A totally new mountain experience. Discover the splendor of the largest ice caves in the world. You'll see ice palaces of crystal-clear beauty, taking you into a wintry world of ice, even on hot summer days.
The Salinas Adventure Village is a reconstructed Celtic settlement, supplemented by buildings dating from the Middle Ages. It shows how miners lived and worked from Celtic times to the Middle Ages. Objects found during excavations on the Dürrnberg are on display in the Celts' wooden cabins.
The Salzburg Open-Air Museum documents the rural buildings and way of life in the Province of Salzburg from the 16th to the 20th century. It features 60 farmhouses, barns, mills, craftsmen's cottages, alpine pastures, some dating back 500 years.
The Grossglockner (3,798 m) is Austria's highest mountain and located in Europe's largest alpine national park. It dominates Austria's mightiest mountains, the Hohe Tauern, looming above the longest and most symmetrical glacier in the East Alps, the Pasterze.
Salzburgs four most famous castles: Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg Residenz Palace, Hohenwerfen Castle, Mauterndorf Castle - historical monuments that make a visit an unforgettable experience.
Untersberg, Gaisberg, located just a few kilometres aways from the busy city center, as well as Kapuzinerberg and Moenchsberg, both situated right next to the old town, are all popular for day trips and hikes, for romantic walks or bike tours. They are all easily accessed by either walking, bus or even cable car.
One of the oldest exhibition salt mines in the world can be found just outside the gates of Salzburg. Salt from the Dürrnberg brought wealth and prosperity to Salzburg from Celtic times to the reign of the Prince Archbishops.
As far back as in the 20's and 30's the first plans were made for building a storage power plant in the Kaprun valley. In 1955 the power plant was completed with Marshall Plan funds. Due to the motivation of the "Kaprun men" and its huge size, the power plant became the symbol of the Austrian reconstruction.
In this church, the Christmas carol "Silent Night! Holy Night!" was heard for the first time on Christmas Eve in 1818. Today, the Silent-Night-Memorial-Chapel stands on the original site of St. Nikolaus Church. 'Silent Night! Holy Night!' set out to conquer the world via Tyrol. To this day it has been translated into about 300 languages and dialects all over the world.
A new theme park in the Pinzgau region has opened its doors at the entrance to the Krimml waterfalls, a fascinating natural phenomenon in the Alps and a special natural spectacle in the Hohe Tauern National Park.
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