Celebrate Life. Experience Vienna.

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Itinerary - Celebrate Life. Experience Vienna.

Vienna celebrates its big comeback in 2022: the metropolis shows its best side and again celebrates life, art, enjoyment, and of course, the extraordinary city life in all of its facets.

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Day 1 morning:

  • Option A: Walking Tour “1000 reasons to love Vienna” with Artissimi

This walking tour through the city takes you to former purveyors to the court. These shops, where the splendor of the Austrian monarchy has survived to this day, are still very much alive. A good example of this is the shop of the former purveyor to the court, Wilhelm Jungmann & Neffe, whose beautiful textiles await the royal family today, just as they did centuries ago. Or the world-famous jeweler A. E. Köchert, which is run and managed by the sixth generation of the Köchert family. One of our most exclusive tours: And because it is about artissimi, we are of course also invited to take a look behind the scenes.

They are just as much a part of Vienna as St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Giant Ferris Wheel: the fiakers. For many tourists, a ride with the two-horse carriage is one of the highlights. There is almost no cozier way to explore Vienna’s attractions.

  • Lunch

For lunch we recommend Plachutta Gasthaus zur Oper or as a vegan option The Lala.

Day 1 afternoon:

Design is one of the main features of MAK. The museum shows furniture, glass, china, silver, and textiles from the Middle Ages to the present day. Precious crafts from the Wiener Werkstätte, bentwood furniture by Thonet and art nouveau highlights such as the gilded design of Gustav Klimt for the frieze of the Stoclet Palais in Brussels.

The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna is the oldest existing zoo in the world, the only remaining "Baroque menagerie". Today, the Zoo at Schönbrunn is considered one of the best and most modern zoos in the world, where there are even regular arrivals of rare panda babies.

Schönbrunn Palace was built about 300 years ago. The emperors lived here in the summer. Empress Elisabeth, the legendary "Sisi", spent the first years of her marriage here. And in the century before that, the 16 children of Empress Maria Theresia wandered the rooms and corridors of this extensive.

  • Dinner

Afterwards you can enjoy dinner in one of the nearby restaurants: Schönbrunner Schloss-Restaurant Joseph II.

Day 2 morning:

It is at precisely that place in Vienna where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent the final years of his life and composed both The Magic Flute and his Requiem that the audio-visual and multimedia “Mozart Experience” will be opening in 2022. This presentation is set to offer the public 1,500 square metres’ worth of immersion in Mozart’s world. Visitors will experience Mozart’s music, life, and activities staged acoustically, spatially, and employing various media.

Combine your visit with a shopping tour at the Steffl Department Store.

This new addition to the Vienna museumscape has been very eagerly awaited, and rightly so. Heidi Horten Collection, an all-new museum, taking shape in the heart of Vienna, will provide a fitting home for the Heidi Horten Collection, one of Europe’s leading private collections. For the past 30 years, patron of the arts Heidi Goëss-Horten, one of just a handful of female museum founders worldwide, has been bringing together an impressive cross-section of art history from early modernism to the present day.

The Liechtenstein Garden Palace opens its doors to visitors in March 2022 with a special exhibition and free admission. The art collection of the princely house of Liechtenstein includes one of the biggest Rubens collections, key works by van Dyck, Lucas Cranach, and Raffael, as well as works by Rembrandt, van Ruysdael, and Hamilton.

A colourful, newly fashionable district is springing up around Brunnenmarkt, a little further from the city centre, in Ottakring (16th district). The market exudes South European flair. Numerous artists have set up shop in the surrounding area, making Brunnenmarkt and nearby Yppenmarkt one of the most electric neighbourhoods in the city today. Some of Vienna's most exciting restaurants have opened around Yppenplatz: Restaurant ManiRestaurant Wetter or Restaurant Dolce Lago.

Day 2 afternoon:

The area around Yppenplatz square is one of Vienna’s most vibrant. Its lifeline is the Brunnenmarkt which with more than 170 market stalls between Thaliastrasse and Ottakringer Strasse is Vienna’s largest street market. You barely notice the transition to Yppenplatz with its marketplace of permanent pavilions. 

  • Dinner

Have an early dinner in the historic city centre: Cafe MozartMeissl & Schadn or 1870 - Restaurant Terrace Lounge.

The Musikverein is Vienna's most famous center for classical music. Going to a concert here is about getting to know Vienna as a city of music in a setting of the very finest quality. And musical greats such as the Vienna Philharmonic.

The Vienna State Opera is one of the leading establishments for opera in the world. Internationally renowned performers and directors enjoy presenting their art here.

Day 3 morning:

While the Upper Belvedere was all about representation, the Lower Belvedere acted as the residential palace of Prince Eugene. The lavish splendor of the owner is reflected in the Groteskensaal (Hall of the Grotesque), the Marble Gallery and the Golden Room. Special exhibitions are held in the Lower Belvedere and the Orangery. Nowadays, medieval art can be marveled at in the sables where the prince's horses once stood.

