Music lovers find special delights in Austria. In Salzburg at my favorite hotel, I lie in bed a hundred meters from Mozart’s dad. He’s just outside my window in the graveyard of the St. Sebastian ...

European travel expert Rick Steves does sometimes recommend tourist traps, but there's a specific kind of gimmicky attraction ...

After a stint as a military barracks, Hohensalzburg Fortress was opened to the public in the 1860s by Emperor Franz Josef. Gretchen Strauch / Courtesy of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door ...

In Salzburg, be sure to explore its delightful old town filled with Mozart history and relaxing beer gardens; then settle into a farmhouse B&B, survive a mountain luge run and cruise to one of the ...