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You may recognize Salzburg as the stunning alpine location from The Sound of Music, but its cultural importance goes back well beyond this. Birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, today it hosts the world famous Salzburg Festival and its cobbled streets are home to many opera, concert, and theatre venues. The Old Town, or Altstadt, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and showcases Baroque architecture, graceful domes and stunning spires. Venture into the mountains that line the city and visit its legendary clifftop fortress, or spend an afternoon strolling through Mirabell Palace and its resplendent gardens, built hundreds of years ago by an archbishop for his favourite courtesan. Located near the Salzach River and the Mozarteum University of Music and Arts, the palace is considered one of the most romantic places in Salzburg.
The edgy contrast of an aged coaching inn where artsy installations lend an air of east-side gallery – this is a cradle of the arts and style where a bold, contemporary curatorial scene is flanked by twisted beams and heritage-thick walls.
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We have to admit, we're a bit art obsessed. We recently found ourselves rushing into a city on a 2-hour layover just to scurry through their contemporary art museum before breathlessly re-presenting ourselves at the airport.
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Pablo Picasso famously said that we are all born artists, the only trick is remaining an artist as we grow up. Somewhat along the same lines are those self-helpers who say that we are all born children, the trick is learning to stay in touch with that child as we grow up. Actually, it’s pretty much the same thing, isn’t it?
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Why not try combating the circus that descends around this time every year with a homeopathic-style approach and head straight to Salzburg for Winterfest, the festival of Nouveau Cirque?
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A lovely Alpine lodge for families that has had a chic, eclectic refit. Quirky design elements, stacks of well-positioned collectables and lively, modern takes on heritage prints and textiles decorate this boutique interior.
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A lair of nature wrapped by the mountains and forests with perhaps one of the best nature-inspired spas in Austria, all overlooking the Leogang Rockies. This design hotel hugs smooth modern interiors that brush up to loveliness of the Alps, complete with its own lake.
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Framing the mountains, this new unashamedly smooth and modern resort, Haven is your ski-in, ski-out all apartment-hotel in the small Austrian town of St. Johann im Pongau.
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A peak-side, sophisticated bolthole oozing fifties Vogue glamour. A firm favourite of the design fraternity, it is a trove of timeless, postmodern pieces that feel perfectly at home in this Alpine masterpiece of creative chillax.
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Located in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the heart of the Salzburgerland province, Bad Gastein is a breathe of fresh air at an elevation of 1,000 meters. “Bad," or "spa" in German, hints at the area's importance as a health destination.
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Leogang, located in the Pinzgau region between the Leoganger Steinberge and the Kitzbühler Alps, is considered by some to be one of the best ski, cycling and mountain-biking destinations in the world.
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Cradled in the Salzburg Alps, St. Johann im Pongau is a little charmer of a town, that’s incredibly pleasing both in winter and summer.
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