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TOURISM AND TRAVEL

"This European heartland combines a wide variety of landscapes, climatic conditions and flora. Austria´s landscapes range from the peaks of the Alps to hill country and plains. The foothills of the Alps and the Carpathians, the Vienna Basin and the Austrian segment of the Pannonian Plain in the East are the principal areas of settlement and economic activity. Austria´s highest mountain is the Grossglockner (3,797 metres / 12,530 feet). Its longest river is the Danube, which flows through Austria for a length of some 350 kilometres (220 miles).

Austria is located within a temperate climatic zone. In the west and northwest the influence of the temperate Atlantic climate is felt more strongly, in the east the influence of the continental climate. Precipitation levels vary significantly along a west-east axis and rise with altitude. The diversity of topographical and climatic conditions accounts for the country´s abundant flora and fauna. Austria is one of Europe´s most heavily wooded countries (47% of its surface area)."

(Source: The Federal Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs)

Austrian National Tourist Office - Official website of the Austrian National Tourist Office providing information in English
Austria - tourist information from the website of the Austrian Press and Information Service

FEDERAL PROVINCES

Web pages with tourist information for the individual provinces:

Vorarlberg

TRANSPORTATION

Vienna International Airport

Austrian Airlines Group group of Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Tyrolean and Rheintalflug

Austrian Railway Association (ÖBB - Österreichische Bundesbahnen)

NATIONAL PARKS

Austrian National Parks - Information from the homepage of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management on the currently six Austrian national parks

National Park Hohe Tauern - this national park is the Alps' greatest nature reserve!
Nationalpark Thayatal - Information in German about this national park in Lower Austria near the border to the Czech Republic
National Park Donauauen - The Danube flood plain national park in Austria is a green ribbon between the conurbations of Vienna and Bratislava, and protects the largest coherent natural flood plain area in Central Europe, which is still to a high degree ecologically intact

TRAVEL GUIDES

Fodor's Miniguides

Frommer's Destinations

Lonely Planet World Guide: Austria
Time Out City Guide Vienna

VISA/TRAVEL INFORMATION

Bureau of Consular Affairs/U. S. Department of State - this website provides travel information such as Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets and Travel Publications

Austria - Country Specific Information (as of January 23, 2008)

Visas and Travel Tips from the website of the Austrian Press and Information Service

Customs Guide - A Practical Guide When Coming to Austria - This brochure is published by the Federal Ministry of Finance and provides information about the new uniform duty-free allowance, the duty-free amounts, about bans and restrictions on imports, as well as the most recent provisions on the import of foodstuffs. In addition it includes all important regulations that must be observed when traveling to Austria.

USEFUL LINKS

Holidays U.S. and Austrian as observed at U.S. Embassy Vienna
Currency converter
Virtual Vienna
Austrian Map Online - A service of the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen)

Please check also our page on Arts and Culture for links to various museums, festivals, exhibitions, etc.
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