Alternative destinations near Vienna.
Places near Vienna that score high on beauty and low on crowding, according to our data.
Neunkirchen
A walkable central square anchored by a Baroque plague column, ornate sgraffito-decorated facades, and a town-hall tower gives this Lower Austrian district c…
Emmersdorf an der Donau
This pocket-sized Danube-side village in Lower Austria's Melk district sits within a UNESCO World Heritage landscape, with a concentration of listed historic…
St. Pölten
Capital of Lower Austria since 1986, St.
Mistelbach
Small town in the wine country of northeastern Lower Austria, Mistelbach sits on the River Zaya a short drive from Vienna and serves as the district capital…
Neusiedl am See
Sitting on the northern shore of Lake Neusiedl in Austria's Burgenland province, this compact town offers direct access to one of Central Europe's most disti…
Bruck an der Leitha
Compact Austrian town where a heritage-dense riverside streetscape meets vineyard country, with a genuine café and restaurant scene and easy reach of the wid…
Persenbeug
Persenbeug sits on the bank of the Danube in Lower Austria, anchored by a listed castle that rises above the river.
Eggenburg
This compact Lower Austrian town where a broad historic main square, red-tile baroque facades, a twin-towered Gothic church, and rolling vineyard country bey…
Mariazell
Austria's most significant Catholic pilgrimage site, Mariazell is a small Styrian mountain village whose Basilica of the Nativity of Mary houses a lime-wood…
Retz
A compact Austrian market town in the Weinviertel wine region, Retz centres on a broad cobblestone square dominated by a tall baroque clock tower, surrounded…
Rehberg
A compact Austrian village in a forested valley, with vineyard rows in the foreground, a church tower rising above red-tile rooftops, and the ruins of a hill…
Laa an der Thaya
This broad market square dominated by an ornate historicist town hall with a clock tower and colourful tiled roof gives this Lower Austrian border town a civ…