Lisi Grün

Welser Tiergarten (20 minutes’ drive) is a city park with play areas and bouncy castles, plus a zoo whose residents include bearded macaques, howler monkeys and tamarins, as well as birds like red-billed hornbills. Stretching on the banks of the Danube, Linz is known for the Lentos Kunstmuseum of modern and contemporary art, with works by the likes of Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and Keith Haring. In the Old Town, the New Cathedral is the country’s tallest church, while the main Hauptplatz square is lined with pastel-coloured buildings. On a forested peak overlooking the Traunsee lake, Baumwipfelpfad Salzkammergut (35 minutes) is a huge wooden tower with a ramp leading up to an observation deck. Take in the 360-degree views before coming down via the 75-metre tunnel slide (or just use the ramp, if that idea fills you with dread). The tower is part of a complex that also includes a treetop walk.