Guided and excited about
Vienna
This 4-day city trip immerses you in the Vienna of the Habsburgs. We experience the city through palaces, Wiener Cafés, streets and squares, parks, monuments and museums. A few glasses of ‘heuriger’ accompanied by typical Viennese folk music are also part of the programme. The programme described is a standard proposal. This programme can always be adapted to specific wishes of the participants.
The trip starts in the hotel lobby at 1pm on the first day.
How do we travel to Vienna?
By night train: departure in Brussels South on Wednesday evening 5.25 pm, arrival in Vienna on Thursday morning 6.30 am. This overnight train will also bring you back on Sunday evening.
By plane: there are several morning flights daily from Zaventem, Charleroi or Eindhoven. There are also several return flights on Sunday afternoon - Sunday evening.
By coach: if the group is sufficiently large, travelling by coach is certainly an option. In this case, overnight travel is also recommended. Travel time 16 hours. Departure 6 pm.
By own transport: if you combine the trip with other locations, traveling by your own transport is an option.
Day 1
Morning: arrival at Vienna, welcome in the hotel
After lunch: 1.00 pm Start city trip and getting to know your personal guide for the next 4 days.
Afternoon: Schloss Schönbrunn, we follow the 'large' tour, explore the parc and enjoy a cup of coffee at the Gloriette.
Evening: we wander through small streets of Spittelberg and enjoy dinner in an authentic Stadsbrauerei.
Day 2
Morning: Visiting Prinz Eugène at Belvèdére Palace (Klimt's Kiss). We walk from the Oberes Belvèdére to Unteres Belvèdére through the park, then to Schwarzenbergplatz and the Roten Armee Heldendenkmal. We walk on to the Karlskirche, cross Karlsplatz where we get a guided tour at the MusikVerein, the annual meeting place for the NeuJahrsconcert.
Lunch: at the Karlsplatz, restaurant Kunsthalle.
Afternoon: city walk: along the Sezession building and down RingStrasse to the StaatsOper, then via the Palais Todesco and Hotel Sacher to the Albertina. We move deeper and deeper into the Innerstadt, via the Kapuzinerkirche, the Kaisergruft, the Kärntnerstrasse and arrive at St Stephen's Cathedral.
Via the Graben, Pestsaule and Kohlmarkt, we come face to face with the impressive facade of the Hofburg, on Michaelerplatz.
Dinner: Palais Coburg or Figlmüller, das Haus von Wiener Schnitzel (choice in function of available budget).
Day 3
Morning: Visit of the MuseumQuartier. We go from there to Maria-Theresien Platz, where we are introduced to the Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien and the Naturhistorischen Museum Wien at the Maria-Theresia Denkmal.
We continue to the Äusseres BurgTor, the Heldenplatz, along the Neue Hofburg, through the passage and the Schweizer Tor to the Schweizer Hof with Hofburg Kapelle and Schatzkammer. Before visiting the Hofburg Schloss, we experience the impressive dome and Michaelertor.
Lunch: Hofburg Palmenhaus.
Afternoon: Walk from Heldenplatz to Volksgarten, Theseus Temple, Elisabeth denkmal and Burgtheater. We admire the facades of the parliament and the university. In the middle stands the Wiener Rathaus, with façade in Flemish Neo - Gothic.
We walk around the Burgtheatre, into the palace district. Palais Liechtenstein, Palais Starhemberg, Palais Batthyány, Palais Trauttmansdorff, Palais Porcia, Palais Daun-Kinsky, Palais Signa.
We walk through the Ferstel Passage direction Am Hof.
We walk further to the Jüdenplatz with the Holocaust memorial.
Evening: Grinzing, an Heuriger-evening in a colourful wine village
Day 4
Morning: we offer different options:
Option 1: performance of the Spanische Reitschule
Option 2: Prunksaal der Österreichischen National Bibliothek and Schatzkammer
Lunch: Beach bar Herrmann
Afternoon: return trip for early departures, for late departures: free time or visit the Museum für Angewandte Kunst and Stadspark.
