No. 01 · Landmark
Schönbrunn Palace
Baroque imperial summer palace with 1,441 rooms
The Habsburgs' summer residence on the city's western edge — gardens, a zoo, and the Gloriette hilltop pavilion.
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Vienna
Habsburg palaces, coffee houses, and classical music
An imperial capital with Klimt at every turn, schnitzel in every back lane, and a coffee culture old enough to be UNESCO-listed.
When to go
April–June and September–October; Christmas markets in December.
Getting around
Trams, U-Bahn, and walking handle the centre. The Ringstraße is a 5 km loop around it.
Vienna highlights
Don't miss
The top places to start with if you only have a day or two — the essentials before you go deeper.
No. 02 · Landmark
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Vienna's Gothic spire at the centre of the old city
The Stephansdom — a 12th-century cathedral with a colourful tiled roof, catacombs, and a 137-metre south tower you can climb.
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Belvedere Palace
Two baroque palaces holding Klimt's Kiss
Prince Eugene of Savoy's summer palace, now a museum with the world's largest Klimt collection — including The Kiss and Judith.
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4 hand-picked
A curated mix of landmarks, neighborhoods, and museums worth your time in Vienna, Austria — grouped by type below.
Landmarks
2 places
Museum
1 place
Where to stay
1 place
Where to stay in Vienna
4 neighborhoods
Vienna's first district sits inside the Ringstraße — base there and the whole imperial city is on foot.
Innere Stadt
Coffee houses, Hofburg, opera
Best for: Imperial Vienna out the door
Leopoldstadt
Augarten, Prater, design hotels
Best for: Calmer stays a tram from the centre
Neubau
Galleries, indie shops, MuseumsQuartier
Best for: Cool-hunters after the seventh district
Wieden
Naschmarkt, Karlsplatz, Belvedere
Best for: Foodies and museum-goers
A 3-day itinerary, your way
If you only have a long weekend in Vienna.
Day 1
Imperial Vienna
Hofburg in the morning, Spanish Riding School, lunch at a beisl, St Stephen's Cathedral, opera or concert at night.
Day 2
Schönbrunn & Belvedere
Schönbrunn at opening, garden walk, lunch in Naschmarkt, Belvedere for Klimt, dinner in Neubau.
Day 3
Coffee & Modern
MuseumsQuartier morning, lunch at Café Sperl, Vienna Secession, Prater for a Ferris-wheel sunset, late wine in a heurige.