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I propose to spend the next vacation or business trip in Vienna. Why is she attractive? Each of us has our own associations: gourmets have Viennese buns, strudel, Viennese coffee, mulled wine and roasted chestnuts, many others have unique architecture that makes the capital of Austria one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Still others, musicians and music lovers, will undoubtedly point to the Opera, music festivals that begin in the spring and the endless Viennese waltz. Athletes, businessmen and fashionistas have their own associations. . .
The best time for a trip cannot be unequivocally determined, but spring is ahead, and the city will certainly plunge into fresh greenery and flowers. Flowers are everywhere: in parks, gardens, houses, cathedrals and palaces of the Ring - a kind of ring that unites the city center.
Guests of Vienna are attracted by restaurants, cafes and "heurigers", discos, the Danube Island and the Museum Quarter, and the largest shopping mile in Vienna, Mariahilfer Street (Mariahilfer Straß e), and fashion boutiques invite you to shop. In the spring, the hearts of the connoisseurs of life will be made to beat faster by the markets and music: they will be attracted by the art-loving supermarket "ViennAfair" and the Eighth Festival of Fashion, Music and Photography. The Naschmarkt, Brunnenmarkt and the flea market (Flohmarkt) guarantee the exotic. The gathering point will be Europe's largest outdoor party on the Danube Island. Exciting action is enough for the Vienna City Marathon as well as for the Life Ball.
So, having arrived at the capital's airport, you will find several ways to get to the city center.
CAT (City Airport Train) is the fastest form of public transport with the possibility of checking in a ticket and luggage in the city (City Check-In) at Wien-Mitte station. The City Air Terminal is located at the corner of Invalidenstraß e/Marxergasse, Invalidenstra&3; e/Marxergasse), a 15-minute walk from pl. Stephansplatz. Travel time without stops will take 15 minutes, tickets are cheaper to take at the box office than from the conductor. You can use the bus line and come to the West Station (Westbahnhof), South Station (Sü dbahnhof) and Center (Morzinplatz/Schwedenplatz). Travel time is about 20 minutes. There is also a bus to the airport from UNO-City/Vienna International Centre. In addition, a train runs between the Wien-Mitte station and the airport at intervals of 30 minutes (route S7). Travel time with all stops is 32 minutes. And the calmest (slowest and most convenient) transfer can be made by taxi, and if desired, by limousine. The duration of the trip is 30 - 45 minutes. It is better to approve the transfer with the hotel in advance. Almost all hotels agree on a relatively cheap transfer for their guests.
Vienna has a large number of 3 * -5 * hotels, boarding houses, seasonal hotels, youth and tourist centers and campsites. It is enough to indicate the fashionable Hotel Bristol – The
Luxury Collection – Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Grand Hotel Wien – JJW Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Hilton Vienna Plaza, Hotel Imperial – The Luxury Collection – Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Marriott Vienna, Hotel Palais Coburg Residenz, Radisson SAS Palais Hotel, Hotel Sacher Wien providing services and services to guests with the most incredible demands, including people with disabilities. The next step is to purchase a Vienna discount card (price 18.50 euros), which gives you the opportunity to travel for three days on the metro, tram and bus at a reduced rate, and also save when shopping, visiting restaurants, theaters, concert halls and attractions, etc. Each partner that guarantees discounts to the holders of the Vienna Card is marked with a special sticker. The universal Vienna metro, which runs a maximum of ten minutes from the main “must see” points, will come in handy for those who choose a hotel close to the subway. And in order to fully breathe in the flavor of Vienna and figure out where to go, first of all, you should use tram routes No. 1 or No. 2, which will take you around the Ring in half an hour, and will make it possible to classify Viennese monuments in accordance with art history and other preferences.
Narrow streets scatter like rays from the center, intersecting with ring highways. Old houses and spiers of cathedrals and churches rise above the paving stones.
