Three days, one part of the city each: the Hofburg and the Ring with an opera standing ticket, Schönbrunn at opening and Klimt at the Belvedere, then the MuseumsQuartier and the Prater with a Beisl dinner. One ride a day, the rest on foot.
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Checked October 10, 2026. That’s the day we last confirmed the hours, prices and closed days.
April to June and September to October are the months to aim for: mild, long evenings, and in fall the Heurigen pour Sturm, the half-fermented new wine. July and August reach 86°F (30°C) and some coffee houses shorten their hours. Mid-November to Christmas is the Advent markets; January and February are cold and dark by 4:30 p.m. but quiet, and the opera and ball season is on.
The Innere Stadt (1st district) for everything on foot and the highest prices. Neubau (7th) behind the MuseumsQuartier for restaurants and bars at normal prices. Wieden (4th) around the Naschmarkt and Karlsplatz for the U4 to Schönbrunn. Leopoldstadt (2nd) near Praterstern is cheaper and ten minutes from the center.
The U-Bahn, trams and buses share one ticket from Wiener Linien: a single is €3.20 (€3.00 in the WienMobil app), 24 hours €10.20 (€9.70 digital), 7 days €28.90 (€25.20 digital). The 48 and 72-hour tickets were abolished on January 1, 2026, so for three days the digital 7-day ticket is the cheapest option. There are no barriers; validate paper tickets once, keep app tickets on your phone, and expect inspectors. The Innere Stadt is small enough to walk end to end in 25 minutes.
Innere Stadt · 90 min
The nave is free from 6 a.m. and quiet before 9, when the paid areas open; climb the 343 steps of the South Tower for the view. The all-inclusive ticket (€18) covers the towers, the catacombs tour and the audio guide; sightseeing is only 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Sundays.
€18
Innere Stadt · 45 min
The plague column, the shop fronts on Kohlmarkt, Demel's window, and the Roman ruins in the middle of the square in front of the Hofburg's dome.
Hofburg · 105 min
The Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments open daily 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (€20), though the museum rooms are shut for works from October 6 to November 18, 2026. Or cross the Ring to the Kunsthistorisches (€22 online, closed Mondays September to May), which now needs a booked time slot.
€20 to €22
Wieden · 75 min
Fifteen minutes' walk from the museums. Try Umar for grilled fish or octopus salad (Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m.), a Käsekrainer from the sausage stand, or falafel from the Levantine counters; the whole market is closed on Sunday, and Saturday adds a flea market at the far end.
Mariahilf · 45 min
A coffee house unchanged since 1880, two streets from the market: a Melange and the Sperl Torte, newspapers on wooden holders, nobody hurrying you. Open Monday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (closed Sundays in July and August).
Ringstrasse · 75 min
The Secession's gold dome and Klimt's Beethoven Frieze (closed Mondays), the Opera, the Burggarten, then Parliament, the Rathaus and the Burgtheater. Walk it, or ride tram 1 or 2 round the Ring for the price of a single.
Innere Stadt · 75 min
The schnitzel that overhangs the plate, pork by default, with potato salad; open daily from 11:30 a.m. and it takes reservations, which you want before the opera. It is a 15-minute walk from the Opera.
Innere Stadt · 180 min
Standing tickets sell only on the day, online from 10 a.m. or at the standing-room box office from 80 minutes before curtain (€13 to €18). Tie a scarf to the rail to hold your place and slip out at the interval if you have had enough.
€13 to €18
Hietzing · 120 min
Take the U4 to Schönbrunn and book the first time slot online; the palace opens at 8:30 a.m. and slots sell out weeks ahead in summer. The Palace Ticket (€42, about 75 minutes) replaced the Grand Tour in 2026, and the State Apartments ticket (€30, about 40 minutes) replaced the Imperial Tour.
€30 to €42
Hietzing · 90 min
The park is free and open from 6:30 a.m. Walk up past the Neptune fountain to the Gloriette for the view back over the palace; the terrace on top is on the €16 gardens ticket, and there is a cafe inside.
€16
Landstrasse · 75 min
Take the U4 back to Karlsplatz and tram D three stops to Schloss Belvedere, about 30 minutes. A brewery pub against the Lower Belvedere's wall on Rennweg: ribs or a goulash and a half liter of their own beer.
