
Major tourist attractions include the imperial palaces of the Hofburg and Schönbrunn (also home of the world's oldest zoo, Tiergarten Schönbrunn) and the Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater. Cultural highlights include the Burg Theatre, the Vienna State Opera, the Lipizzaner horses at the Spanish Riding School and the Vienna Boys' Choir, as well as excursions to Vienna's Heuriger districts.
There are also a number of art galleries, such as the Albertina, Belvedere, Museum Quarter, KunstHausWien and BA-CA Kunstforum. Popular museums include the museums in the Hofburg, the twin Kunsthistorisches Museum and Naturhistorisches Museum (Museums of the History of Art and of Natural History) and the Technical Museum, each of which receives over 250,000 visitors per year.
Sites associated with the many composers who lived in Vienna are also popular, such as Beethoven's various residences and St. Marx cemetery, Mozart's final resting place. Vienna's many churches also draw large crowds, the most famous of which are St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Church of the Teutonic Knights, the Church of the Jesuits, the Church of St. Charles, the Church of St. Peter, Maria am Gestade (Church of St. Mary on the Strand), the Minorite Church, the Church of St. Rupert, the Abbey of the Scots and the Votive Church.
Modern attractions include the Hundertwasserhaus, the United Nations headquarters and the view from the Danube Tower.
Travel information
By car;
-Coming from the Westautobahn (A1), take the exit towards the city centre,
-Drive along Hietzinger Kai, Schönbrunnerstraße, Naschmarkt, Kärntnerstraße.
-Turn left into Philharmonikerstraße, turn right into the Tegetthoffstraße, Plankengasse.
- At the end of the Dorotheergasse you will see the Graben hotel.
Coming from the Airport (by public transport):
Either take the CAT- train or train No. S7 until the stop Landstrasse/Wien Mitte/City Air Terminal,
From there, take the underground U3 towards Ottakring and get off at the stop Stephansplatz.