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.

Dürnstein

Dürnstein's Gothic buildings and stairways maintain a medieval atmosphere despite the beautiful Baroque abbey at the edge of the Danube. This wine-growing village is dominated by the ruin of the castle where Richard the Lionheart was once kept hostage.

Dürnstein forms part of the Wachau world heritage landscape and is a bus ride or river cruise hop from Krems.