A wooded hill in the middle of Graz, Austria's second city, crowned by the Clock Tower (Uhrturm), the symbol of the city. Climb the steps carved into the rock, ride the funicular, or take the lift through the hill. The views over the red roofs of the UNESCO-listed old town are excellent.
In the old town, see the Landeszeughaus armoury, holding 32,000 weapons, the Kunsthaus modern art museum, known as the 'friendly alien', and the Murinsel, a floating island in the river.
A magnificent baroque Benedictine abbey on a rock above the Danube, with a gilded church and a stunning library.
The Habsburgs' 1,441-room summer palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)…
Two baroque palaces built for Prince Eugene of Savoy, facing each other across terraced gardens.
The Hofburg was the Habsburgs' winter palace for more than 600 years, now home to the Austrian president and several museums: the Imperial Apartments…
Vienna's Gothic cathedral, the symbol of the city, with a roof of coloured glazed tiles in a zigzag pattern and the eagles of the Habsburgs, and a 13…
The Giant Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad), built in 1897, turns slowly in the Prater amusement park, its red wooden cabins rising 65 m over Vienna.
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