Salzburg is a gorgeous city on the border with Germany, and the history is rich for history-type nerds to take advantage of. Count us in.

Climb to the high-on-a-hill castle There are castles, and then there are castles, and this medieval fortress, strategically plonked on a hill above Salzburg’s baroque Altstadt, is one to ...

Arenberg Castle is one of Salzburg’s most important historical buildings. Although it dates to the 1300s, the modern structure was rebuilt after a fire razed it in 1814, and it was renovated in ...