Austria is a contrast of spectacular natural landscapes and elegant urban sleeves. One day you’re plunging into an alpine lake, the next you’re exploring a narrow backstreet of Vienna.
Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Austria, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice:
Inspirational images, highlights, city walks and recommendations from our expert authors
Planning features and top itineraries to help you plan the perfect trip
Local secrets and hidden travel gems that will make your trip unique
Plus Austria Outdoors, Eat & Drink Like a Local and in-depth Salzburg coverage
Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Upper Austria, Styria, The Salzkammergut, Salzburg, Salzburgerland, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Understand and Survival chapters.
Author Info
Anthony Haywood:Born in the port city of Fremantle, Western Australia, Anthony first pulled anchor in the late 1970s to travel Europe, North Africa and the US. Later he studied comparative literature and Russian language at university. Anthony works as a freelance journalist and writer based in Germany. Publications include Lonely Planet guidebooks, "Siberia – A Cultural History" (Signal Books/Oxford University Press), travel articles, short stories and translations.If ever stranded in a flood-bound backwater of Siberia, he'd like to have...Books: The Enigma of Arrival (VS Naipaul), Journey without Maps (Graham Greene), Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad), The Reindeer People (Piers Vitebsky), A History of the Peoples of Siberia (James Forsyth), Siberia - A Cultural History (so he can add an epilogue on Siberian flood-bound regions).Music: Before the Flood (Bob Dylan) rather than Händel's Water Music. Wherever You Will Go (Camino Palmero by The Calling), the Russian chanson classic "У пÑиÑÐ¾Ð´Ñ Ð½ÐµÑ Ð¿Ð»Ð¾Ñ
ой погодÑ" (Nature knows no bad weather, various artists).Marc Di Duca:Hi, I'm Marc Di Duca, Lonely Planet author and general travel fanatic. To date I've worked on Lonely Planet guides to Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway, Cycling Britain, Germany, Bavaria, England, Great Britain, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe on a Shoestring, Austria, Poland and Madeira as well as tens of other guides for other publishers. Catch me online at marcdiduca.com or Facebook to find out where I am and what I'm up to at the moment.Kerry Christiani:Kerry is an award-winning travel writer and Lonely Planet author, specialising in Central Europe, the Mediterranean and Morocco. She lives in the beautiful Black Forest, Germany, with her husband Andy Christiani ([Link Removed] a freelance travel photographer.Fresh from a degree in modern languages and linguistics, Kerry left Essex in 2000 for a grand Tour d'Europe with a bubble caravan, a crazy German named Andy (see above) and a stash of well-thumbed Lonely Planet guides. She never looked back. Following stints as a teacher, translator, grape picker, vegetable farmer, children's entertainer, Oktoberfest waitress, failed busker and odd-jobber extraordinaire, Kerry finally turned her passion for travel and writing into a career.Eleven years, six continents and an MA later, Kerry has authored some 20 guidebooks - including the Lonely Planet titles listed below - and has written for Lonely Planet Magazine and the Lonely Planet.com blog. Kerry also contributes to numerous other travel publications, both in print and online.
Guidebooks authored: Germany Austria Switzerland Lisbon Encounter Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest Best in Travel 2009 The Europe Book.
