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Kitzbühel

AUSTRIA Be there

Statue of Johann Strauss in Stadtpark Vienna

Zell am See

When to visit Austria enjoys a temperate climate with four distinct seasons, and can be split into two climatic regions. In the east of the country, low rainfall, hot summers and moderate winters dominate, while in the Central Eastern Alps, you should expect an Alpine climate of high rainfall, short summers and long winters. Austria’s ski season runs from December to March. At a glance Emirates gateway: Vienna International Airport Distance from airport to city centre: 18 kilometres Time zone: Summer: GMT +2 hours Winter: GMT +1 hour Currency: Euro (EUR). Credit cards widely accepted and ATMs regularly available. Languages: Austria is German speaking, but English tends to be widely understood. Each night in Vienna, around 10,000 music lovers are treated to a live performance across one of the city’s many venues, a figure unparalleled in any other city.

Austria has a deserved reputation as a foremost Alpine winter destination, but its magnificent mountains and lakes look just as good in their summer wear, and its elegant cities, with their roots in both the classical arts and the contemporary needs of its highly cultured population, are compelling draws in their own right.

Experiences Beautiful scenery and convivial coffee houses are both hallmarks of this landlocked Central European nation, where culture and adventure are consumed with equal enthusiasm. Vienna is a ‘grande dame’ of a city, replete with vast palaces, a cathedral, museums, galleries and concert halls; a partial legacy of spending six centuries under the rule of the culture-hungry Habsburg monarchy. Among its more famous attractions are the Lipizzaner horses, which ‘dance’ regularly at the Hofburg Palace.

Gorgeous Salzburg attracts visitors not only to gaze upon its baroque domes and spires and its clifftop fortress, but also in homage to the two great cultural icons forever associated with it: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and The Sound of Music. Picture perfect Innsbruck, with its grand palace and baroque cathedral, is the gateway to the Tirol, Austria’s most mountainous province. Considered a ‘climatic spa’, Zell am See is a beautiful town on a lake surrounded by mountains. Families can enjoy swimming and boating on the lake in summer, and skating in the winter.

Czech Republic

Vienna

Germany

SALZKAMMERGUT LAKE

Salzburg

Austria

Kitzbühel

Zell am See

Innsbruck

Seefeld

Kaprun

Grossglockner

Bad Hofgastein Bad Gastein

Graz

Hohe Tauern National Park

Hungary

Italy

Klagenfurt

Slovenia

Vienna in Winter

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