Schallaburg, Schallaburg

We were now at the exhibition Byzantium and the West. Very interesting and absolutely to the share. But you should necessarily take a guide, takes about 1 hour and you can learn lots about the history. We had a great leader Eva and she made it very exciting. Also for children to the recommend!. Man can go after the leadership once again alone and once again look at some interesting stuff.

The castle is visible from afar and attracts with its size, once there you will be met by a well looked after complex, interesting exhibits, beautiful park and restaurant with good food and good service. This year's exhibition on Islam felt brave/provocative and with the wizard's help, it was very inspiring.

Very beautiful castle in the Wachau Valley near the city of Melk. The richest family Lozenshtejn realigned bought the castle in 16 century in trendy Italian Palazzo-style back then, making it a truly luxurious. The courtyard is decorated with magnificent arcade Gallery with terracotta sculptures and reliefs (roughly 1600 different parts). Roughly centered at the top of the search "Hundefräulein" bas-relief-a local legend, a woman with a dog's head (hint, a woman he didn't like, refer to the CAP). Recommend courtyard or enjoy a snack in the Café-really tasty and good food. Indoors is not much, but in those that have preserved a great stove with glazed tiles and the remains of murals on the walls of the great Hall. Special attention deserves the Renaissance garden, where you can admire the flowers, including unique varieties of roses, or just sit on the grass in the sun loungers under the shade of Apple trees. Highly recommend to visit, including with children of different ages, they will be interested in ditch has two huge wooden Dragon-playgrounds. The Castle held magnificent exhibitions of international level, we got to the exhibition on the history of Islam, Islam in Europe and its impact on European culture is a very good show, lots of exhibits, interactive installations, lectures (subject to Unfortunately we completely alien, so don't linger). Exhibition ticket separately paid! The castle is open from March to the beginning of November! There is a separate ticket for the joint visit to Melk Abbey or Castle of Artstetten Artstetten (convenient for travelling by car through the Wachau Valley). How to get there from Vienna without machines: from the railway station Westbahnhof train station, Melk (Melk Bahnhof) (go around 1.1 hours). You can then shuttle (runs 3 times a day from the station timetable from March to November 2017-8.35, 12.30 and 16.50 p.m (go about 10 min). Back too the shuttle runs, check the schedule on the website we took a taxi, which are always near the station (price approx. 18 euros).