We have only had a look at a couple of sights, sounds and experiences Vienna has to offer but there is still so much more left to discover, so if you have booked your flight to Vienna, let’s see what else this magnificent Austrian city has to offer.
We’ve mentioned some of Vienna’s palaces such as the Schönbrunn Palace and the Imperial Palace but that’s not all the palace’s they have, in fact there are two palaces on the Belvedere grounds. They lie in the middle of a grand park and were constructed for Prince Eugene of Savoy by J.L. von Hildebrandt, a famous Baroque architect. Today the Belvedere Palaces house museums featuring Austrian painting and art, the large gardens also feature what was Europe’s first Alpine garden in 1803 and are now home to more than 4000 plants that represent the diverse flora of the alpine ecosystem.
Vienna also offers a wide variety of exhibitions, displays and productions throughout the year that showcase a diverse range of cultural expression including Still life painting exhibitions, Television as art, photography festivals, musical events and much more.
If you want a change from sightseeing during your stay in Vienna, there is also a lot of shopping to be done, with many shopping streets and pedestrian zones that of plenty of luxury goods, jewellers, fashion and designer stores, antique stores and art stores. In Vienna’s hip shopping district you will also find many designer flagship stores, independent designer fashion stores and plenty of vintage shopping.
Vienna also has a huge range of restaurants that offer many different cultural dining experiences from traditional Viennese Cuisine to international cuisine as well as many trendy restaurants and bars and luxury restaurants and bars you will be spoilt for choice. During the day whilst exploring this great city you must pop into one of Vienna’s coffee houses, known as the Coffee capital of Austria here you can enjoy many hundreds of different types of coffee and what better way to enjoy your coffee is to sample some of the cities renowned cakes and pastries.
With so much to see, do, taste and experience you may well need to make more than one visit to Vienna.
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