Museum · Upper Austria
Lehár Villa
The Lehár Villa is the operetta composer Franz Lehár's villa on the Traun in Bad Ischl, kept as a museum by the Museen der Stadt Bad Ischl.
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Bad Ischl
Bad Ischl is a spa town in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria; its tourism board says it was Emperor Franz Joseph I's summer residence from 1849 to 1914. XTOUR maps the Kaiservilla, the Lehár Villa and the Katrin cable car in Bad Ischl.
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Austria
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Town
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Historic site · Upper Austria
Kaiservilla
The Kaiservilla is the former summer residence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth in Bad Ischl, shown by guided tour, with its park.
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Cable car · Upper Austria
Katrin Cable Car
The Katrin cable car is a four-seat gondola lift from Bad Ischl up the Katrin to the Katrin Alm, which its operator, Katrin Seilbahn GmbH, says has run since 1959.
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Lake · Upper Austria
Lake Hallstatt
Lake Hallstatt (Hallstätter See) is a lake in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria, between the Dachstein massif and the surrounding hills, with the village of Hallstatt on its south-western shore.
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Historic site · Salzberg, Upper Austria
Hallstatt Salt Mine
The Hallstatt Salt Mine is a salt mine in the high valley above Hallstatt in Upper Austria, shown to visitors on guided tours run by Salzwelten.
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Church · Upper Austria
Hallstatt Ossuary
The Hallstatt Ossuary (Beinhaus) is the bone house in the crypt below St Michael's Chapel in Hallstatt, which holds about 2,000 skulls, more than 600 of them painted and inscribed, according to the Hallstatt parish.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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