The heart of the Belvedere collection is formed by the 24 paintings of Gustav Klimt with his golden images "The Kiss" and "Judith". Klimt's "The Kiss" in particular is world-famous. The 180 x 180 cm painting was created in 1908/09 and shows Klimt and his friend Emilie Flöge as a couple in love. "The Kiss" is probably Austria's most famous work of art. Klimt's portraits of women also impress and be marveled at in the Upper Belvedere.

Insiders tip: Combine your visit with a Vienna Gold Workshop

Gold is more than a metal. Gold is history, art, religion—and gold is love. Gold’s enigmatic qualities and its unique value have always captured people’s imaginations. Starting with Gustav Klimt’s Kiss we peer over the artist’s shoulder and find out how the masterpieces from his Golden Period were created. This is followed by working with this iconic metal in the studio and embellishing a unique souvenir with delicate gold leaf.

  • Lunch

Enjoy the typical Austrian cuisine at Restaurant Stöckl im Park or Salmbräu.

Day 3 afternoon:

Vienna has had a new museum for modern and contemporary art since 2020. And what a thing: the Albertina modern, as a branch of the world-famous Albertina, occupies around 2,500 m² in the completely renovated artists' house.

With its collection of important works and the world's largest Bruegel collection, the KHM is one of the most significant art collections in the world. The Kunstkammer (Chamber of Art and Wonders) located there is one of the most valuable in the world.

Vist the exhibition Artistic Rivalry (Cellini, Rubens, Goya) (20th September – 8th of January 2023)

In the autumn of 2022, the KHM will be hosting an important exhibition that looks at duels and duets throughout art history. The often intense rivalry between painters and sculptors has a long history, and some of the best-known works from the Renaissance and the Baroque were created in the context of an artistic competition. 

J. & L. Lobmeyr

Kärntner Straße 26
1010 Vienna

Plachuttas Gasthaus zur Oper

Walfischgasse 5-7
1010 Vienna

The LaLa

Neustiftgasse 23
1070 Vienna

MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

Stubenring 5
1010 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 16,50€ (on site) / 15,50€ (online)
      additionally 5% off at MAK Design Shop

  • Prices

    • Free admission for young people under 19 years of age
  • Opening times

    • Tu, 10:00 - 21:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Open on public holidays (also on Mondays)

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance

      • Ramp, with a wheelchair-accessible elevator to the ticket office
    • Elevator available
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      All facilities suitable for wheelchair users, elevator to the exhibition rooms.

Schönbrunn Zoo Entrance via Hietzinger Tor/Hietzinger Hauptstraße

Schönbrunner Schlosspark
1130 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -15%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 27€ /
      Savings: 4€

  • Opening times

    • January
      • daily, 09:00 - 16:30
    • February
      • daily, 09:00 - 17:00
    • March
      • daily, 09:00 - 17:30
    • April to September
      • daily, 09:00 - 18:30
    • October to December
      • daily, 09:00 - 16:30
      • ACHTUNG: Bis zur Umstellung auf die Winterzeit gelten im Oktober die September-Öffnungszeiten
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Swinging doors )
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        at Elisabethallee, entrance Tirolerhof
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Tours for visitors with disabilities and special needs on request.

    • Comments

      Access to buildings and enclosures without steps or via ramp.

Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn)

Schönbrunner Schlossstraße
1130 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -6%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Classic Pass: 36€ instead of 38€ (incl. audio guide, valid from 2.4.-3.11.) /
      Classic Pass Plus: 68€ instead of 73€ (incl. audio guide, valid from 2.4.-3.11.)/
      Sisi Ticket (Grand Tour / Schönbrunn Palace; Sisi Museum; Vienna Furniture Museum): 45,00€ instead of 49,00€ (incl. audio guide) /

      Tickets on www.imperialtickets.com and on site

      Please book here to get your Vienna City Card discount:

  • Opening times

    • 03 November 2023 to 01 April 2024
      • (Last entry: 16:15 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:00
    • 02 April to 03 November 2024
      • (Last entry: 16:45 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:30
    • 04 November 2024 to 31 March 2025
      • (Last entry: 16:15 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        at main entrance portal (Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse, 3 parking spaces), Meidlinger Tor (2 parking spaces), close to Kavalierstrakt as well as Valerietrakt (2 parking spaces) and Fürstenstöckl (1 parking space)
    • Elevator available
      • Door 90 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Free wheelchair rental – contact attendant at main portal (3 wheelchairs) or at Hietzinger Tor and at Meidlinger Tor (1 wheelchair each). Supplemental devices available for the visually impaired. Tours for visitors with with disabilities or special needs on request. Museum Sign Language Guide available in ÖGS and IS for the Imperial or Grand Tour, prior reservation recommended, further information: https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/visitor-information/barrier-free-access

    • Comments

      Access to all exhibition rooms: no steps. Freight elevator for extra wide wheelchairs: door width: 160 cm, cabin depth: 220 cm, cabin width: 156 cm.

