Austria travel resources
Vienna's palaces and coffee houses, baroque Salzburg, lakeside Hallstatt and skiing around Innsbruck.
Quick facts
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Language
- German
- Best time to visit
- May–Sep; Dec–Mar for skiing Compare countries by month
- Emergency
- 112 · 133 police · 122 fire · 144 ambulance
- Plug types
- C, F
- Drives on
- Right
- Government travel advice
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Travel tips
- Motorways need a toll vignette; buy the digital one before you drive.
- Most shops close on Sundays.
- Visit Hallstatt early in the morning or stay overnight to avoid the day-trip crowds.
- Carry some cash: smaller cafés and huts may not take cards.
- Christmas markets run from mid-November to late December.
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