Innsbruck and Salzburg. Historical and natural attractions of Austria

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We enter into Austria by crossing the Monte Giovo
Visit to Innsbruck. The capital city of the Tyrol. A visit to the central street, the Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse shows all its parts with its baroque buildings. Nearby there is the Golden Roof, the roof gold symbol of the city. E 'coated with 2657 gilded copper tiles. For information about the city see www.Innsbruck-tourismus.com

Visit to Kristallwetten, "the museum of Swarovski crystal. Within many works of art and curiosity about the crystals. Of course, leaving a well-stocked shop selling, but given the creations that are there we can consider an integral part of the museum. www.swarovski.com / kristallwelten

visit to Salzburg www.Salzburg.info.at
Visit the fortress Hohensalzburg. By funicular, we reach the fortress Hohensalzburg. From there the magnificent panorama of Salzburg. The visit of the Fortress is with a portable tape recorder multilingual off-street, room by room guide us along the rooms go to the lookout towers. Note the princely halls, the museum of puppets and the museum of the regiment Reiner [1914-1918].
Visit the center of Salzburg. The city lives forever in the memory of Mozart, in my opinion with too much commercial exploitation. The fact remains that in every part of town you live in the imprint of music. We had dinner at Restaurant Zum Enespiegel, a very special time in the center. Ate very well ... even though, as all restaurants in Austria, is a bit 'expensive ...

Going away from Salzburg to Golling Lienz find a small town known for its waterfall of 75 meters, the Schwarzbacher Wasserfall (better known as Gollinger Wasserfall). www.golling.info

Visit the Castle "Erlebnisburg Hohenwerfen (www.Salzburg-burgen.at)

Visit the caves of ice "Eisriesenwelt (www.eisriesenwelt.at), the largest ice cave in the world. Extends for more than 40 km inside the mountain. It takes a little 'patience to go up, 20 minutes walk from the parking lot, then the cable car (from 1084 to 1586 m) and then another 20 minutes of ascent on foot towards the cave. The show is amazing. In a stroke of nearly an hour inside the cave we see stalactites, natural sculptures, tunnels and strange shapes all made from ice. The temperature in the cave in the summer does not exceed 0 ° C. But do not worry about the cold, given the steps to do ...? There is no artificial lighting inside. Visitors are given an acetylene lamp and driving lights along the route forms of ice with light magnesium. The cave can be visited from May 1 to October 26.

Night in Kaprun www.tauerntouristick.at
Visit to the dams' Hochgebirgs Stauseen-Kaprun "A short distance from the town of Kaprun in the area Kasselfall-Alpenhaus we can take a bus to take us to lift Europe's largest (may contain up to 185 people). We will help to bridge the gap of 430 meters and then this again is another bus that took us to the artificial lake Mooser-Boden in 2040 meters. www.kaprunhochgebirgsstauseen.at Who likes skiing, on the other side of the mountain there is a huge glacier that guarantees to ski all year round (even snowed here two nights before

Return to Italy via Lienz - Cortina d'Ampezzo.