Austria is home to some of the world's best ski resorts. St. Anton am Arlberg is Austria's signature resort, boasting some magnificent runs.
Rent a bike and trek along the Danube. The classic route is from Passau to Vienna. You will cycle past castles, ruins, medieval towns and vineyards.
Salzburg has some of the most beautiful lakes and thunderous white-water streams. In the waters of the Salzburg Alps, the water is pure and powerboats are prohibited.
If you want alpine ballooning, Styria is where to go. Considered one of the best places in Europe for alpine ballooning, you will glide over mountain peaks, glaciers, river valleys and vineyards.
If hiking is what you like, the Zillertal Alps in western Austria should be your No. 1 stop. Alpine guides will take you on winding footpaths. The scenery will take your breath away.
Hohe Tauern National Park, part of the Austrian Central Alps, is Europe's largest national park. The valleys were formed during the Ice Age and are filled with pastures, alpine heaths, snow and ice, rock fields and more amazing sights. Going back to 1517, this salt mine offers 90-minutes tours that take you through strange salt formations on foot and across an underground lake by raft. Visitors wear traditional miners' overalls and get to slide down the mineshaft.
