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The inside tour the palace was fantastic! We also toured the Carriage museum (which included exhibits on Empress Elizabeth aka Sisi) that we loved - she was quite an interesting individual.
Vienna during Christmas was a dream come true. The decoration, the sightseeing, and the local food and drinks did not disappoint. Each place you visit bares some of its history in the building itself
The Belvedere Palace is another gem in Vienna, home to beautiful art. The gardens offer perfect views for photography, especially in the early morning.
Really cool place to visit. The place is quite small, but magnificent with its ceiling frescoes and book shelves floor to ceiling. Plenty to read about around the room. Under 19 year olds go free in lots of attractions in Vienna, which is great. worth a visit.
We went at night for the Christmas market. It was the largest one in Vienna. There was an ice skating track, and it was well decorated. The market had many different stalls, though many were the same items we saw in Germany. There was food, and places to sit and relax. The atmosphere was festive.
The museum makes a huge effort to be immersive and offers some fun activities, like the piano shaped staircase, the waltz dice game and the chance to simulate conducting the Wiener Philarmoniker on the top floor. I had a nice hour and a half overall, but I can't say to have learnt anything new, except for a few juicy trivia about composers (like the fact that Beethoven loved pasta!). Maybe someone who didn't have a musical education like me might get more out of it. In my opinion it's a cool museum, but by no means a must in Vienna.
So as part of your holiday I recommend visiting a crypt containing dozens of dead bodies - it is superb, surprising and quite different!!! The crypt lies below a church in the center of Vienna. When you first enter the crypt you think there is not much here but turn a couple of corners and you are faced with an array of ornately decorated coffins containing (almost) every member of the Hapsburg Royal Family none more ornate or ostentatious than that of Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I. The sheer scale of the coffins and detail are amazing. It is a complete shock to us to see this but this is really quite special. The only thing we have seen to compare with this are the coffins of Sultans laid out in some Turkish religious buildings. Quite creepy but absolutely magnificent - must see this!!!
This church is tucked away - perhaps 7 minutes from St. Stephan's. Make the short walk. To me, the Jesuit church and St. Peter's are both remarkable. This church looks so unassigned in a little courtyard. But inside it is beautiful, serene, and magical. If you are lucky there will be organ music which is very grand.
I was stunned by it. Art Nouveau at its best but just felt beneath its purpose in spite of its beauty. On a big empty campus of a closed psychiatric centre. It felt hard to get to even though we were on a chartered bus.
Central Station (Haupfbahnhof) is major rail hub linking Vienna to various domestic and international destinations. You can also catch quick service to the airport from here as well. We recently completed return rail trip to Munich and found the station to be quite modern, easy to navigate and make proper use. You'll find expected facilities, food court, couple floors of retail shops and convenient access into Vienna to/from Hbf. We would have no problem doing rail journeys from Wien Hbf during future travel in the region.
You have to have ID to enter. It is a beautiful building and free to enter. Make sure you go to the restaurant on the top floor as the views are spectacular. We had coffee and cake while sitting outside looking at the rooftops of many buildings. It is a spectacular building to visit.
I knew that this stunning building is space for exhibitions but I expected to see more of Klimt work. There is the only - Beethoven frieze in the basement which was a bit confusing for us. You can sit and listen to the music while enjoying a painting under the ceiling of the room - and it was really in the third top part of the wall. During our visit there were exhibition by modern artists - Ali Cherri, Rochelle Feinstein and films by Beatriz Santiago Munoz which we visited but I cannot say that we liked them - we are not fans of contemporary art which say nothing to us, actually we say we can do many times better. I always laugh when people pretend they understand it. We paid entry fee for seniors EUR 10/per person. There is an elevator so if you have problem walking on the stairs with walking stick like I had it's a great help. You can also leave your coats and any belongings in self operated storage room - you need Euro 1 or 2 coins to use the cabins which you will get back. There is also gift shop with good choice of books. I gave the rating mainly for the stunning building.
The lady who gave the tour was very knowledgeable. She asked before the tour if anyone had something they specifically wanted to see. I was really interested in the Atomic Energy Commission. She made sure to go in depth about the subject and answered every question I had. Kind of feel bad for asking a lot of questions, but no one else in the group had questions so I figured why not ask. Recommend this to anyone who likes history or has done everything in the Innerstraße. plus you get a security badge and that’s kind of cool.