Resources

Online Travel Tools

All About Austria

For Austria, here are some top Web sites: train information (select English from the drop-down menu) www.oebb.at.

and Austria Tourist Office. www.austria.info.

"About Austria" is a nice general overview of facts and figures. www.aboutaustria.org.

All About Salzburg

For basic information: Salzburg. www.salzburg.info.

All About Vienna

For basic information: Vienna. www.wien.info.

Here are some other top Web sites for Vienna: Wien Online —the city government's official Web site; www.magwien.gv.at.

Wienerzeitung —a newspaper site with English translation; www.wienerzeitung.at.

Die Presse —German only, but the Web site of the city's leading serious newspaper; www.diepresse.at.

Die Falter —unfortunately also mostly in German, but with excellent movie and restaurant reviews and comprehensive coverage of the city's "alternative" scene; www.falter.at.

Time Out Vienna; www.timeout.com/vienna/index.html.

Jirsa Tickets Wien —for prebooking event tickets online; www.viennaticket.at/english.

and MuseumsQuartier —for the scoop on what's happening in Vienna's trendy museum quarter. www.mqw.at.

Visitor Information

Austrian National Tourist Office

Austrian National Tourist Office. (212/944-6880. www.austria.info.)