Since most tourist sites in Vienna are open until 17-18 hours and only on weekdays, it would be better to start the tour in the morning. In Vienna, you can find many ways to go on excursions, with a guide or on your own. Organized bus tours are offered by authorized agencies Vienna Sightseeing Tours, Cityrama Sightseeing Travel, Hop on – Hop off Vienna Line, Oldtimer City Tours. The average cost is 35 euros. Boat trips from DDSG Blue Danube, Great Danube excursion, Vienna - Dü rnstein - Vienna, Sounds of W. A. Mozart, Trip "Songs of Vienna". The cost is 13-40 euros.
An interesting ride on the Old Tram: Vienna lines / Wiener Linien, Vienna Tram Museum / WTM-Wiener Tramwaymuseum, Rent a Bim. Price from 15 euros. And you can also order a fiakre from Fiakerbetriebs-GmbH Silvia Paul, Old Viennese Fiacre Johann Trampusch, C. U. Fiakerbetriebs GmbH. Price from 35 euros.
Absolutely all routes pass through historical places, and cover many attractions. There is also an opportunity to look at the city from a bird's eye view while in the red trailers of the Giant Ferris wheel - another symbol of Vienna, located in the Prater / stadt wien marketing und prater service gmbh. It was built in 1896-97 by the English engineer Walter Basset. Wheel diameter - 61 m, movement speed - 0.75 m / s.
As a former imperial residence, Vienna can showcase art of the highest standard from the Middle Ages to the present.
During short runs between destinations, you can look for one of the main attractions of Vienna - Stephansplatz, or St. Stephen's Square. The square is so named after the gothic cathedral of the same name, which for the Austrians is primarily a special post-war symbol of the country's revival. St. Stephen's Cathedral began to be built back in the 13th century by order of Duke Albrecht II, and completed as early as 1579. Until 1945, he pleased the eyes, while in progress. World War II, he almost burned in a conflagration. However, after the liberation from the Nazi troops, the Cathedral was restored and became a national symbol. Enjoy the imperial baroque castles and palaces, the main boulevard - Ringstrasse, where the State Opera, the dramatic Burgtheater, the Church of the Vow, the Town Hall and the Parliament, as well as the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Natural History Museum are located. Imperially pleasant walks can also be taken in the Hofburg and Schö nbrunn palaces, where the imperial family once lived. The Hofburg, along with the imperial apartments, has more than two dozen collections that arose thanks to the passion of the members of the Habsburg dynasty for collecting. The unique monument of the Secession was created in the Viennese Art Nouveau style with a dome made of gilded laurel leaves. Trends in modern architecture are evident not only in the Haas House, whose glass faç ade reflects St. Stephen's Cathedral, but also in the Gasometer, which has been converted from gas storage tanks into residential and office buildings. This conglomeration of old and new, tradition and modernity gives Vienna a special charm.
Hundertsvatter's colored house will surprise you. Save a day to visit the Vienna Zoo and the Butterfly House, the oldest in Europe, and from there (for contrast) to the Museum Quarter, admire the paintings of Klimpt, Rubens, Rembrandt, Bosch... Walks to the Anchor Clock, the Danube Tower, the Gasometer, the Treasury are extremely popular with guests of Vienna , the Imperial tomb in the Capuchin Church.
Musical Arts and Opera
With regard to music in particular, Vienna has gained unrivaled fame throughout the world. No other city in the world has hosted so many outstanding composers. More than 70 world-famous names from the history of music have particularly close ties with Vienna. They are immortalized on the "road of glory", which starts at the Theater an der Wien and leads to the Cathedral of St. Stephen. The places in the immediate vicinity of which great composers, conductors, musicians and singers worked will be reminded by the stars on the sidewalk with their names. Memories of artists and their works allow the guests of Vienna to walk this path on their own and walk in the footsteps of Mozart and Beethoven, Schubert and Strauss, Boehm and Bernstein, Wagner and Weyl, Haydn, Arnold Schoenberg and many others. Nowhere else is there such a large number of diverse events in musical life. Magnificent concert halls, such as the Golden Hall of the Musical Society and tours of world-class stars in Vienna, are all invited to visit, as well as the new Mozart House in Vienna (Mozarthaus Vienna), the House of Music, as well as memorial sites of famous Austrian composers.
