Our editor takes a personal vacation but still comes home to write about it. Here he accompanies his spouse to Vienna, one of his favorite cities in the world.
As the list grows of places that have become no-go zones due to tourists, we've come up with alternative destinations to visit in summer.
Our editors tell us, reluctantly, where there favorite places are in the world -- a hard thing to do when you've traveled to more than 135 countries.
Dive into this new guide to a city at the cross section of eastern and western Europe: Vienna, Austria. Find recommendations for where to eat, stay and more.
Follow in Andrew Harper's footsteps on his recent trip through Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest.
Major sites in Vienna and Budpest draw throngs of tourists, but with the right strategies, it's not difficult to escape the crowds.
Like the Belvedere, this more sober baroque palace stands amid delightful gardens just outside Vienna's Ring. We booked one of the once-monthly public tours of the Gartenpalais, home to a private art and decorative object collection rivaling the Frick in New York.
Videos from my trips to Europe and the Atlantic coast.
Although Vienna now rules over a country only slightly larger than South Carolina, it still feels like the capital of an empire. The atmosphere is elegant and serene, miraculously unperturbed by the traffic and tourists of the 21st century.
The culinary scene in central Europe has come of age, and dining in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest is a delight. We had no trouble finding soulful, traditional fare as well as sophisticated fine dining.
Vienna and Budapest are both unusually blessed with atmospheric historic cafes, where one can enjoy anything from a glass of wine to a simple meal to a slice of torte with a melange (cappuccino).
A video of some of the highlights from my trip to Vienna, Austria as reviewed in the August 2014 issue of the Hideaway Report.
One hundred years ago on June 28, a 19-year-old Bosnian Serb struck the match that lit the conflagration of World War I. On that day, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sophie.
Vienna offers an inexhaustible wealth of architectural grandeur, a rich artistic legacy and some of the finest museums in the world.
Some of our favorite art museums in the United States and Europe have recently opened some fascinating special exhibitions, ranging from retrospectives of monumental Impressionists to assemblages of Mayan masterpieces.
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