A Day in Vienna - Things You Shouln't Miss!

The best way to start the day in vienna is with a hearty breakfast at the ARCOTEL Wimberger Vienna. under the motto Regional | Homemade | Fresh the hotel offers a varie selection of disches that includes something for everyone.

So, once you have got your strength up, it's time to set off on you tour of the city. The first stop is the Westbahnhof railwas station where we catch the U3 to Stephansplatz (in the direction of Simmering). What better place could there be to start a tour of vienna than the city's most famour monument - St. Stephans's Cathedral. From there, continue over the Graben to de Spanisch Riding School, which is less than 10 minutes' away on foot. Once you geht there, yo have a number of options such as watching the horses do their morning training or getting a glimpse behind the scenes on a guided tour.

After passing the Albertina, whisch is only a couple of hundred metres away, you should continue Vienna State Opera. If you like, you can book a tour of the opera house here. But if you don't fancy that, the State Oopera is an architecturally impressive sight from the outside too.
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As it will soon be time for lunch, we suggest that you take the U2 metro as far as Museumsquartier. As the name indicates, this area is home to a number of Museums, such as the mumok (Museum of Modern Art) and the Leopold Museum, but it is also a grat place to have Lunch. MQ boasts a varity of 10 cafés and restaurants.

If you need a stroll to walk off you lunch, then cover the two stations to Rathausplatz on foot, otherwise take de U2 metro line to get there in comfort. Rathausplatz is a great place for entertainment at any time of the year. In summer it is the venue for a variety of concert broadcasts, in the run-up to Christmas it hosts the traditional Christmas market which is then followed by an ice-skating rink.

When you have finished here, you should get back on the U2 to got to the Prater, of more precisely, to the Giant Ferris Wheel. For how can cou come to Vienna without taking a ride on the world famous Giant Ferris Wheel? We suggest that you buy your tickets in advance online to avoid long queues at the ticket office.

And as you're probaly getting hungry again, you might fancy going on to the Donauturm observation tower and restaurant. For that, you need to take the U1 metro which will carry you across the Danube. From the Alte Donau station it is about a 20 minute walk to the tower in the Donaupark and then there´s a lift to the restauran. The most stunning feature: the 150m high restaurant rotates around its own axis giving a perfect panorama view ofer the roofs of Vienna. And if that isn't enough, you can also enjoy Vienna's fantastic lights from the open-air observation deck or the two-floor indoor gallery with its floor-to-ceiling windows.

Process the impressions of the day on a 15 minute walk back to the nearest U6 station (Neue Donau) which will take you directly to the Burggasse/Stadthalle station. From there, you'll only need three minutes and you'll be lying in a soft bed at the ARCOTEL Wimberger Vienna...