Austria is a first-rate tourist country and offers as such an impressing variety of sights. Year by year and throughout all the four seasons the heart of Europe attracts visitors from all over the world, who come to enjoy a fantastic landscape, a cultural variety, a tasty kitchen and furthermore a high degree of hospitality. Places, where tradition and costumes are still alive, castles and locks with centuries-old history, churches and monasteries with precious art treasures and historical old parts of town that are still shaped by their original character - all this and even more can be seen in Austria. Besides the rich cultural heritage, numerous museums as well as highlights of music and theatre complete Austria's offer for culturally interested visitors. Nature lovers are fascinated by Austria's fantastic landscapes: Mystical forests and wide meadows, wild and romantic ravines, mysterious caves and wild waterfalls, crystal-clear lakes and beautiful brooks as well as Austria's...
