A weekend in Vienna
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay ?
The map of your stay "A weekend in Vienna"
Detail of the stay : A weekend in Vienna
How to get there
Vienna and art
Steps: Vienne
The first half-day allows you to discover the architectural showcase of the capital: the Ring. The buildings that line the circular boulevard, including the National Opera, the Hofburg Palace, the major museums (Fine Arts and Natural History), the Parliament, the Great University, the Town Hall, the Votive Church, reflect the Baroque and Historic periods. Then, enter the city centre, the Innere Stadt (1st district) to stroll through the oldest streets of the capital. In its heart, rises more than 300 m in the sky the Cathedral of St. Stephen (Stefansdom), a marvel of the Gothic age. If it is not too late, visit the Albertina, the great museum of the centre which houses a unique collection of art (impressionists, expressionists, drawings and engravings of the Renaissance...) collected by Prince Albert of Saxony-Teschen and his wife Marie-Christine, daughter of Marie-Thérèse. The building alone is worth a look.
Lunch in a Beisl: a typical popular restaurant where the daily menu, cheap, must be accompanied by a beer or a local wine.
After lunch, head for the Museumsquartier in the 7th arrondissement. Opened in 2001, it is one of the largest museum complexes in the world! You can choose to visit the Leopold Museum, where Austrian art is particularly prominent (you will find works by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele), or from Mumokmusée d'Art contemporainthe surprising architecture (grey basalt) which, through its collection, traces various trends in modern and contemporary international art: Pop Art, Arte Povera, Viennese actionism, etc.
After the visit, we will stroll through this unique complex organized around the vast courtyard of the former imperial stables, and why not have a drink on the roof of theMumok, to see Vienna from above?
Then you can stroll through the pretty streets of the 7th arrondissement, in the small Biedermeyer district of Spittelberg.
Dinner in a restaurant in the city centre to taste, for example, Tafelspitz with Austrian wine.Places of interest : COMPLEXE DE LA HOFBURG CATHÉDRALE SAINT-ÉTIENNE (STEPHANSDOM) UNIVERSITÉ DE VIENNE ÉGLISE VOTIVE (VOTIVKIRCHE) ALBERTINA MUSÉE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE PARLEMENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'AUTRICHE HÔTEL DE VILLE (RATHAUS) OPÉRA NATIONAL (WIENER STAATSOPER) MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE (MUMOK) MUSEUMSQUARTIER SPITTELBERG LEOPOLD MUSEUM