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Schelleingasse 36, Vienna, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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Hi,
after 10 years of staying in Prague at Christmas, we have decided to move on to Vienna. We visited Vienna about 10 years ago and didn't see the much of Vienna.
We loved Prague due the beautiful art deco buildings and good food with cheap restaurants.
We would like to stay in the old-centre of Vienna, as we stayed at the Graf Stadion, and it was a little far out. Any ideals for a nice family run older hotel?
Also, any tips on good local restaurants with basic menu's?
Further a field....
Is there any towns worth staying a night or 2 outside of Vienna with Christmas Markets, art deco architecture, sights etc?
Sorry for the bombardment of questions.
Thank you for any replies,
Mark.
For accomodation this site is listing smaller, cheaper hotels/pensions:
http://www.vienna35.com/accommodation-map-vienna.html
For christmasmarkets Vienna has some very good ones:
http://www.wien-vienna.at/index.php?ID=418 (this subpage is not in english)
Jugendstil:
http://www.pbase.com/bauer/art_nouveau_in_vienna
Many thanks and extremely useful, and of course I meant Art Nouveau lol
For a good restaurant with a basic menu, I like the Wienerwald chain. There is one in the city centre. Good affordable meals with generous portion sizes, nice suroundings and good clean restrooms.
I just checked on another good reasonably priced eatery in the city centre. It's called Bierhof ad it is in a little street off Naglergasse not far from Hofburg Palace. It's only tiny but very popular especially at lunchtime. You can sit either inside or out and I would guess that at the time when you will be there, you will need to sit inside. It has lots of old world atmosphere as well and good daily specials on the menu.
There are two guidebooks published by an Austrian publisher that are phenomenal for anyone who wants to get to know Vienna a bit further; they're not on Amazon but at brandstaetter-verlag.at
a) Only in Vienna
b) Vienna for the Music Lover
The second book in particular is highly informative about various composers and their lives.
In 1695 Emperor Leopold I (r. 1658-1705) decided to build hunting lodge at Schönbrunn ('Beautiful Fountain') on Vienna's outskirts. The plan was to design a palace larger than Versailles. The architect was Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, one of the greatest of the Baroque Era. Unfortunately his plans were too much for the Austrian Treasury, and the Habsburg family had to settle for a more modest dwelling, only 1,441 rooms! When Empress Maria Theresa (r. 1740-1780) came to the throne in 1740, she had the palace expanded and redecorated in French Rococo style. The palace was surrendered to the Austrian Republic in 1918 and today it is both a national monument and a museum. - Schönbrunn Palace was put on the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in December 1996.
www.schoenbrunn.at
Open 9am-5.30 Thurs-Mon
9am-9pm Weds. Disabled access.
Opened in 1889 to house Emporer Franz Stephans 1748 collection of bits and bobs - there are now more than 20 MILLION!!! exhibits! Maybe I should make this a *Must See for my next trip* - or maybe not ;-)
Lovely building though.
This great museum shows functional art in all it's varieties, adding changing expositions. The museum of contemporary art is just outside the city centre "Stadtpark" and especially worth a visit when you have little more time then for a city shortbreak only. More information, see the webpage: http://www.mak.at/e/jetzt/f_jetzt.htm
Bratislava is in just a short distance from Vienna and you may take the S-Bahn from Gaenserndorf - it will take you in less than 1 hour to Bratislava.The return-ticket on S-bahn is less than 10 Euros !
On the Danube you can go to Bratislava also by hydrofoil during the summer. "Vienna Sightseeing" offers an 8-hour-tour by hydrofoil to Bratislava. It includes a short walking-tour through the centre of Bratislava, a lunch and in the afternoon you have some time left for shopping !
That tour is 55 Euros, including lunch
it is available Wed-Sun at 09.30a.m. may 4th-sep.6th,2005
and already at 09.00a.m. april 6th-may 1st + sep.7th-oct.30th,2005
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