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Vienna City Walk works wonderfully in the evening. Whenever you need a break, linger in
a classic Viennese café.
Day 1
9:00 Take the 1.5-hour Red Bus City Tour, or circle the Ringstrasse by tram, to get your bearings.
10:30 Drop by the TI for planning and ticket needs.
11:00 Take the Opera House tour.
14:00 Follow my Vienna City Walk, including Kaisergruft visit and St. Stephen's Cathedral self-guided tour
(nave closes at 16:30, or 17:30 June-Aug).
Day 2
9:00 Browse the colorful Naschmarkt.
11:00 Tour the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
14:00 Tour the Hofburg Palace Imperial Apartments and Treasury.
Day 3
10:00 Visit Belvedere Palace, with its fine collection of Viennese art and great city views.
15:00 Tour Schönbrunn Palace to enjoy the royal apartments and grounds.
Day 4
10:00 Enjoy (depending on your interest) the engaging Karlsplatz sights (Karlskirche, Wien Museum,
Academy of Fine Arts, and The Secession).
12:00 Tour the Albertina Museum.
15:00 Shoppers can stroll Mariahilfer Strasse. Non-shoppers can rent a bike and head out to the modern Donau
City “downtown” sector, Danube Island (for fun people-watching), and the Prater amusement park.
ViennasitsbetweentheViennaWoods(Wienerwald)andtheDanube(Donau).Tothesouth-
east is industrial sprawl. The Alps, which arc across Europe from Marseille, end at Vienna's
woodedhills,providingapopularplaygroundforwalkingandsippingnewwine.Thisgreen-
ery's momentum carries on into the city. More than half of Vienna is parkland, filled with
ponds, gardens, trees, and statue-maker memories of Austria's glory days.
Thinkofthecitymapasatargetwithconcentric sections: Thebull's-eyeisSt.Stephen's
Cathedral, the towering cathedral south of the Danube. Surrounding that is the old town,
bound tightly by the circular road known as the Ringstrasse, marking what used to be the
