Vienna, Austria: travel guide
Capital of Austria, the imperial Habsburg city of palaces, coffeehouses and classical music.
- Country
- Austria
- Currency
- EUR
- Time zone
- Europe/Vienna
- Nearest airport
- VIE
Top places to visit in Vienna
Freud Museum Vienna
Museum · 4.4 rating · about 1 h · entry EUR 14
Sigmund Freud's former apartment and consulting rooms at Berggasse 19, where he developed psychoanalysis, with original furniture, letters and artifacts.
Lainzer Tiergarten
Nature · 4.7 rating · about 2 h
A 2,450-hectare enclosed forest reserve on Vienna's western edge, with free-roaming wild boar and deer, the Hermesvilla imperial hunting lodge and forest walks.
Schönbrunn Palace
Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 2.5 h · entry EUR 24
The Habsburg summer residence — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 1,441 rooms, imperial gardens and the Gloriette hilltop terrace overlooking Vienna.
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Church · 4.7 rating · about 1 h
Vienna's Gothic landmark cathedral with a mosaic-tiled roof, soaring 136m South Tower and catacombs beneath Stephansplatz.
Hofburg Palace
Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 2 h · entry EUR 20
The Habsburg winter palace complex in the heart of Vienna, housing the Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments and the Imperial Silver Collection.
Café Central
Cultural · 4.3 rating · about 1 h
Vienna's most magnificent historic coffeehouse, opened in 1876 beneath vaulted neo-Gothic arcades — former haunt of Freud, Trotsky and Adolf Loos.
Upper Belvedere Museum
Museum · 4.6 rating · about 1.5 h · entry EUR 16
The baroque Belvedere palace housing Austria's finest art collection, including Klimt's The Kiss and Egon Schiele masterworks.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Museum · 4.6 rating · about 2.5 h · entry EUR 21
One of the world's great art museums, housed in a monumental Ringstrasse palace with Vermeer, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and the Egyptian collection.
Hundertwasserhaus
Heritage · 4.3 rating · about 0.5 h
Friedensreich Hundertwasser's colourful 1986 expressionist apartment block — no straight lines, undulating floors and tree-covered terraces.
Museumsquartier (MQ Vienna)
Cultural · 4.5 rating · about 2 h
One of Europe's largest cultural quarters, with MUMOK, Leopold Museum and the Kunsthalle set around a lively baroque courtyard with outdoor seating.
Stephansplatz Square
Cultural · 4.6 rating · about 0.5 h
The bustling pedestrian square at the heart of Vienna, where Graben, Kärntner Strasse and the underground all converge beneath the spires of the Stephansdom.
Vienna State Opera
Cultural · 4.6 rating · about 1 h · entry EUR 14
The neo-Renaissance Vienna State Opera, one of the world's leading opera houses, offering guided tours daily and over 300 performances a year.
Things to do
- Schonbrunn Palace Tour Heritage · 3 h · from EUR 25 per person
- Belvedere Palace and Klimts Kiss Museum · 2.5 h · from EUR 25 per person
- Hofburg Imperial Palace Heritage · 3 h · from EUR 21 per person
- Vienna Classical Concert at Mozarthaus Show · 1.8 h · from EUR 33 per person
- Day Trip to Hallstatt Day Trip · 12 h · from EUR 66 per person
- Day Trip to Wachau Wine Valley Day Trip · 9 h · from EUR 49 per person
- Vienna Coffee House Tour Food Tour · 3 h · from EUR 29 per person
- Naschmarkt Food Walking Tour Food Tour · 3 h · from EUR 33 per person
Where to stay in Vienna
Hotels
- Hotel Sacher Wien 5-star · INR 45,000 to INR 170,000 per night
- Park Hyatt Vienna 5-star · INR 40,000 to INR 150,000 per night
- Hotel Imperial Vienna 5-star · INR 42,000 to INR 160,000 per night
- The Guesthouse Vienna 4-star · INR 12,000 to INR 30,000 per night
- Hotel Bristol Vienna 5-star · INR 22,000 to INR 65,000 per night
- Hotel Altstadt Vienna 4-star · INR 11,000 to INR 25,000 per night
Where to eat
- Schweizerhaus austrian, traditional, beer_garden · about EUR 22 per person
- Café Central austrian, viennese, cafe · about EUR 22 per person
- Cafe Sacher austrian, viennese, pastry · about EUR 22 per person
- Demel austrian, viennese, pastry · about EUR 22 per person
- Naschmarkt Stalls international, austrian, market · about EUR 22 per person
- Cafe Landtmann austrian, viennese, cafe · about EUR 30 per person
- Figlmüller austrian, traditional, viennese · about EUR 30 per person
- Ramien asian, vietnamese, thai · about EUR 22 per person
Getting around
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- Walking
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