Austrian wine country off the beaten path.
Less-touristed wine towns in Austria, for travelers seeking fewer crowds but all the beauty.
Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee
A modest market town in Austria's Salzkammergut region, sitting at the water's edge in mountain terrain with scenic viewpoints in the surrounding hills.
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.
Deutschlandsberg
A small Styrian town in Austria's southern wine country, Deutschlandsberg sits close to the Slovenian border and a short drive from Graz, with a café and res…
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…
Riegersburg
This small Austrian village in the wine country of southeastern Styria, set among hills with scenic viewpoints and a café scene that punches above its size.
Kennelbach
This small village on the water in Vorarlberg's Bregenz district, Kennelbach sits close to mountains and scenic viewpoints, with vineyards nearby and a handf…
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…
Gaweinstal
A modest market village in Lower Austria's Weinviertel wine-growing region, Gaweinstal traces its origins to around 1050, making it one of the oldest settlem…
Feldkirchen in Kärnten
Tiny Carinthian town in mountain terrain with vineyards nearby and water close at hand, Feldkirchen in Kärnten has an unusually lively café and restaurant sc…
Pollau
This pocket-sized Styrian town in Austria serves as the main centre of the Pöllauer Tal nature park, set among vineyards and close to the mountains, with a c…
Fraxern
A tiny forested village in the mountains of Vorarlberg, Austria, Fraxern sits at elevation above the town of Feldkirch, with meadows and woodland covering mo…
Hartberg
A little Styrian town in southeastern Austria with a café and restaurant scene that would suit a town twice its size, Hartberg sits in wine country with scen…
Aggsbach Dorf
This small wine-growing hamlet on the Danube in Lower Austria's Krems-Land district sits within a region ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites, with vineyard…
Traismauer
This pocket-sized Austrian wine-country town on the water in Lower Austria traces its origins to a Roman settlement, with some Roman structures still standing.
Stainz
A pocket-sized Styrian wine-country town in Austria's Deutschlandsberg district, Stainz is associated with Schilcher wine and anchored by Schloss Stainz, a f…
Eibiswald
A compact Styrian market town set against forested upland hills, with a distinctive onion-domed church tower at its centre, sitting in the wine-growing south…
Gobelsburg
Schloss Gobelsburg, a castle and winery in Lower Austria's Kamptal wine region, has been producing wine since 1171, making it the oldest winery in the Danube…
Langenzersdorf
This Lower Austrian town spread across a broad river bend, with wooded hills rising behind red-tile rooftops, vineyard slopes nearby, and a café and restaura…
Lochau
This little Lake Constance town in Austria's westernmost state of Vorarlberg, Lochau sits at the water's edge with vineyards nearby and a central core of caf…
Gleisdorf
This compact Styrian town east of Graz where a baroque parish church anchors a walkable town square, surrounded by vineyard country and within easy reach of…
Brunn am Gebirge
A Lower Austrian town with a handsome Baroque main square — complete with a stone fountain and a domed civic tower — sitting in the wine-growing Mödling dist…
St. Pölten
Capital of Lower Austria since 1986, St.
Weiz
This compact Styrian town spread across a green valley floor, backed by forested hills, with vineyard country close by and a solid café and restaurant scene…
Poysdorf
Deep in the wine country of Lower Austria's Mistelbach district, Poysdorf is a little town with a café and restaurant scene and several historic churches tha…
Bad Gleichenberg
Spa village in the rolling hill country of southeastern Styria, Austria, Bad Gleichenberg sits in wine-growing terrain with a café and restaurant scene that…
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…
Floridsdorf
Vienna's 21st district, sitting on the north bank of the Danube, combines a dense café and restaurant scene with vineyards, parks, and listed architecture sp…
Mattersburg
A tiny wine-country town in Austria's Burgenland region, Mattersburg serves as the administrative and cultural centre of its district and was home to the for…
Leibnitz, Styria
A tiny town in Styria, southern Austria, set between the Mur and Sulm rivers in wine-growing country, with vineyards in the surrounding hills and scenic view…
Donaustadt
Vienna's 22nd district, Donaustadt ("Danube City"), combines a walkable centre with cafés and restaurants alongside vineyards on its doorstep.
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…
Donnerskirchen
A Burgenland wine village viewed from rolling green hills above, its red-tile rooftops and church tower spread across a broad plain that stretches toward the…
Traiskirchen
A modest town in Lower Austria's Thermenlinie wine region, a short drive south of Vienna, Traiskirchen has a café and restaurant scene that is unusually rich…
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…