Austria
The Village China Rebuilt: The Story of Europe’s Most Photographed Settlement
Some cities have inspired films, places immortalized in songs, and landscapes captured on the canvases of history’s greatest painters. Yet very few places have left such a profound impression that someone chose to recreate them almost stone for stone, thousands of miles from their original home. That is precisely what happened to Hallstatt, the tiny Austrian village nestled between the steep slopes of the Alps and the tranquil waters of the lake that bears its name.
Imperial City in the Heart of Europe
Imperial palaces, museums and galleries, concert halls and opera houses, along with countless iconic places where some of the greatest minds of the 18th and 19th centuries gathered and worked - all of this can be found in the city on the Danube. For more than 400 years, Vienna was the center of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today, it is a multicultural city in the heart of Europe, just a few hours away by car.
