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Best places to visit in Austria

Austria has 239 places on BucketList (82 landmarks, 57 museums, 54 natural sites). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.

Top places in Austria

  1. ViennaCityCapital of and state in Austria
  2. ZugspitzeNatural SiteHighest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps)
  3. GrossglocknerNatural SiteHighest mountain in Austria
  4. Neusiedl LakeHistorical SiteSteppe lake in Central Europe
  5. BelvedereLandmarkBuilding complex that includes two Baroque palaces in Vienna, Austria
  6. WachauHistorical SiteValley in Austria
  7. Hofburg PalaceLandmarkPalace located in Vienna, Austria
  8. prehistoric pile dwellings around the AlpsHistorical SiteSeries of stilt houses built near the Alps mountain range
  9. Kunsthistorisches MuseumMuseumArt museum in Vienna, Austria
  10. Semmering railwayHistorical SiteRailway line
  11. AlbertinaMuseumArt museum in Vienna, Austria
  12. Hoher DachsteinNatural SiteMountain in the Dachstein Massif at the border Upper Austria / Styria
  13. CarnuntumHistorical SiteRoman city in Austria
  14. Melk AbbeyLandmarkBenedictine Abbey in Melk, Austria
  15. The Great Spa Towns of EuropeHistorical SiteTransnational UNESCO World Heritage site
  16. Hohensalzburg FortressHistorical SiteFortress in Salzburg, Austria
  17. Eggenberg Castle, GrazMuseumBuilding in Graz, Austria
  18. WörtherseeNatural SiteLake in Carinthia, Austria
  19. WildspitzeNatural SiteMountain
  20. AtterseeNatural SiteLake in Upper Austria
  21. Krimml WaterfallsNatural SiteWaterfall
  22. Lake ZellNatural SiteLake in Salzburg
  23. Salzburg CathedralHistorical SiteChurch in Austria
  24. Ambras CastleLandmarkCastle in Innsbruck, Austria

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