Vienna – a City for Connoisseurs
by Allax
Posted on July 15th, 2010 in Austria, Europe | 31 Comments »
Vienna in Austria is not the city to fall in love with at first sight, but a city you’ll end-up loving. So silent, so well-ordered, you might find Vienna travel almost boring in the first place – without any guess that a volcano of art, ideas, music and colours is just about to erupt in front of you. With such an overwhelming glimpse of history, travellers to Vienna city often forgot this is one of Europe’s most dynamic urban spaces.
In a city perfectly gliding between its present and its past, Vienna attractions range from the imperial Schonbrunn Palace or the glorious Hofburg memory of the Hapsburg dynasty, to the provocative contemporary art hidden inside the comprehensive Museum Quarter next door, and from the popular Mozart museum house, to the street art and colourful graffiti.
Past and present, modern and classic, traditional and innovative, there is all here in Vienna art, music, streets and festivals. And
when it comes about Vienna restaurants, you can splurge and imbibe with exotic spices in exquisite Austro-Asian fusion restaurants on same street with the traditional Beisl.
Organising your Vienna travel is a very easy job to do. Being one of the most popular cities in Central Europe, there are hundreds of Vienna flights, landing from all major cities. Concerning about the Vienna accommodation? Just relax and browse the major reservation systems on the Internet. When it comes about Vienna hotels, you have plenty of choices, to fit your budget and needs too. Whether leisure weekender or business traveller, whether willing to splurge or just find a comfy place to rest your bones after a full day of city exploring, there is definitely a hotel in Vienna city conceived right for your needs. From the luxury hotel chains crowning the Ringstrasse and the immediate vicinity of Mariahilf, to the cheap and comfortable outskirts Vienna hotels, you don’t have to worry about a thing.
The Vienna transport means are excellent organised, and when it comes about car rental, Vienna is best place to think about it. The traffic is almost zero, and you can reach any point of the city in just few minutes. How about the feeling of a continuous weekend?
Are you an outdoor junkie? Think green, green, green, as Wienerwald (Vienna woods) caste more and more land, and the eco-way of life in Vienna is well-known. If you got enough of museums and libraries, make a difference and consider the Spanish Riding School Vienna, a superb setting to admire the white Lipizzan stallions, and get to know better the classical equitation.
Simple and exquisite, silent and vibrating, Vienna is a place for connoisseurs, for the travellers who know how to listen to the city, who know how to have conversation with a city, who know how to let a city reveal itself.
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