The next day we will give one of the five best world Operas on the Ring Strasse. Performances are given ten months a year daily. They are determined by levels (A, B, C) depending on the musical and financial preferences of the listeners.
2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the master of the Viennese classics. In the year of remembrance, music lovers from all over the world are looking at the life and work of this significant composer, who began his career as a boy in the choir. And after his service with the princes of Esterhazy in present-day Burgerland and Hungary, he returned to the city of music to enjoy his world fame for 19 years. Here he composed the melodies of today's German national anthems, here he returned with a doctorate from Oxford University after two very successful trips to England. Authentic sights and music of the highest level are guaranteed in the anniversary year 2009.
Vienna is the world capital of music. One of its "exports", the demand for which is incredibly high, is the Viennese waltz, that dance in ¾ of the measure, which was once glorified throughout the world by the waltz king Johann ("Shani") Strauss. Anyone who wants to attend the Vienna Ball should not neglect the dance steps. And what is easier than learning this dizzying dance in his homeland, namely in Vienna? Viennese dance schools offer waltz lessons and private lessons to Vienna guests.
Vienna is a city that allows you to organize large-scale shopping right in the historical center of the city, thus combining business with pleasure. Shops are usually open from 9 am to 6 pm. It will be pleasant for both women and men to wander among the elegant shops in the pedestrian part, visiting watch boutiques, fashion salons and jewelry galleries. Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Helmut Lang, Prada and Cartier will appear before you in all their splendor and sophistication. And next to the boutiques are small shops that sell exquisite handmade porcelain products from the world-famous Austrian Augarten factory.
The Viennese cultural program can be diluted with sporting events, for example, by taking part in an impromptu horse race in Krijo. You will be taken to the stables, told about jockey everyday life, features of horse breeding, etc. And then you can sit in a wagon and cut a few circles in a race with friends or colleagues. A separate event includes the Spanish Riding School. And in the Prater, more than 250 attractions await guests - a giant Ferris wheel, a nostalgic ghost train, a miniature railway, game rooms, skill games, ultra-modern installations where you can get a huge adrenaline rush. In addition, there are a lot of restaurants, cafes, snack bars, beer gardens. This is a large-scale recreation center in Vienna, which has a large forest park. One way or another, many sports ideas can be realized in Vienna. Boats, beaches, roller skates, bicycles, swimming pools, rock climbing and bungee, skating rinks, golf clubs, toboggan runs are provided for sportsmen and sports fans of all ages.
Viennese cuisine, the only cuisine in the world named after the city - the capital of Austria, consists of dishes from almost all European countries. But it is the skill of the Viennese chefs that adds an incomparable charm to these dishes. Excellent, partly purely national dishes of Austrian cuisine can be tasted in hundreds of Viennese eateries and restaurants. In addition, in Vienna you can find a huge variety of Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Thai and African restaurants that offer exotic dishes. Gourmets need to allocate time in such a way that they will certainly get to the Naschmarkt market on Friday or Saturday, where they can treat themselves only to tasting. And dedicate the evening to gastronomic pleasures by visiting the famous 600-year-old Grichenbeisl restaurant or a demonstration of the preparation of the Viennese strudel. Be sure to try the schnitzel - such that the edges do not fit in the plate, root and vegetable soup - an old dish, quenelles - bread meatballs stuffed with minced meat, sweets and coffee!
It is no coincidence that Vienna and wine differ only in a couple of vowels, because wine is part of the Viennese way of life and consumption culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in Vienna's Heuriger wine restaurants. Here, over food and a glass of wine, people come together, here communication takes place, here they philosophize, laugh and celebrate. And the focus is always on the pleasant wine produced here and sung in Viennese songs. Add to this evening live music - and the program is completed!
…. Have you found your Viennese associations?...
