In early December,I spent a delightful five hours at this art museum which emphasizes German and…read moreAustrian Art in the late 19th and 20th Centuries.German painters with delighful oil paintings included;Max Liebermann,Hans Thoma,Lovis Corinth,Walter Leistikow,Otto Mueller,Gabrielle Munter("Blue Sea"),Karl Hofer,Paula Modersohn -Becker,Maria Lassnig,and Marianne Werefkin,among others.Austrian painters with splendid oil paintings included Anton Romako,;Franz Sedlacek,Oskar Kokoshka("Father Stag"),Egon Schiele,Gustav Klimt("Woman's Head"),Herbert Boeckl("Dominican"),and Alois Mosbacher,among others.In this art museum,there is labelling of the works of Art in English,as well as German.The works of Art are arranged in a very appealing manner.I highly recommend this aesthetically delightful art museum.

One would think that creepy comes to mind with this sort of thing but I honestly found it to be a…read morerich historical and heartfelt experience. The small Ossuary (Bone House) dates back to the 12th Century with more than 1,200 skulls in the 8'x8' room. Six hundred and ten of those skulls are painted and sorted according to family names and dates of death. The ossuary was created in response to Halstatt's small size and lack of ground for traditional burials. The most recent addition to the ossuary was in 1995. The graves are opened 10+ years after burial and the bones are removed making room for the next local. The skulls were then bleached, cleaned and painted with decorative designs. Entry to the ossuary is 1,50 and is found on the quiet end of town. Of you look up a bit you'll see a church overlooking the city...head that way. There's also the more recent cemetery featuring beautiful graves with flowers and shrubs pouring over.

So I need to be honest and say that this is an almost unfair review. I love weird, creepy things…read moreso this type of place is right up my ally. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I was lucky enough to be able to go to Charnel House on Halloween. Its pretty easy to find, just walk to the church at the top of the hill. Go behind the church and check out the beautiful view near the amazing cemetery. You will see a small "house" with skulls and bones on the door, you pay a few Euros and walk into a small room. You are given a paper with all the info you will need and are allowed to spend as long as you want inside to view and pay respect to the deceased.

We took the funicular up and walked around the different museums in the fortress. The views of the…read morecity and the mountains were beautiful. Some of the major highlights of Fortress Hohensalzburg are the magnificent Princes' Rooms, the Magic Theater on the High Level, the Great Armory in the castle courtyard, the various museums (like the marionette museum, the tower and the historical museum) were all very interesting and detailed. Go up for the breathtaking views over the rooftops of the city. It was really interesting to learn how this fortress had evolved over a period of almost 500 years. If you want to do all, it would take 3-5 hours...it's huge.....

High on a Hill there's a lovely Fortress. Funicular up in 30 seconds as opposed to a 35 minute…read morewalk. The view from the Observation Tower is spectacular, an alp or two is always good eye candy. We spend about 2 hours wandering around, through the museum and courtyard. Look through every window you find and you can see why this Fortress was impenetrable. Also have a go with the bells on way out and if you have time come back to the bell area at 11.00am to hear the original mechanism working. A final drink and snack in the restaurant will afford those great views once more. We arrived early with few people around. Yes there are a lot of steps but they are well designed and shallow. The way down from the tower is separate to the way up so you don't get blockages. The rest rooms are fantastic just at the end of the Museum.

From the owner: Die weitläufige Klosteranlage des Stiftes Admont liegt reizvoll am Eingang zum "Nationalpark…read moreGesäuse". Sie werden von gepflegten Gartenanlagen, historischen Bauten und zeitgenössischer Architektur begrüßt. Die Stiftskirche, die größte Klosterbibliothek der Welt und die kontrastreiche Museumslandschaft bieten für jeden Überraschungen auf höchstem Niveau. Im 2003 eröffneten Museum befinden sich unter einem Dach Exponate vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart in einem wechselseitigen Austausch. Handschriften und Frühdrucke, das Naturhistorische und Kunsthistorische Museum, seit dem Vorjahr auch das neue Gotik-Museum (Sammlung Mayer), das Museum Gegenwartskunst sowie die multimediale Stiftspräsentation stehen zur Wahl. Das Ausstellungsprogramm wechselt jährlich.

Just a terrific place, You do not have much to do in…read moreMallnitz , but canyon is a beauty, I'm so keen to visit it in summer!

This museum was an excellent stop for glass lovers. They have 30,000 pieces in the collection, of…read morewhich 15,000 are on display. You take the elevator up to the 5th floor and work your way down. It was fascinating, with all of the displays having excellent explanations.

We loved all the glass in this museum, and we had the place ( all four floors) pretty much to…read moreourselves. It is all European glass dating from 1650 to 1950, with only half the collection of 30,000 pieces on display. It was all collected by one couple, which is rather staggering, but one has to wonder if there were collections within it that had been looted by the Nazis. No one is going to discuss that however. If you like glass, this is worth visiting.