to the east the Gjaidtroghöhe, the highest point of the ..

This castle, which acquired its characteristic appearance in 1912 with the addition of onion domes to its turrets, was home to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek prior to their assassination at Sarajevo in June 1914 (the event wh..

The Gothic Church of St Virgil (1473), abutting the castle hillock, has outstanding external pink-marble stonework. Inside, its twin naves, separated by four columns with capitals of Antique design, are vibrant with a festive harmony of white and p..

From the mountain terrace restaurant, splendid views extend southwards over the sheer Stammerspitze, Muttler and Piz Mundin peaks, to the south-east over the Otztaler Alps, and northwards over the ski slopes across the Swiss border, at the foot of ..

The Cistercian Abbey of Stams, founded in 1273, was greatly remodelled in the Baroque style. Visitors entering the church will notice the Rose Grille , a wrought-iron masterpiece from 1716, then the nave balustrade under which lie the Tyrolean pri..

Ferdinand I had this hall-church built in the middle of the 16 th century, in order to house the extraordinary Mausoleum of Emperor Maximilian . Its Gothic style is partially masked by Renaissance and Baroque additions. It also became the Tyrol's na..

The Silver Chapel was built by Ferdinand II , Governor of Tyrol, in the late 16C, in order that he might rest beside his wife. It owes its name to the silver Madonna which sits imposingly on the wood altarpiece, surrounded by the symbols of the Li..

The "Ferdinandeum" is a museum devoted to Fine Arts. It displays a few items from the late Prehistoric period, an important medieval, Gothic, Baroque and modern collection, and a fine selection of Dutch Old Masters. Numerous works are of hi..

A car or funicular excursion to the Hungerburg or even better, a cable-car journey to the Hafelekar (altitude of 2,334 m) will enable you to enjoy magnificent views of Innsbruck and neighbouring mountains. To the south, with the Stubai Alps in th..

From the Mönchsberg terrace, to which you arrive by lift, just below the Café Winkler , you can see how Salzburg is divided in two, between an anonymous and modern city, mainly spead out on the Salzach's right bank, and the town nestling between t..

At 120 m above the Salzach, the familiar, big, crenellated towers of the Archbishops' Castle, leaning on powerful bastions, watch over the city. With its towers, barbicans, armouries and arms depots, it is a real mini town perched on the Mönchsberg. ..

The touching and romantic thing about Salzburg's oldest cemetery, St. Peter's Cemetery , are the chapels cut into the vertical rock face of the Mönchsberg. They are delimited by Baroque arcades and wrought iron grilles and are the last resting place..

If the Benedictine abbey-church, founded by St. Rupert in the 8th century, retains sections from the Romanesque period (West portal and St. Catherine's Chapel), it was greatly remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. At the entrance, a wrought iro..

The " Nature House " is, first of all, a very fine museum which, in a modern way, shows, throughout its 90 rooms, almost everything that you would wish to know about the natural environment of this region and elsewhere. Highlights of the ..

Like all the Old Town's streets, squashed between the river and mountain, the Getreidegasse or "Grain Street" spreads out, narrowly, between its old four-to-five-storey houses that lodge courtyards and passages within their depths. Sculpted..

In 1595, the former 11th-century bishop's palace was replaced by this fastuous building, on the initiative of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau. The north-west wing only dates from the end of the 18th century. Young Mozart played numerous concerts in the C..

Near Salzburg, the Gaisberg enables you to overlook the whole region. On the road leading to the summit, the view faces West towards Salzburg, the Salzach gap, then Bavaria and much further afield, the Salzburg Alps. When reaching the top, at 1,2..

Graz's Old Town is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. From the top of the picturesque Schlossberg Hill overlooking it, visitors can enjoy a scene of reddish-brown roofs crowned by onion-shaped belfries. This partly-pedestrianized district ..

Seat of the former Styrian Diet since the 16C, the Landhaus is one of Graz's finest Renaissance palaces. The main façade, with its handsome round-arched windows and elegant doorway, hides the Italianate elegance of its three-storey arcaded courtya..