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Guys i am gonna be stopping in Vienna on my way to Barcelona (2nd week of October). I need help picking a hotel and also recommendations of things to do ..

I had a couple of days to dilly dally the last time I was there. The places I would recommend are:

Kunsthaus Wien Museum (VERY IMPORTANT!!) lovely coffee shop as well! Its featured in "1000 Places to Visit Before you Die"

Schonbrunn Museum

St Stephen's Cathedral in the city center ... the city center is a lovely place to walk around and just take in the scenery as well
Schonbrunn Zoo - (zoo fanatic here! but couldn't make it there cause it was snowing)
And if you're into philharmonic or Mozart etc then look up the Vienna Opera House, they have a regular line up of events.

Just get a map of the train stations, they usually have all the above places marked in. Very easy to get around and the taxis aren't that expensive either. Make sure you always have a rail pass though. I let mine expire, cause no one ever really checked anyway, and the police was doing spot checks and I got ticketed for about 130 euros.

Thanks ! Which hotel did you stay in ?

dude vienna is the place to be......lovely weather and great coffee, and ice cream

Schonbrunn Palace Hotel
Only problem is that you smell the weiner shnitzel on the morning.

mraph33 wrote:Schonbrunn Palace Hotel
Only problem is that you smell the weiner shnitzel on the morning.

i love that stuff man, except that i eat the beef one not the shinken one

mraph33 wrote:Schonbrunn Palace Hotel
Only problem is that you smell the weiner shnitzel on the morning.

umm what weiner are we talkin about here .. i got really bad mental images with that statement mraph

mmmmmm........I can smell the deep fried oil from here

mraph33 wrote:
mmmmmm........I can smell the deep fried oil from here

I miss Austria now

mraph33 wrote:Schonbrunn Palace Hotel
Only problem is that you smell the weiner shnitzel on the morning.

mraph i found the museuem but i cant find the hotel, do you have a link?

Yeah.....actually I got the name of the hotel wrong, which is why you couldn't find it: its the Parkhotel Schonbrunn
Its right across the street from palace itself
http://www.lodgingaustria.com/Vienna/Au ... hoenbrunn/

so how central is that to the city ?

MaaaD wrote:so how central is that to the city ?

found my answer on the site:

The city center can be reached in 8 minutes by underground

The only problem with using the underground is that you have to remember the names of the stations:
Guddenshitznpisinhof

By the time you read the name of the station, the train has already left

hahaha mraph you crack me up !

i love gondolas hehe

weary_heart wrote:i love gondolas hehe

I think your mixing up Venice and Vienna

MaaaD wrote:

weary_heart wrote:i love gondolas hehe

I think your mixing up Venice and Vienna

You must be right maaad. hehe gondolas just cant get it out of my brain cells har har har

Vienna is a romantic city which is not as hyped as Paris. Lots of musuems and i noticed the prices to be very reasonable making it a good place to get some bargains.

I stayed at the intercontinental which was pretty good although a bit old. If you are there for a short stay like i was i would recommend the Hilton since it is closer to the train station that takes you right to the airport.

Again the cathedral in vienna is pretty cool:



And the area around it (Stephensplatz) is full of retail outlets and restaurants. Its good to note that on weekends no one checks your Metro pass so if you are in Vienna for the weekend dont bother buying a day pass for the Metro. The Metro itself is great with frequent trains and will take you all around the city.

Also something you should not miss on doing is checking out Cafe Demel and having a sacher torte or any of the other yummy pastries they have at the place.

In a nutshell vienna is a nice quiet city ideal for a romantic getway with your signficant other (and not a business trip with your coworker )