Historically speaking, Durnstein has many other draws. Cruisers will peruse medieval buildings, a historic monastery and the imposing ruins of an 1130-era hilltop castle. Durnstein has quaint ...

About 160 metres above the town looms Durnstein Castle where in 1193 Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned during the Crusades. Charming Durnstein, one of Austria's smallest towns with about 900 ...

This is a regular feature that runs in The Forum's Travel section, where readers give us a taste of their vacation. Send us your best vacation photographs from this year's trip, and we'll publish ...

Behind the lens: While hiking above the Danube River in Durnstein, I was fortunate to capture this photo of a young woman high above the fruited plain. I was stuck both by her casual innocence and ...