Coaches from Vienna Sightseeing Tours
(
www.viennasightseeingtours.com
) ride past the most
important tourist attractions. The tours go daily between 9.45am and
7.30pm. The central point of departure is the bus station Staatsoper.
For information and booking: tel.71 24 68 30.
The Vienna Line hop on hop off offers the tourist just that:
hopping on and off whenever you want. Tickets cost € 12 for adultsand €
7 for children ). They are also available at hotels and travel agencies.
Cityrama, Börsegasse 1, tel. 53 41 30 .
www.cityrama.at Their
coaches leave from the central bus stop Stadtpark/Johannesgasse in front
of the Kursalon. They will also pick you up at your hotel half an hour
prior to the departure of the tour.
Fun
tours, where the visitor is allowed to address his wishes, offered
by Vienna Walks & Talks, Werdertorgasse 9/2, 1220 Wien, 774 89
01, fax 774 89 33,
www.viennawalks.tix.at
,
info@vienna.walks.tix.at.
If you
are interested in the details during the tour, you have come to the
right place. The ‘unconventional tours’ cost between € 11 and 16.
Brochure can be requested.
A most enjoyable way of exploring Vienna is a tour by Fiaker (hackney
carriage). Don’t forget to settle on a price with the coachman before
you set off! A tour (40 minutes) costs approximately € 65 . Fiaker ranks are on Stephansplatz (north
side of the cathedral), in Augustinerstrasse (in front of the
Albertinamuseum) and on Heldenplatz (in front of the monument to
Archduke Charles).
You can also explore the city by Bimm or tram (ringlines 1 and
2, all day). The tram passes a.o. Hofburg, the twin towers of the
Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Volksgarten, Rathaus (Town Hall),
Burgtheater, the university and the Bourse. Information from Wien
Tourismus.
A special walk is
‘Der Dritte Mann: auf den Spuren eines Filmklassikers’.
You
stroll through the city and even along the sewer area at locations
where, over 50 years ago, The Third Man was shown, the movie with
Orson Welles as the main character. The walk is organized each year on
Monday and Friday at 4pm. It starts at the subway station Stadtpark,
exit Johannesgasse, a reservation is not necessary. Price: € 16/8.50,
duration 2 ½ hours,
www.derdritteman.at
‘Wiener Spaziergänge’ is the name of an organisation specialising
in thematic 90-minute strolls through the city (architecture, music
history, culture). Information : Tel. 894 53 63 and
489 96
74. You could
also explore Vienna on your own initiative.
Every
day at 9am there is a
boat tour
to the protected meadows along the Donau.
May-Oct, starting at the Salztorbrücke, only after reservation: 22 49 23
53.In the summertime, you can also make a nightly boat tour on the Donau
with a theme, e.g. dancing tours under the motto ‘Sound of Johan
Strauß’. Inquiries at 58 88 00 or 726 81 23,
www.donauschiff.at
,
www.donauschiffahrtwien.at
, 715
15 25.
Bicycle
rent
(April-Oct): at the Südbahnhof, 93 00 03 58 86, and at the
Westbahnhof, 93 00 03 29 85.
Bicycle
and in-line skates rent:
Copa Cagrana, XII., Reichsbrücke/Donauinsel, 263 52 42,
www.fahrradverleih.at .
Moped rent: 2Rad-Börse, II., Praterstr. 47, 214 85 95,
www.2rad-motorcyclecompanies.at .
The
bicycle rental company Pedal Power daily offers bicycle tours along the
most important sights of Vienna, with enough time to take pictures; II.,
Ausstellungstr. 3, 729 72 34,
www.pedalpower.at ,
office@pedalpower.at . For more information about biking in Vienna
you can go to Wien Tourismus on www.info.wien.at and you can read about
it in the bikers magazine. You can order the magazine at 24 555,
fax 24 555 666, info@wien.info
You can
also take a literary walk through the city. Alone or in a group.
Inquiries on tours tel 24 555. Heimito von Doderer’s Strudlhofstiege
can still be admired on the Jugendstil stairs between the Strudlhof- and
the Pasteurgasse.
The
Ungargasse is what Ingeborg Bachmann writes about in her novel Malina,
and also Thomas Bernard’s Heldenplatz is about the equally named
square.
A very
unique experience, typical for Vienna, is a visit to the piano builder
in the Klavierhaus Rudolf Reisinger (Königsklostergasse 7,
587 86 28-0, www.klavierhaus.info
), or to be precise, to the atelier on the first floor: if you are
interested in the piano, you can watch sublime craftsmen at work here.
