Ode to the opulence of the Habsburgs, Austria is dotted with castles. Don't miss these palaces in Vienna on your next visit.

The nearly 900-year-old Austrian castle that was the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful “Requiem,” the last composition he wrote before his death in 1791, is headed for the ...

Once a refuge for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Napoleon Bonaparte, and many other historical figures, this 900-year-old castle in Gloggnitz, Austria, is headed to auction. The estate, known as Schloss ...

On a small hill on the outskirts of Vienna is Kreuzenstein Castle, parts of which date back to the 12 th century. It’s a stunning, fairy-tale of a place, with a moat (now dry), towers, and a fantastic ...

When I was 18, I took my first independent trip to Europe. During that trip, I toured “Mad” King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany — a medieval castle dream. Then, just over the border in ...

When Italian design curator Alice Liechtenstein moved with her family in 2014 to Schloss Hollenegg, a rambling 12th-century castle in Austria that was her husband’s ancestral home, she was confronted ...