Imperial Vienna — 3 days

Palaces, Viennese cafés and the Habsburg art of living. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & historic centre; Palaces & museums; Opera & the Ring.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & historic centre

• 11:00 — Arrival in Vienna (Schwechat)
• 12:00 — City Airport Train (CAT) → centre — Aéroport → Wien Mitte
• 13:00 — Hotel check-in — Centre-ville
• Walk to the cathedral — Centre-ville → Stephansplatz
• 15:00 — St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) — Stephansplatz
• Walk to Kärntner Straße — Stephansplatz → Centre-ville
• 16:30 — Kärntner Straße & Graben — Centre-ville
• 19:30 — Wiener Schnitzel dinner — Centre-ville

Day 2 — Palaces & museums

• 09:00 — Schönbrunn Palace & gardens — Schönbrunn
• 12:30 — Lunch — Schönbrunn
• Metro to the Belvedere — Schönbrunn → Belvédère
• 14:30 — Belvedere Palace — Belvédère
• Metro to the MuseumsQuartier — Belvédère → MuseumsQuartier
• 17:00 — MuseumsQuartier — MuseumsQuartier
• Walk to the café — MuseumsQuartier → Café Sacher
• 19:30 — Viennese café & Sachertorte — Café Sacher

Day 3 — Opera & the Ring

• 09:00 — Vienna State Opera (guided tour) — Opernring
• Walk to lunch — Opernring → Centre-ville
• 12:30 — Lunch — Centre-ville
• Tram to the Ring — Centre-ville → Ring
• 14:00 — The Ringstraße by vintage tram — Ring
• Walk to the Hofburg — Ring → Hofburg
• 16:00 — Hofburg & Imperial Treasury — Hofburg
• 18:00 — Airport shuttle — Centre-ville → Aéroport
• 21:00 — Return flight