Austrian market towns off the beaten path.
Less-touristed market towns in Austria, for travelers seeking fewer crowds but all the beauty.
Imst
Heritage-dense modest town on the River Inn in western Tyrol, Imst sits close to the mountains with scenic viewpoints in the surrounding area and a café and…
Wattens
Wattens, a little market town in Tyrol's Innsbruck-Land district, is best known as the home of Swarovski, the Austrian crystal glass company.
Lienz
A heritage-dense medieval town in East Tyrol, Austria, Lienz sits at the confluence of the Isel and Drau rivers with a well-preserved historic centre, an unu…
Liezen
A modest district capital on the River Enns in Styria, Liezen serves as the economic and administrative hub of Austria's largest district by area.
Tamsweg
At over 1,000 metres elevation, Tamsweg is the highest-situated district administrative centre in Austria — a little market town in the Salzburg Lungau regio…
Jenbach
A compact Tyrolean market town of red-tile rooftops and a prominent church spire, Jenbach sits in a broad Alpine valley with upland country close at hand and…
Fulpmes
Small market town in Austria's Stubaital valley, Fulpmes has served as the iron-working centre of the valley for generations and sits at the base of the Schl…
Schruns
This little Austrian market town in the Montafon valley of Vorarlberg sits alongside water with mountain scenery on all sides, including the Zimba peak to th…
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…
Telfs
This Tyrolean market town just west of Innsbruck sits close to the mountains with a walkable centre of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
Lambach
Lambach Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1056, anchors this small Upper Austrian market town where the Ager and Traun rivers meet.
Oberalm
A compact market town in the Hallein district of Salzburg state, Oberalm sits on the water with scenic surrounds, a concentration of listed historic building…
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…
Reutte
This compact Tyrolean town on the Lech River serves as the administrative centre of Austria's Ausserfern region, with a heritage-dense streetscape, an unusua…
Gallneukirchen
A compact Austrian market town in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel hills, with a broad cobbled square anchored by a baroque church tower, colorful shopfronts, and…
Rechnitz
Modest Austrian market town in Burgenland's wine country, Rechnitz spreads across gentle slopes beneath a forested hill, its skyline marked by two church tow…
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…