history
Stallburg
Stables of the Spanish Riding School. Horses visible from street.
Vienna
Austria
Imperial palaces, coffeehouse culture and a perfect Sachertorte.
history
Stables of the Spanish Riding School. Horses visible from street.
Vienna
history
Historic archaeological site
Vienna
history
You can add your own "meilensteine/" to the walkway for a donation fee: name, slogan. Money goes to a children's medical charity.
Vienna
history
Historic ruins
Vienna
architecture
Large statue of Empress Maria Theresa with supporting figures.
Vienna
architecture
Attraction
Wien
architecture
Royal burial place. Since 1633, the the principal place of entombment for members of the House of Habsburg. The bones of 145 Habsburg royalty, plus urns containing the hearts or cremated remains of four others, are here,
Vienna
architecture
Vienna's most popular food market. Originated in C16th. About 1.5km long. Open air with permanent stalls and many cafes. Open every day. (Main source: wikipedia:en)
Vienna
food
Marketplace
Vienna
food
Marketplace
Vienna
food
Marketplace
Vienna
Four days. One for the Hofburg and the Innere Stadt, one for Schönbrunn and the Belvedere (Klimt's Kiss), one for the MuseumsQuartier and the Naschmarkt, plus a day for the Wachau valley wine villages or a coffee-house crawl. Vienna is best in autumn.
The Belvedere upper palace for Klimt's Kiss — the gold-leafed masterpiece in a room with three other Klimts. The palace itself sits on a slope with a baroque garden running down to the lower palace and a perfect city panorama. Combine with the Lower Belvedere's contemporary exhibitions afterwards.
The Neubau district (the 7th) around Spittelberg for indie shops, restored Biedermeier alleys and the MuseumsQuartier's courtyards. Karmeliterviertel in the 2nd for the trendy café scene. Heuriger wine taverns out in Grinzing or Nussdorf for an old-Vienna evening.
Wiener Schnitzel (veal, breadcrumbs, lemon) at Figlmüller. Tafelspitz (boiled beef with horseradish and chive sauce) at Plachutta. Sachertorte at the Hotel Sacher with a Melange coffee. A Heuriger evening (young wine in a courtyard) at Mayer am Pfarrplatz where Beethoven once lodged.
The cleanest, fastest public transport in central Europe — five U-Bahn lines, trams (ring tram 1 and 2 do a full loop of the historic centre), buses and S-Bahn integrated into a single ticket. A 24-hour pass covers any tourist day comfortably. Walking the Innere Stadt is the right call.
The Zentralfriedhof — Europe's second-largest cemetery, with Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Strauss all buried in the same musicians' corner. The Art Nouveau Lueger chapel at the centre is a Klimt-era jewel. Tram 71 runs straight there from the Innere Stadt; almost no foreign visitors.
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