      Ticket Center in the Gardetrakt by the main gate, stepless access, door width: approx. 144 cm, wheelchair-accessible restroom can be reached by wheelchair platform lift – platform 110/140 cm, door width: 90 cm in the corridor area and 94 cm to the outdoors, accessible from outside with a Euro-Key.



Schönbrunner Schloss-Restaurant Joseph II

Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47
1130 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%

      Additional information on the offer:

      20% discount on consumption per cardholder (food and drinks), redeemable once only.
      The Vienna City Card must be presented when ordering.

  • Opening times

      • Mo - Su, 10:00 - 22:00

Steffl Department Store

Kärntner Straße 19
1010 Vienna

Heidi Horten Collection

Hanuschgasse 3
1010 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%

      Special Offer:

      free audio guide (Smartify)

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 16€

      Booking code: 20%V!ENNACC
      Booking link: https://hortencollection.com/en/tickets

      Please book here to get your Vienna City Card discount:

  • Opening times

    • We, 11:00 - 19:00
    • Th, 11:00 - 21:00
    • Fr - Mo, 11:00 - 19:00
  • Accessibility

    • Side entrance
      • no steps
    • Car parks Side entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Public disabled parking spaces are currently available at Operngasse 8 (2 spaces), Tegetthoffstraße opposite house Nr. 7 (3 spaces) and Walfischgasse 1 (1 space).
    • Elevator available
      • 230 cm wide and 450 cm low , Door 200 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Guided tours for people with special needs on request. A wheelchair can be borrowed from the museum ticket office.

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

Fürstengasse 1
1090 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • For groups by arrangement
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Double swinging doors 143 cm wide)
        Gravel path to main entrance
      • Ramp 360 cm long , 250 cm wide , 21 cm high
    • Elevator available
      • Door 90 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      exhibition rooms: no steps (library: 3 steps; mobile ramp available).
      seeing-eye dogs permitted (advance information requested if possible).

      Parking on the premises is possible after consultation.

Brunnenmarkt

Brunnengasse / Yppenmarkt
1160 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Mo, 06:00 - 21:00
    • Tu, 06:00 - 21:00
    • We, 06:00 - 21:00
    • Th, 06:00 - 21:00
    • Fr, 06:00 - 21:00
    • Sa, 06:00 - 17:00
    • Food stands: Monday to Saturday until 11pm

Mani

Yppenplatz, Marktstand 153-155
1160 Vienna

Wetter

Payergasse 13 / Yppenplatz
1160 Vienna

Café Mozart

Albertinaplatz 2
1010 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%

      Additional information on the offer:

      20% discount on consumption per cardholder (food and drinks), redeemable once only.
      The Vienna City Card must be presented when ordering.

  • Opening times

    • Mo - Su, 08:00 - 00:00

1870 – Restaurant Terrace Lounge

Kärntner Ring 9
1010 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • daily, 18:00 - 23:00
    • Mo - Fr, 12:00 - 15:00
    • Su, 11:30 - 16:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Double swinging doors 180 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 3 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    • Elevator available
      • Door 110 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      4 elevators, 1 elevator: cabin depth: 208 cm, cabin width: 190 cm

Musikverein

Musikvereinsplatz 1
1010 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • The Box Office is open 9am-7pm (Monday-Friday) and 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

      For all concerts organised by the Musikverein the Box Office opens one hour before the beginning of the performance (also on Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays). 

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps
        via ramp, automatic sliding door (opens with button from the outside)
      • Ramp 164 cm wide
    • Elevator available
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Ring the bell by the entrance to the concert box office (Bösendorferstr. 12); the box office staff will come to assist with ticket purchases at the door.
      Wheelchair-accessible elevator: to all floors. Brahms Hall: 6 wheelchair seats. Grand Hall: 2 wheelchair seats in orchestra, about 16 in balcony. Glass Hall/Magna Auditorium: 4 wheelchair seats.

      Visit with seeing eye dog: please give notice in advance.

Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper)

Opernring 2
1010 Vienna
  • Accessibility

    • Side entrance
      • 2 Steps (Swinging doors 87 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Operngasse, Opernring intersection
    • Elevator available
      • Door 80 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • 22 Wheelchair spaces available (4 in the stalls/orchestra, 18 seats in the gallery as needed)
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Tours in ten languages, prior notification for wheelchair users necessary (Tel. +43 1 514 44–2606). Language display.

