Ode to the opulence of the Habsburgs, Austria is dotted with castles. Don't miss these palaces in Vienna on your next visit.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Klimt and Sigmund Freud. They were all geniuses in their own fields, and all with wonderful ties to Vienna. But how did they get their inspiration? Well, I think it had ...

Top of our list for our next visit is the Circus and Clown Museum, only open for three hours a week, on a Sunday. And, though ...

For all its grandeur, Vienna works its real magic on a more human scale - Vladislav Zolotov Oh, Vienna! Built high and mighty on the riches of the 600-year Hapsburg Empire, the Austrian capital ...

The splendor and sights of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace can fill an entire vacation in the Austrian city. The lavish Imperial Apartments of the palace seem designed to give their royal residents — who ...

1. Visit Schönbrunn Palace Vienna has three magnificent palaces from the Habsburg Empire: Schönbrunn Palace, Hofburg Palace, and Belvedere Palace. If you have the time, by all means, visit all three!

A lot of that grandeur comes from Vienna’s past. As the capital of the powerful and wealthy Habsburg Empire, Vienna was built to impress—and it still does. You’ll see it in the Baroque architecture ...

At Vienna’s Hofburg Palace complex, ground zero of the Habsburg Empire, I’m particularly entertained by its butterfly house, a tropical wonderland on the Danube. In this community of royal butterflies ...

While the last Hapsburg checked out in 1918, the palace is still plenty busy. It has the offices of the Austrian president, and is home to the Spanish Riding School (with its famous Lipizzaner ...