Insight Guides Pocket Vienna (Travel Guide eBook)
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Inside Insight Pocket Guide Vienna:
Where To Go takes you from the Innere Stadt, along the Danube and to the Medieval Towns further afield. Take in the beauty of Karlsplatz and its numerous attractions before heading over to the MuseumsQuartier for some modern art. For longer stays, daytrips explore the Heuriger vineyards, quaint medieval towns and tranquil spots along the Danube Valley.
Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Stephansdom cathedral, the Hofburg and Sch nbrunn.
Perfect Day provides an itinerary for one day in the city.
What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from the many museums to tours of the Royal Palace, shopping, concerts, plus nightlife.
Essential information on Vienna's culture, including a brief history of the city.
Eating Out covers the city's best cuisine.
Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.
A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.
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TOC
Top 10 Attractions
A Perfect Day in Vienna
Introduction
A Brief History
Where to Go
What to Do
Eating Out
A-Z Travel Tips
Recommended Hotels
Index
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How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Vienna, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Vienna, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Vienna are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Vienna. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Vienna’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Vienna
Introduction
Tradition and Modernity
At the Crossroads
A Brief History
Romans and Barbarians
Babenberg Rule
The Habsburgs
Maria Theresa and Napoleon
The Long 19th Century
The End of the Empire
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Innere Stadt
Stephansdom
East of Stephansdom
Kärntnerstrasse to Albertinaplatz
The Graben and the Jewish Quarter
Platz am Hof
Around Herrengasse
The Hofburg
Imperial Apartments
Silver Collection
The Stallburg
Spanish Riding School
National Library
Schweizerhof
In der Burg
Neue Burg
The Burggarten
Ringstrasse and its Museums
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Naturhistorisches Museum
MuseumsQuartier
Fine Arts Academy
Secessionsgebäude
Karlsplatz
Applied Arts Museum
Outside the Ring
Hundertwasser Haus
Belvedere
Nearby Museum
Zentralfriedhof
The Gasometers
Further Sights
Schönbrunn
The Gardens
The Palace
Across the Danube
The Prater
Donauinsel
Vienna’s Suburbs
The Hohenstrasse
Klosterneuburg
The Wienerwald
Baden
The Danube Valley
Melk
Medieval Towns of the Wachau
Krems
To the East
Neusiedlersee
Eisenstadt
What To Do
Entertainment
Opera
Music
Theatre
Cinema
Nightlife
Shopping
Where and When to Shop
What to Buy
Active Pursuits
Children’s Vienna
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Viennese Fare
Wines and Wine Gardens
Coffee and the Kaffeehaus
Reading the Menu
To Help You Order…
…and Read the Menu
Restaurants
Restaurants
The Innere Stadt (District 1)
Around the Ringstrasse (Districts 2–9)
Further Afield
Viennese Cafés
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (For Recommended Hotels, click here)
Airport (Flughafen)
B
Bicycle Rental (Fahrrad-Verleih)
Budgeting For Your Trip
C
Camping
Car Rental/Hire (Autovermietung, see also Driving)
Climate
Clothing (Kleidung)
Crime and Safety (See also Emergencies and Police)
D
Disabled Travellers
Driving (See also Car Rental/Hire)
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies (See also Crime and Safety and Police)
G
Gay and Lesbian Travellers
Getting There
Guides and Tours (Fremdenführer; Rundfahrten)
H
Health and Medical Care (Ärztliche Hilfe)
L
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money (Geld)
O
Opening Hours
P
Police (Polizei, see also Crime and Safety and Emergencies)
Post Office (Postamt)
Public Holidays (Feiertage)
T
Telephones
Time Zone
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels (Jugendherberge)
Recommended Hotels
The Innere Stadt (District 1)
Around the Ringstrasse (Districts 2–9)
Further Afield
Gumpoldskirchen
Vienna’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Works by Raphael are among its many masterpieces. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #2
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Schönbrunn
Empress Maria Theresa’s opulent rococo palace and gardens. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #3
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The Secession Building
Home to Gustav Klimt’s 34-m (112-ft) long Beethoven Frieze. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #4
Fotolia
Stephansdom
The cathedral at the heart of Vienna’s Innere Stadt. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #5
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Karlsplatz
It has numerous attractions in addition to the Karlskirche. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #6
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The Belvedere
Among its treasures is Klimt’s The Kiss. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #7
Vienna Tourist Board
The Spanish Riding School
See the Lipizzaner stallions perform. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #8
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The Hofburg
Imperial palace of the Habsburgs. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #9
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The MuseumsQuartier
Where the Museum of Modern Art, Architecture Centre and multimedia exhibitions can all be found. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #10
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications
The Prater
Vienna’s huge expanse of parkland, home to the Riesenrad. For more information, click here.
A Perfect Day in Vienna
9.00am
Breakfast
A hearty Alpine breakfast is a great set-up for the day, so eat your fill either from your hotel buffet or from the diet-busting breakfast menu at Café Drechsler (for more information, click here).
10.00am
Royal Palace
Kick off your day of sightseeing at the Stephansdom with great city views from the tower; then take the U-Bahn southwest to Schloss Schönnbrunn, the Habsburg’s baroque masterpiece. You’ll just have time to take a tour of the 40 dazzling rooms before returning to the city centre.
12 noon
Lunch
Take your midday pangs to the Innere Stadt (for more information, click here) for some authentic Viennese fare in the company of the city’s office workers, or Trzesniewski (for more information, click here) for a traditional open sandwich with lunchtime diners on the hop.
1.00pm
Museum visit
After lunch take the U-Bahn or tram to the famous MuseumsQuartier. MUMOK and Leopold Museum are top choices, and across the road stands the superb Kunsthistorisches Museum. Cafés are plentiful too if you need to refuel.
3.30pm
Take a break
Time to take a break, so hop across from the museum action into the Volksgarten for a quiet stroll, perhaps stopping off for a coffee at an open-air café.
5.00pm
Mine’s a Beisl
Taking an early dinner frees up the rest of the evening for more Viennese experiences, so make your way to one of the city’s friendly Beisln, a type of informal bistro with authentic local food. Beim Czaak (for more information, click here) or Reinthaler (for more information, click here) are popular with inner-city dwellers.
6.30pm
In a spin
Next stop is the Prater amusement park for a spin on the big wheel, the Riesenrad, immortalised in the film The Third Man. If fun fairs are not your thing, there are plenty of Danube-side walks to take and parkland to explore, perhaps by bike.
8.30pm
Tavern time
A great way to round off the day is to head out of town to a Heuriger (wine tavern), perhaps Braunsperger (for more information, click here) or Fuhrgassl-Huber (for more information, click here) to sip some excellent local reds and whites as well as traditional food. They’re easily accessible from the city centre.
Introduction
The sophisticated Viennese enjoy what is known as the Wiener Lebensart, a cultured appreciation of all life’s pleasures. Not only is this reflected in Vienna’s glorious art, music and