Austria Travel Articles

European Travelogue #9: Vienna, Austria

A place of culture and refinement.

European Travelogue #8: Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg should be a stopover for a few days.

European Tour, My Own Way #2: Brussels, Vienna – Belgium and Austria

Quick stops in Amsterdam and Brussels before the train to Austria's capital.

European Tour, My Own Way #3: Salzburg, Gruenau, Venice, Florence – Austria and Italy

Whirlwind stops in Salzburg and Gruenau and then on to Italy.

European Travelogue: Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg Salzburg is located in the west of Austria, not far from Munich in Germany (map). This town was founded by an archbishop 600 years ago in a valley at the juncture of three mountain ranges, to control the trade routes through the alpine pass from Italy, Germany into Austria proper. In the last 100 [...]

Seven Capital Cities in Seven Days (2 of 8)

Two Celtic Warriors on a whirlwind train journey t

Gruenau, Austria – August 1999

Where the hell is Gruenau? Since this is the first article I am writing for you all, let me introduce myself. My name is Heidi (Stackhouse) Bammer and I am an American living in Austria. I origianally came over to Europe to finish my last year of university in Salzburg and as luck would have [...]