On a small hill on the outskirts of Vienna is Kreuzenstein Castle, parts of which date back to the 12 th century. It’s a stunning, fairy-tale of a place, with a moat (now dry), towers, and a fantastic ...

I’d been to Vienna once, four decades ago, loved it and always meant to go back. But would it be worth it to go in winter, when it’s freezing cold?

Schloss Hollenegg, a fairy-tale castle in the Austrian countryside, is a three-hour train ride from Vienna to the south, four hours from Venice to the north, and—as I found out the hard way—a ...