Car Rental Vienna. When I take my family back to my Viennese hometown, we sometimes rent a car. Over the past years, our experience with car rental in Austria has grown. Find tips for getting the best deal, a car rental checklist, and driving and parking tips. Do also check the alternative option: renting a car with driver. The Car Rental …
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Map of Vienna. On this page you find my collection of the best online and printed city maps. Find the most suitable map for your needs: find out your way round, find all top landmarks, search for addresses, and find hotels in your favourite spots. If you want to print the online maps, click on the link to the full version (Vollversion) where available and …
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The Vienna metro is the quickest and most popular means of public transport. Here you’ll get to know the Vienna metro system and access a Vienna metro map. Learn more about fares, tickets, city cards and timetables, and find free travel tips for using the metro when sightseeing. How Does The Vienna Metro Work? In total the Vienna subway or …
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If you belong to the smart 27% of Vienna visitors*) who are keen to learn about the city while there check these eight Vienna walking tours. Since my home city offers almost 100 guided walks start on top with this manageable list of the best group tours: from basic orientation walks to expert-led tours, from Jewish to architectural, shopping and …
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Sharing My Frequent Flyer Tips If you searched for flights to Vienna Austria every few months, too, you’d probably have found what I have: an overdelivering flight search tool that regularly spits out attractive airfares for the city. This flight search engine has delivered fabulous flight offers since I started using it seven years ago. In the past years I have found that Austrian Airlines …
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24 hours in Vienna. Since it’s small, can you cover Vienna in one day? As many people visit Europe on a round trip they have one or two days for Wien. While you can’t totally cover Vienna in 1 day, you can slice and dice it to your own preferences. To give you an idea of what is doable, here are …
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Before you visit Vienna use this page to orientate yourself and plan: Vienna’s exact location, weather, hotels, flights, maps, transport, city cards, booking restaurants, local wifi, and more. You can also use it for inspiration: how to spend 24 hours in Vienna, what to do with kids, Jewish Vienna, how to spend a halal holiday there, and other tips. 1. Where Is Vienna Exactly? Visit …
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Wifi in Vienna is free through hundreds of access points – both public and private. Apart from that you can rent your own mobile hotspot if you want to communicate sensitive data or just be safe from potential hackers. If you live in the European Union, you can use mobile data networks of mobile phone operators in other EU countries …
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To find out what to do in Vienna within the time frame you have, don’t tick off random ‘must-do’ lists. Instead, use these 15 key building blocks to gain a comprehensive understanding of the city and make the most of your time. If you have been to Wien before or plan an extended stay, check out my insider tips in …
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Which Vienna walks will best roll out the city to you? First, almost all major Vienna landmarks and attractions line up within the three square kilometres of Old Vienna, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Second, not just the city centre lends itself to walks but also many central neighborhoods. Walking through the likes of Wieden, Mariahilf and Josefstadt with their …
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Vienna Unwrapped Inspiration and Planning For Independent Travellers who are visiting Vienna
