In 2026 I was commissioned with another author, Jeroen van Marle, to write and research a new edition of The Rough Guide to Austria. The book will be published in March 2027.
The chapters I researched were those that covered the city of Linz on the River Danube, whose industrial heritage (its outskirts are dominated by steel and chemical works) can mean it is easy to forget that the city has a historic and often picturesque centre; the region of Upper Austria surrounding Linz, home to engaging historic towns (notably Steyr) and hilltop monasteries such as St Florian; the beautiful city of Salzburg with its musical connections; the city of Graz, the capital of the region of Styria, home to a number of worthwhile museums, galleries and historic sites, along with a historic fortress that rises picturesquely above the Old Town; the region of Burgenland, hard up against the Hungarian border, whose attractions include a number of cultural-historic reminders of that country along with the Neusiedlersee lake, whose waters are great for boating and whose shorelines are surrounded by vineyards; and the mountainous heart of the country’s east-central region, including Salzburgerland (home to the venerable resort of Zell am See), the Salzkammergut lake district, East Tyrol, Styria (including the ski resort of Schladming) and Carinthia (where the Franz-Josef-Höhe and the Wörthersee provide a couple of the great high-mountain-lookout and lake destinations in the country, respectively).
The Rough Guide to Austria Photos
During the book’s research I took a number of photos which can be viewed in the following galleries:
Each of these is a link:
Chapter 3 Upper Austria
Chapter 4 Burgenland
Chapter 5 Styria
Chapter 6 Carinthia and East Tyrol
Chapter 7 Salzburg and the Salzburgerland
Chapter 8 The Salzkammergut
For now can each of these links go to a page that reads “Galleries under construction”, I will send the photographs at a later date.
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