The most beautiful cities in Austria
Welcome to one of Europe’s most beautiful countries. Austria’s landscapes, regions and townscapes provide almost the full range of European variety in the centre of the continent. Austria is often associated, rightly, with winter sports, but there is so much more on offer. Its alpine areas are rugged and picturesque, but that’s far from being the whole story.
World heritage sites
Austria has 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Cultural
Graz's historic centre and SchloĂź Eggenberg
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the western Danube Limes, including Petronell-Carnuntum and sites in Linz, Wels and near Salzburg
Historic centre of Salzburg
Historic centre of Vienna
Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn
Wachau cultural landscape
Hallstatt-Dachstein-Salzkammergut cultural landscape
Fertö-Neusiedlersee cultural landscape
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
The great spa towns of Europe, including Baden bei Wien
Industrial heritage
Semmering railway
Landscapes
Ancient and primeval beech forests of the Carpathians, three of 93 sites in the multinational listing, including areas of Nationalpark Kalkalpen in central Austria.
