Vienna (Wien), Austria’s imperial capital, is what happens when a city has centuries of power, money, music, and taste—and then decides to keep everything beautifully maintained. Sitting along the Danube, Vienna blends old-world grandeur (palaces! opera! chandeliers!) with modern efficiency (public transport that arrives… shockingly… on time). It’s also one of Europe’s most visited cities—welcoming 17+ million…
Traveling across Europe can be an incredible experience, but to make the most of your trip, efficiency is key. Opt for countries close to each other to minimize travel time, so you can focus on exploring rather than commuting. After all, we don’t have unlimited vacation days or endless funds! This guide offers a suggested…
One of the main reasons we visited Salzburg was to join the famous Sound of Music Tour. As big fans of the movie (My Mom kept playing this movie when I was a child), we booked the Original Sound of Music Tour by Panorama Tours, which takes visitors to several filming locations around Salzburg and the nearby countryside. The…
From Hallstatt, we continued our Europe by train Girls’ trip to Salzburg. Salzburg is an Austrian city near the border with Germany, framed by views of the Eastern Alps and divided by the gentle flow of the Salzach River. On one side sits the medieval and baroque Altstadt (Old Town), a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Why we stayed two nights in Austria’s most photographed village—and why one afternoon would never have been enough. Hallstatt is often treated like a checklist stop: arrive mid-morning, squeeze through the crowds for the same postcard photo, buy a magnet, and leave before dinner. We did the opposite. Instead of cramming Hallstatt into a rushed…
Austria is the third country we visited in our Europe by Train Girls’s Trip and we are going to cover Vienna, Hallstatt and Salzburg. And we will first start with Vienna, Austria’s imperial capital — is a city where history does not sit quietly in museums. It lives in palaces, in concert halls, in gilded…
This entire trip started with Sari, my bff from university. Two years before we actually boarded a plane, she had already been designing this Europe-by-train adventure in her head. The idea was born sometime in late 2017 — hopping across cities by rail, slow travel style, soaking in old towns, cathedrals and café stops in…
