Driving to UNESCO-Listed Hallstatt in Austria

Hallstatt seen from the Lake

The picturesque Austrian village Hallstatt is on the UNESCO World Heritage list and a pleasant day trip by car from Salzburg or a stop en route when driving to Vienna. Hallstatt is a small, picturesque village with a beautiful location between the Dachstein Mountains and the Hallstätter See Lake in the Salzburger Land region of … Read more

Visit the Imperial Armory in Vienna (Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer)

Visit the Imperial Armory in Vienna (Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer) to see a large collection of knight harnesses, weapons, and jousting armor.

Visit the Imperial Armory in Vienna (Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer) to see a large collection of knight harnesses, weapons, and jousting armor. The Imperial Armory in the Neue Hofburg in Vienna has the largest and most impressive collection of European knight’s armor and related weapons, harnesses, costumes, and jousting equipment in the world. The Hofjagd- und … Read more

Visit the Weltmuseum Wien (World Museum of Ethnology in Vienna)

The most famous item on display in the Weltmuseum Wien (World Museum Vienna) is the Aztec quetzal feather headdress often referred to as the Penacho de Moctezuma.

Highlights in the Weltmuseum Wien (World Museum of Ethnology in Vienna) include a Mexican feather headdress, Benin bronzes, and part of the James Cook collection of Polynesian art. A visit to the Weltmuseum Wien (World Museum of Ethnology) is a wonderful diversification from the European art and Central European history that Vienna offers in abundance. … Read more