A few of our favourite things
Our Vienna
There are plenty of great Vienna guides out there. This is a glimpse of ours: a handful of favourites, all easy to reach from the hotel.
Good to know
A coffee house is a place to sit, and nobody will rush you. Nobody will come running either; just catch the waiter's eye.
Tip by rounding up around 10%, and say the total out loud when you pay.
Shops close Saturday evening and stay closed on Sunday, but museums, cafés, and restaurants stay open.
For trams and metro, buy a ticket in the WienMobil app or at a machine before boarding; there's no tap-in.
Drink the tap water, it comes straight from the Alps.
Eat & drink
Öfferl
Map ↗Our favourite bakery and coffee, a few minutes from the hotel.
Café Prückel
Map ↗Kathi's favourite Viennese café. Best cakes, and great Eiernockerl at lunch. Cash only.
Figlmüller
Map ↗The classic schnitzel. Expect a queue; Lugeck around the corner is just as good.
Brasserie Palmenhaus
Map ↗The best terrace in the city, in a palm house by the Burggarten. Drinks, food, people-watching.
Loos American Bar
Map ↗Tiny bar with the original 1908 interiors by Adolf Loos. Go for a nightcap.
Kleines Café
Map ↗Very small and very Viennese. Coffee or a glass of wine on a quiet square.
See & do
Volksgarten
Map ↗Our favourite park, home to the rose garden and to our Thursday Stelldichein.
MAK, Museum of Applied Arts
Map ↗Kathi's favourite museum, for applied arts and design. Two minutes from the hotel.
Tram 1 & 2, around the Ring
Hop on tram 1 or 2 and loop the Ringstraße past the opera, the Hofburg, and the Rathaus.
Donaukanal
Map ↗Walk or run along the canal; in summer the banks turn into one long open-air bar.
Cobenzl & the vineyards
Map ↗Up in the vineyards above the city. Great views, easy hikes, and where Saturday takes us.
What to order
Schnittlauchbrot & Eier im Glas
Kathi's favourite breakfast: bread with butter and chives, and two soft-boiled eggs in a glass.
Marillenknödel
Apricot dumplings. Vienna's sweet dishes aren't just desserts.
Eiskaffee
Black coffee with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Jetlag's best excuse.