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For 50 years, UNESCO’S venerable list has recognized places of “outstanding universal value” for protection. But it comes with challenges from development to overtourism.
Source: Is World Heritage status enough to save endangered sites?
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Around 100,000 books dating back to the year 900 and the many rooms are being restored at Austria’s historic Melk Abbey’s Library.
Source: Austrian World Heritage Site Melk Abbey is being restored
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The world’s most beautiful royal palaces – As the world pays its royal respects to Queen Elizabeth, Tamara Hinson highlights nine awe-inspiring residences of kings, queens and emperors which are open to the public…
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Kitesurfers and windsurfers dot picturesque Lake Neusiedl on the Austrian-Hungarian border –- but the water is so low some get stuck in the mud.
Source: Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing
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Vienna is the capital of Austria and a beautiful city filled with fine art galleries, historical museums, and plenty of tours to see it all.
Source: One Day in Vienna: What To See and Do
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Bookmark these beautiful destinations for your trip to Salzburg
Source: Bookmark these beautiful destinations for your trip to Salzburg
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Halstatt is one of Austria’s most scenic towns, and a weekend spent here will be akin to a weekend spent in a storybook setting.
Source: Spend A Weekend In Hallstatt, A Picture-Perfect Austrian Town
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Travelling to visit UNESCO world heritage sites is a trip of a lifetime, these destinations are always so different from everything you’ve seen as they’re filled with tales and history. Austria has many UNESCO world heritage sites to offer starting from the magnificent Schönbrunn Palace, the historical centers of Vienna, Salzburg and Graz, the charming landscapes of the Wachau, Lake Neusiedl and the Semmering Railway.
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When UNESCO picked its World Heritage Sites for 2020/21, it also included these 10 great spa towns in Europe.
Source: The 10 Great Spa Towns Of Europe
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These organized long-distance walking events take participants through European landscapes as beautiful as they are challenging.
Source: Walk, don’t run, to participate in these wintry events
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The great spa towns of Europe shaped politics, the arts and wellbeing in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are still a magical experience today.
Photo: Paul Bauer
Source: [Into the heart of the country] A stroll through palace grounds and 900 years of history
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Source: Rare, Exceptional Places Chosen for World Heritage Status |
Photo credit: Harry Schiffer / Graz Tourismus
From magnificent churches and civic buildings to the Wachau Valley, don’t miss these UNESCO sites during your Danube River cruise!
Source: 7 Fantastic UNESCO Sites To Experience While Cruising The Danube River – TravelAwaits
The European railway network is full of breath-taking routes. In this article, Ilaria Grasso Macola lists five of the most scenic railway journeys.
Source: In photos: five of Europe’s most scenic railway journeys
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