Backpacking Austria: 9 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Austria, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Vienna
Vienna
Imperial palaces and coffee houses.
2
Salzburg
Salzburg
Baroque city of Mozart.
3
Hallstatt
Upper Austria
Lakeside postcard village.
4
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Alpine city ringed by peaks.
5
Salzkammergut
Upper Austria
Lake district of the Alps.
6
Graz
Styria
Red-roofed student city.
7
Zell am See
Salzburg
Lake-and-glacier resort.
8
Worthersee
Carinthia
Warm turquoise alpine lake.
9
Grossglockner
Carinthia
High alpine road and peak.
Backpacking routes through Austria
Real trips through Austria, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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