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The City Bus Tour is the Hop on and off bus tour, where you can visit the main tourist site and get off and then get on later. For this, you pay almost Euro 30 and you get a crappy headphone with audio guide, then circle around the city and maybe visit a few sights away from Vienna (e.g. Schonbrunn, etc.).
Do the city bus tour when you don't have much time in Vienna. The bus tour is good for busy people because the bus will bring you easily and directly to the main major attractions without much hassle. If you take this tour, get off at every stop and enjoy the sights as much as possible.
Go to the tourist office and get the map of the city. Then you should walk to every tourist attractions; you don't have to walk far because most of the attractions are close to each other. You can take the Tram # 1 or # 2 and enjoy the ride around the "Ring" road. You get to see the Hofburg palace gates, the Empress Maria Theresa square and the 2 museums, the Parliment, the Town Hall, the Votiv church (from far), then around to Schwedenplatz, the Stadtpark and the Schwazenburgplatz. You just pay Euro 1.50 for the Tram ticket and you can use the ticket for the underground as well, as long as it is within one journey or 60 minutes, whichever is earlier.
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| | | | TAXIS to and from the AIRPORT !!! | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Viennas airport is situated in the small town of Schwechat, 18kms from Viennas city center and lies in the federal state of Lower Austria. Due to an old, non-EU-conform law Vienna taxis are NOT allowed to take up passengers in Schwechat, and Schwechat Taxis NOT in Vienna. Therefore each ( uninformed) traveller has to pay BOTH rides - from AND to Schwechat or v.v.
You can avoid this either by taking the CAT (City airport train) from Schwechat to Central Vienna (and hire a taxi there to your hotel) OR by making a reservation by phone in advance at one of the cheaper taxi companies, like most Viennese already do ! At the moment the best rates are by Airport-Service (+43 699 1666 1666) one way EUR 23,-(19,- for companies), and C&K (+43(1) 44 444) EUR 29,- The drivers will expect you in the arrival-hall,carrying your name-plate If you don`t reserve in advance or just flag a taxi in Vienna or at the airport, you may pay at least around EUR 40,- !! The first address does not have a website yet. Both companies are most reliable, tried them out several times !
Another choice would be to take the CAT or the (slower and cheaper) train to the citiy: See more details on trains and CAT at http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Austria/Bundesland_Wien/Vienna-320332/Transportation-Vienna-by_airplane_to_Vienna-R-1.html on Schnuck30 Vienna-page ! Leave a Comment
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When in Vienna, we decided to end our trip on a high note by saving the Schönbrunn and Hofburg for last. Big mistake! After having visited Schönbrunn, we had the unfortunate surprise of finding out that the information presented in the headphones at Hofburg was very similar to that presented at Schönbrunn. The feeling of redundancy was accentuated by the fact that nearly all the rooms at Hofburg are decorated in the same fashion (imperial red). Our ticket also included an entry into the seemingly endless Silberkammer (Silver Chamber), which houses an exhibition of pompous table decorations and silverware. And let us not forget the Sissimuseum. The museum in itself is not at fault, since it makes an earnest effort to present the real life of Sissi. The only problem is her life is very uninteresting. By the end of the tour, it is obvious movies made her into a cult figure when in fact she is quite undeserving of our attention.
Make sure you're a huge Sissi fan before entering Hofburg. If not, save your time and money and just walk around the palace. I personally liked the Schweizerhof (Swiss Courtyard).
Visit Schönbrunn instead. You'll learn just as much about the Habsburg family and see a much greater variety of room decorations. Leave a Comment
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It may be older than the London Eye and it may have become famous from its starring role in "The Third Man" but the Riesenrad is over-priced for a mediocre view. The visitors centre is also not really much to write home about and the souvenir shop is the most appalling tat emporium in Vienna.
Go on a day when it is not hazy - the view is not outstanding, but if hazy you'll not see anything.
Go up to Kahlenberg - or up to the Gloriette - the views over Vienna are free and much better. Leave a Comment
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| | | | 100 Mozarts everywhere ! | Tip Rating: | | | | |
If you walk by the Vienna Opera or in the pedestrian-zone between the opera-house and St Stephens you will meet dozens of mozart-like, baroquish clad men and women, trying to sell you tickets for "Original Viennese" concerts. As long as you like the rather "light" type of music, Strauss walzes, operette-melodies or if you savor small orchestras of (nice) young ladies performing those kind of music-styles, as long as you want to watch 1 or 2 ballet-couples doing the Vienna-waltz, everything is ok, although the tickets are rather expensive (about 40-60 EUR) BUT do NOT expect performances, like you might know from the Viennese Opera or our NEW YEARS CONCERT !!
If you cant get away without savoring some music in "the city of music" Vienna, check the program and location, before booking your tickets. Compare prices and do NOT book with the first "Mozart", you meet. BETTER check with your reception-desk clerks, who might get you better prices and better concerts!
One thing you should do, if you are a serious lover of classical music: check the online- ticket-site of WIENER KONZERTHAUSGESELLSCHAFT and WIENER MUSIKVEREIN at http://www.viennaclassic.com/wien-musikverein/ Here you could easily book your tickets several weeks or days in advance at nearly the same price, you would have to pay for the above mentioned "Viennese" concerts ! Leave a Comment
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