Landstrasse · 105 min
The Kiss, the rest of the Klimts, Schiele and Kokoschka in Prince Eugen's palace. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., €23; book online and walk straight to the entrance, and the Kiss room empties after 4 p.m.
€23
Landstrasse · 45 min
Walk down the terraces between the two palaces, the Alps on the horizon on a clear day, and out past the Lower Belvedere to Rennweg.
Döbling · 150 min
Tram D from the Belvedere runs round the Ring to Nussdorf; Mayer am Pfarrplatz, in the house where Beethoven lived, is ten minutes' walk, open daily from noon with a buffet and music from 7 p.m. Order wine by the quarter liter; Grinzing's taverns are tram 38 from Schottentor.
MuseumsQuartier · 120 min
The Leopold has the Schieles and Klimt's Death and Life; open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., €19, closed Tuesdays. On a Tuesday walk five minutes to the Albertina instead (Dürer's Hare, Monet to Picasso, the state rooms, around €20) and have a coffee in the MQ courtyard afterwards.
€19
Prater · 90 min
Take the U2 from Museumsquartier to Praterstern, ten minutes. A beer garden under the chestnuts since 1920 serves the Stelze, a roast pork knuckle carved at the table and meant for two or three; open daily 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. from March 15 to October 31, and in winter take the Beisl dinner at lunchtime instead.
Prater · 90 min
The 1897 wheel from The Third Man, €14.50, open daily from 9 a.m. until late (10:45 p.m. in October), and one slow turn takes 15 minutes. Then walk the Hauptallee, four kilometers of chestnut avenue, or try the old rides and shooting galleries of the Wurstelprater behind the wheel.
€14.50
Donaukanal · 90 min
From Praterstern it is 25 minutes along the water into the center: street art the whole way and bars on the bank from spring to fall. The Badeschiff, a pool on a barge with a bar on top, opens weekdays from 2 p.m. and weekends from noon.
Landstrasse · 120 min
A Beisl since 1858 behind the Konzerthaus, 20 minutes' walk from Schwedenplatz through the Stadtpark: Tafelspitz with apple horseradish, a schnitzel and the Martinigansl in October and November. Open Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight, closed Sunday; reserve, or on a Sunday try Zum Alten Fassl in the 5th district.
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From Vienna airport (VIE), the ÖBB railjet to Hauptbahnhof takes about 15 minutes on a standard ticket of around €5, and it is the one link not disrupted by the S-Bahn works that run from September 2026 to fall 2027: the S7 currently only reaches Wien St. Marx, and the City Airport Train (€14.90 single, €24.90 round trip) runs as buses to Wien Mitte every 12 minutes until the line reopens. The Vienna Airport Lines bus to Schwedenplatz is around €11.
About €100 to €150 a day per person for meals, tickets and transport. The tickets are the cost: Schönbrunn €30 to €42, the Belvedere €23, the Kunsthistorisches €22, the Leopold €19. A schnitzel with a beer is €25 to €35, a Melange and a slice of cake around €10, a Heuriger evening €25 to €35, and the 7-day transit ticket €25.20.
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Yes, for the Hofburg, Schönbrunn, the Belvedere and one of the MuseumsQuartier museums. A fourth day adds the Wachau or Bratislava; a fifth, the Kunsthistorisches and the Albertina both, and a slower afternoon in a coffee house.
The digital 7-day ticket (€25.20) for a three-day stay, now that the 48 and 72-hour tickets are gone. A single is €3.20. The Vienna City Card only pays if you will use a lot of its discounts; check them against the online prices first.
Day 3 without the Prater: the Leopold in the morning, the Albertina after lunch, then the Beisl dinner. Day 1 also holds up, since the cathedral, the Hofburg and the coffee house are all indoors. For day 2, Waystop's rain plan can add a version that moves the Gloriette and the Heuriger to a dry day.
Yes. The palace interior is timed entry and the morning slots go two to three weeks ahead in summer. The gardens are free and open from 6:30 a.m., so you can walk them without a ticket if the palace is sold out.
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