fly with Spanair and landed at the airport Vienna Schwechat of about three in the afternoon. Outside the terminal we caught the train that takes you to the station Mitte in the center of the city in a quarter of an hour for 10 euros. From Spain can also find cheap flights to Vienna with Vueling .
From Mitte station went underground to hotel Tabor City, we had booked online. Double with bath and breakfast we went for 58 euros a night. A highly recommended hotel near the historic center.
Vienna, the heart of Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the world's largest cities during the nineteenth century until the First World War when the defeat of the central powers dismembered the multinational Habsburg empire in different independent states.
nineteenth greatness of that empire is still visible in the tens of majestic palaces and government buildings that dot the city. The Hofburg Palace, in central of Vienna, is the best example because it was the residence of the Austrian monarchy for six centuries. Inside you can appreciate the luxury that surrounded the Habsburg Kaiserappartements visiting the Imperial Treasury or Sisi Museum. Of course, you have to checkout to enter each site.
Another palace highlight is the Belvedere , the eighteenth century, which houses the museum Oberes Belvedere, with masterpieces such as The Kiss Gustav Klimt of . Their gardens are also very pleasant to walk and ride behind the palace is a small Christmas market. Also
worth close to Schonbrunn Palace , built in the late eighteenth and perfectly embodies the luxury and opulence of the emperors. Not in vain this palace is known as the Austrian Versailles . Its 1,441 rooms and endless gardens exude glamor all four sides. You can visit the private room of the Empress Sisi. Admission is 10 euros.
palace to break from nothing better than walking the streets of downtown Vienna , which, although they were destroyed by bombing during World War II, have been relatively well reconstructed. There are many pedestrian and are always crowded. The historic center known as the Innere Stadt is chaired by the impressive Gothic cathedral San Esteban, the fourteenth century. Its 137-meter tower offers magnificent views of Vienna.
Flagship is also the town hall, the Rathaus , Gothic style, with a sleek tower over 100 meters. A mounted around one of the most popular Christmas markets in Vienna .
More modern is the Hundertwasserhaus , a colorful apartment block designed by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser , also filled with an ugly color power station, that continues to spew smoke in Vienna, the Spittelau .
The Austrian capital also has many parks to stroll as Pratter, a huge forest on the banks of the Danube , formerly served as a private hunting ground for emperors. Today hides the Ernst-Happel stadium , where Spain won Euro 2008, and an old amusement park with the famous Ferris wheel, which appears in the film The Third Man (8.50 euros per ride). To watch the Danube can stop at the metro station Donauinsel , that leaves you on an island in midstream.
to eat do not leave to visit the busy Naschmarkt , an outdoor market packed with food stalls and cheap restaurants, which has been operational since the fourteenth century, when trade in milk centralized Vienna.
When night falls, about four in the afternoon in late November, you can also visit the famous museums of Vienna. The Kunsthistorisches is one of the best in the world and houses works by Rubens, Bruegel, Velazquez, Caravaggio ... in a sumptuous palace of the XIX century. Opposite is the palace Naturhistorisches twin, natural history museum, whose jewel is the Venus of Willendorf , 25,000 years old.
A short walk from the museums is the Museums Quartier , a beautiful square with bars that holds the MUMOK of contemporary art and the Leopold Museum of modern art.
Vienna To move can opt for Vienna Card, which costs 5.40 euros, and the right to use any public transport (metro, bus and tram) for 24 hours.
From Mitte station went underground to hotel Tabor City, we had booked online. Double with bath and breakfast we went for 58 euros a night. A highly recommended hotel near the historic center.
Vienna, the heart of Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the world's largest cities during the nineteenth century until the First World War when the defeat of the central powers dismembered the multinational Habsburg empire in different independent states.
nineteenth greatness of that empire is still visible in the tens of majestic palaces and government buildings that dot the city. The Hofburg Palace, in central of Vienna, is the best example because it was the residence of the Austrian monarchy for six centuries. Inside you can appreciate the luxury that surrounded the Habsburg Kaiserappartements visiting the Imperial Treasury or Sisi Museum. Of course, you have to checkout to enter each site.
