This tour will give you an overall impression of the most significant historical sights of Vienna. Along the Ringstrasse you will see numerous grand buildings, such as the MAK, the State Opera House, the magnificent Museums of Fine Art with the world famous art treasures of the Habsburgs and the Natural History Museum, the cultural district of the Museums Quartier, the Hofburg (the former Habsburg winter residence), the Parliament, the City Hall and the Burgtheater. The highlight of this tour will be a visit to the showrooms of Schronbrunn Palace, once the summer residence of the Hapsburg family and home of Maria Theresa. On the way back to the opera we pass by the Belvedere Palace, former summer residence of Prince Eugen, which houses the largest and most precious Gustav Klimt collection in the world.
Entrance fee to Schonbrunn Castle included. |