What’s New in Austria.

1 The Best of Austria.

1 The Best Travel Experiences.

2 The Most Romantic Getaways.

3 The Best Castles & Palaces.

4 The Best Cathedrals & Abbeys.

5 The Best Museums.

6 The Best Historic Towns .

7 The Best Outdoor Adventures.

8 The Best Ski Areas.

9 The Best Lake Resorts & Spas.

10 The Best Luxury Hotels.

11 The Best Affordable Hotels.

12 The Best Restaurants.

13 The Best Dining Bargains.

14 The Best Classic Cafes.

2 Planning Your Trip to Austria.

1 The Regions in Brief.

Destination: Austria—Pre-Departure Checklist.

2 Visitor Information.

3 Entry Requirements & Customs.

4 Money.

The Euro, the U.S. Dollar, the British Pound & the Canadian Dollar.

Emergency Cash—The Fastest Way.

What Things Cost in Vienna.

5 When to Go.

Austria Calendar of Events.

6 The Active Vacation Planner.

7 Travel Insurance.

8 Health & Safety.

9 Specialized Travel Resources.

10 Planning Your Trip Online.

11 The 21st-Century Traveler.

Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource.

12 Getting There.

13 Packages for the Independent Traveler.

14 Getting Around Austria.

15 Tips on Accommodations.

16 Recommended Books.

Fast Facts: Austria.

  3 Suggested Austrian Itineraries.

1 The Highlights of Austria in 1 Week.

2 Scenic Austria in 2 Weeks.

3 Austria for Families.

4 The Southern Lake District in 1 Week.

4 Settling into Vienna.

1 Orientation.

Neighborhoods in Brief.

2 Getting Around.

Transportation for Less.

Fast Facts: Vienna.

3 Where to Stay.

Great Summer Savings: Staying in Dorms.

4 Where to Dine.

Coffeehouses & Cafes.

5 Exploring Vienna.

Sightseeing Suggestions.

1 The Hofburg Palace Complex.

2 Other Top Attractions.

3 Churches.

4 More Museums & Galleries.

In Memory of Vienna’s Jewish Ghetto.

5 Parks & Gardens.

Tales of the Vienna Woods.

6 Especially for Kids.

7 For Music Lovers.

8 Organized Tours.

9 Outdoor Pursuits.

Boating on the “Blue” Danube.

10 Shopping.

Noshing Your Way Through Vienna’s Open-Air Markets.

11 Vienna after Dark.

12 More Entertainment.

13 Only in Vienna.

6 Lower Austria.

1 The Wienerwald (Vienna Woods).

2 The Spa Town of Baden bei Wien.

3 Wiener Neustadt.

4 The Danube Valley.

7 Burgenland.

1 Eisenstadt: Haydn’s Home.

2 Lake Neusiedl.

The Capricious Lake.

8 Salzburg: City of Mozart.

1 Orientation.

Neighborhoods in Brief.

2 Getting Around.

Fast Facts: Salzburg.

3 Where to Stay.

4 Where to Dine.

Cafes.

5 Seeing the Sights .

In Mozart’s Footsteps.

6 Organized Tours.

7 Shopping.

8 Salzburg after Dark.

The Salzburg Festival.

9 Side Trips from Salzburg.

9 Land Salzburg.

1 The Tennengau.

2 The Pongau.

The Most Spectacular Gorge in the Eastern Alps.

3 Bad Hofgastein.

4 Badgastein: Austria’s Premier Spa.

6 The Grossglockner Road.

7 Zell am See.

8 The Flachgau.

10 Upper Austria.

1 Linz: The Provincial Capital.

The Silicon Valley of Mitteleuropa.

A Baroque Masterpiece: The Abbey of St. Florian.

2 Lakes Attersee & Mondsee.

The Great Outdoors in the Salzkammergut.

3 St.Wolfgang & Bad Ischl.

4 Hallstatt.

5 The Traunsee.

6 Wels.

11 Innsbruck & Tyrol: The Best of Scenic Austria.

1 Innsbruck: The Capital of Tyrol.

Fast Facts: Innsbruck.

2 Igls & the Environs.

3 The Stubai & Wipp Valleys.

4 The Ötz Valley.

5 The Eastern Side of the Arlberg: A Skiing Mecca.

6 Seefeld.

7 The Ziller Valley.

8 The Kitzbühel Alps.

9 East Tyrol.

12 Vorarlberg.

1 The Western Side of the Arlberg.

2 The Montafon Valley.

3 The Brand Valley .

4 En Route to Bregenz: Feldkirch & Dornbirn.

5 Bregenz.

The Bregenz Music Festival.

6 The Bregenz Forest.

13 Carinthia.

1 Klagenfurt.

2 Cathedrals, Castles & More: Side Trips from Klagenfurt.

3 Lake Wörther.

4 Villach.

Thermal Waters to Keep You Young.

5 Lake Millstatter.

14 Styria.

1 Graz.

Fast Facts: Graz.

The Governor: From Graz Muscle Man to Movie Star.

2 Bad Gleichenberg.

3 Mariazell.

Bad Blumau: Austria’s Most Whimsical Spa.

4 Bad Aussee.

5 Dachstein-Tauern.

Appendix: Language Lessons.

1 Basic Phrases & Vocabulary.

2 Numbers.

3 Menu Terms.

Index.

List of Maps.

Suggested Austrian Itineraries.

Vienna Neighborhoods.

Vienna U-Bahn.

Vienna Accommodations.

Vienna Dining.

The Hofburg.

Vienna Attractions.

Schönbrunn.

Lower Austria & the Danube Valley.

Burgenland.

Salzburg Accommodations.

Salzburg Dining.

Salzburg Attractions.

Land Salzburg.

Upper Austria.

Linz.

Tyrol.

Innsbruck.

Kitzbühel.

Vorarlberg.

Carinthia.

Styria.

Graz.