    • Comments

      Portable ramps available for steps inside building.
      To reserve wheelchair and companion seats for performances, tel. +43 1 514 44-2653 (Mo-Fri, 9.00 am – 4.00 pm)

Lower Belvedere, Orangery

Rennweg 6
1030 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -10%

      Additional information on the offer:

      -€ 1,50 on the current entry ticket price
      (Lower Belvedere)

      -€ 2,50 on the current entry ticket price
      2in1 Ticket (Upper & Lower Belvedere)

  • Opening times

    • daily, 10:00 - 18:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Door 90 cm wide)
        Rennweg 6
      • Ramp 600 cm long , 200 cm high
    • Elevator available
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Guided tours for groups in Austrian sign language and for the visually impaired (tactile tours).
 Reduced admission for persons with special needs and their escorts.

    • Comments

      Lower Belvedere Shop & Orangerie: no steps

      Orangery entrance: wheelchair access via link corridor from Lower Belvedere to the Orangery, 2 single, paned doors (each 131 cm wide). Wheelchair-accessible restroom in the Orangery.

Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere)

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
1030 Vienna
  • Comments

  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -9%

      Additional information on the offer:

      - 1,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper Belvedere)

      - 2,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper and Lower Belvedere)

  • Opening times

    • daily, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Swinging doors 102 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm
    • Elevator available
      • Door 150 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Reduced admission for people with disabilities and assistants. "See differently" guided tours (tactile tours) in the Upper Belvedere for blind and visually impaired visitors. Video guides in Austrian Sign Language (OGS) and International Sign are available for deaf visitors.

    • Comments

      2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom.
      Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance).

Albertina modern

Karlsplatz 5
1010 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -13%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 15,90€ /
      Savings: 2€ off the daily valid sales price at the museum cash desk (special offers excluded)

  • Opening times

    • daily, 10:00 - 18:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Door 135 cm wide)
        platform lift, automatic swing door
    • Elevator available
      • Door 110 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      A wheelchair will be provided for the duration of the visit to the exhibition (4 wheelchairs on the ground floor, 1 wheelchair available in the basement)

    • Comments

      Lift to all exhibitions

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

Maria-Theresien-Platz
1010 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -5%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 21€ /
      Savings: 1 € /
      Audioguide 5€ instead of 6€

  • Opening times

    • Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
    • We, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Th, 10:00 - 21:00
    • Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Sa, 10:00 - 21:00
    • Su, 10:00 - 18:00
    • Open on Saturdays until 9 p.m. for the duration of the Rembrandt exhibition (until January 12, 2025).

      Open daily from October, 8 2024 until January, 6 2025.

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • 5 Steps (Double swinging doors 300 cm wide)
        on Maria-Theresien-Platz, no ramp
    • Side entrance

      • Barrier-free entrance: Burgring 5 via porter, visitor service accompanies you to the elevator and into the building
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • 5 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        on Heldenplatz
    • Elevator available
      • Door 99 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Wheelchair rental possible (please reserve one day in advance). Special tours for visitors with dementia, in easy language, in sign language as well as guided touch tours (Tel. +41 1 525 24-5202 or email: kunstvermittlung@khm.at), Three masterpieces of the Renaissance collection of the painting gallery, selected objects of the Kunstkammer, the Egyptian-Oriental collection and the collection of antiquities are available to the blind and visually impaired as castings for touching. A brochure with image descriptions of this in Braille is available.

    • Comments

      Wheelchair users who visit the museum via Burgring 5 can purchase their tickets at the shop in the lobby.
      Induction loop available at the audio guide stand.

      https://www.khm.at/en/learn/art-education/inclusive-art-education/

Departure station of the Vienna Heurigen Express U4 station/train station Heiligenstadt

Boschstraße 7
1190 Vienna

Mayer on Pfarrplatz

Pfarrplatz 2
1190 Vienna
  • Comments

    • Member of the Vienna Wine Group

      Awarded as Vienna’s top heuriger with proven quality

  • Opening times

    • April to October
      • daily, 12:00 - 00:00
    • November to March
      • Mo - Th, 16:00 - 00:00
      • Fr - Su, 12:00 - 00:00

Sirbu

Kahlenberger Straße 210
1190 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • April to the end of October
    • Mo - Fr, 16:00 - 23:00
    • Sa, 15:00 - 23:00
    • Closed on public holidays

Feuerwehr Wagner

Grinzinger Straße 53
1190 Vienna
  • Comments

    • Awarded as Vienna’s top heuriger with proven quality

  • Opening times

    • January to March
      • Tu - Sa, 16:00 - 00:00
      • on holidays - Su, 13:00 - 00:00
    • April to June
      • Mo - Fr, 16:00 - 00:00
      • Sa - Su, 12:00 - 00:00
    • July to December
      • Mo - Sa, 16:00 - 00:00
      • on holidays - Su, 13:00 - 00:00
    • garden open until 10 pm

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