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Austria

AUSTRIA IS A ROAD-TRIPPERS FANTASY
LAND. Not only are there spectacular
backdrops of spellbinding landscapes and
storybook architecture, but opportunities
abound to get out and experience them. Along
these routes, you can scale soaring peaks, ski
year-round, raft white-water rapids and pelt
down toboggan runs.

When you’ve had enough thrills and spills,
Austria’s multitude of cultural pursuits span
medieval castles to monumental palaces, art-
filled museums and magnificent churches. You
can taste cheese at Alpine dairies, schnapps at
distilleries, and beer and wine in monasteries
where they’re still made by monks. Or just hop
aboard a horse-drawn carriage to clip-clop
through cobbled, lamp-lit city streets.

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