Another palace highlight is the Belvedere , the eighteenth century, which houses the museum Oberes Belvedere, with masterpieces such as The Kiss Gustav Klimt of . Their gardens are also very pleasant to walk and ride behind the palace is a small Christmas market. Also
worth close to Schonbrunn Palace , built in the late eighteenth and perfectly embodies the luxury and opulence of the emperors. Not in vain this palace is known as the Austrian Versailles . Its 1,441 rooms and endless gardens exude glamor all four sides. You can visit the private room of the Empress Sisi. Admission is 10 euros.
palace to break from nothing better than walking the streets of downtown Vienna , which, although they were destroyed by bombing during World War II, have been relatively well reconstructed. There are many pedestrian and are always crowded. The historic center known as the Innere Stadt is chaired by the impressive Gothic cathedral San Esteban, the fourteenth century. Its 137-meter tower offers magnificent views of Vienna.
Flagship is also the town hall, the Rathaus , Gothic style, with a sleek tower over 100 meters. A mounted around one of the most popular Christmas markets in Vienna .
More modern is the Hundertwasserhaus , a colorful apartment block designed by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser , also filled with an ugly color power station, that continues to spew smoke in Vienna, the Spittelau .
The Austrian capital also has many parks to stroll as Pratter, a huge forest on the banks of the Danube , formerly served as a private hunting ground for emperors. Today hides the Ernst-Happel stadium , where Spain won Euro 2008, and an old amusement park with the famous Ferris wheel, which appears in the film The Third Man (8.50 euros per ride). To watch the Danube can stop at the metro station Donauinsel , that leaves you on an island in midstream.
to eat do not leave to visit the busy Naschmarkt , an outdoor market packed with food stalls and cheap restaurants, which has been operational since the fourteenth century, when trade in milk centralized Vienna.
When night falls, about four in the afternoon in late November, you can also visit the famous museums of Vienna. The Kunsthistorisches is one of the best in the world and houses works by Rubens, Bruegel, Velazquez, Caravaggio ... in a sumptuous palace of the XIX century. Opposite is the palace Naturhistorisches twin, natural history museum, whose jewel is the Venus of Willendorf , 25,000 years old.
A short walk from the museums is the Museums Quartier , a beautiful square with bars that holds the MUMOK of contemporary art and the Leopold Museum of modern art.
Vienna To move can opt for Vienna Card, which costs 5.40 euros, and the right to use any public transport (metro, bus and tram) for 24 hours.
Athena chairs the Austrian Parliament, the nineteenth century. 
Hofburg Palace stands at the end of the street Kohlmarkt. 
Courtyard in the Hofburg Palace. 
The Archduke Charles on horseback. 
Christmas market in front of the Rathaus. 
Vienna is full of Christmas markets at this time. 
Kunsthistorisches Museum. 
A large concrete block houses the collection of MUMOK. 
Belvedere Palace. 
Library Austria National. 
Liechtenstein Palace. 
Graden Street, one of the most commercial of Vienna. 
Catedral de San Esteban, wedged between the historic downtown buildings. 
can be drawn carriage ride through the streets of Vienna. 
cobbled streets of downtown. 
Vienna also hides somewhere magical. 
Many sculptures adorn the center of Vienna. 
neo-Gothic church. 
Boats moored on the Danube Canal. 
A defensive tower of World War II serves as a museum. 
Soviet monument commemorating the liberation of Vienna from the clutches of Nazism. 
Schonbrunn Palace. 
Statue in the gardens of Schonbrunn Palace. 
The Ferris wheel The Third Man, in Pratt. 
Naschmarkt. 
At Christmas time the Austrians eat the Punch, a mulled wine in the street markets. 
Christmas markets are beautiful when illuminated at night. 
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