Austria
Benedictine abbey, church, library, gardens, overlooking the Danube. The library contains thousands of books from the 1500's onwards, and it was there that Umberto Eco did research for his novel The Name of the Rose.
I recommend arriving by ship - there are daily cruises from Vienna.
www.stiftmelk.at/englisch/
Abt Berthold Dietmayr Strasse 1, A 3390 Melk
+43(0)27525550
Google map: bit.ly/gcAlfs