Austria - tourist guide for holidays

Itinerary 1: Vienna (Downtown + Hofburg Palace + St. Stephen's Cathedral) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 3, Graz (historic old town + Glockenspiel + Clock Tower + Eggenberg Castle) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 1, Zell am See - alpine tourist town - good for skiing and mountain walks - trekking - days: 3, Innsbruck (Schloss Ambras + Golden Roof + surroundings) - historical landmarks + walks - days: 2, Salzburg (Hohensalzburg Fortress + Mozart's birth house + Schloss Hellbrunn + Salt Mines) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 2, Salzkammergut - holiday region - walks - days: 2
Itinerary 2: Vienna (Downtown + Hofburg Palace + St. Stephen's Cathedral) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 3, Graz (historic old town + Glockenspiel + Clock Tower + Eggenberg Castle) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 1, Innsbruck (Schloss Ambras + Golden Roof + surroundings) - historical landmarks + walks - days: 2, Salzburg (Hohensalzburg Fortress + Mozart's birth house + Schloss Hellbrunn + Salt Mines) - historical landmarks + culture - days: 2
Itinerary 3: any combination of the previous itineraries

• Cheap accommodation: $34
• Medium accommodation: $80
• Expensive accommodation: $220
• Cheap meal: $4
• Medium meal: $12
• Expensive meal: $30

The prices are per 1 person (and 1 meal or 1 night) and are in US Dollars.
It is often possible to buy cheap meal on streets or in fast-food restaurants. Medium priced meal is usually available in standard restaurants, expensive meal in expensive restaurants. We do not include extreme prices of accommodation and food (for example luxurious apartments in high quality hotels). (Prices are usually very different in different places and in different seasons. In the main season may be in touristic destinations the cheapest rooms unavailable.)

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Austria (German: Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
Wikipedia

Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
CIA The World Factbook