Vienna (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

VIENNA

SHOPPING • PARKS • ART MUSEUMS • THEATERS ARCHITECTURE • PALACES CAFES • CHURCHES • HOTELS RESTAURANTS • OPERA • MAPS THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

VIENNA

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

VIENNA MAIN CONTRIBUTOR: STEPHEN BROOK

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 PROJECT EDITOR Carolyn Pyrah ART EDITOR Sally Ann Hibbard EDITORS Marcus Hardy, Kim Inglis USEDITOR Mary Ann Lynch DESIGNERS Vanessa Hamilton, Andy Wilkinson DESIGN ASSISTANT Elly King PRODUCTION Hilary Stephens PICTURE RESEARCH Ellen Root DTP DESIGNER Adam Moore CONTRIBUTORS

Gretel Beer, Rosemary Bircz, Caroline Bugler, Deirdre Coffey, Fred Mawer PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Wilson ILLUSTRATORS

Richard Draper, Stephen Gyapay, Chris Orr, Robbie Polley, Ann Winterbotham Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by L. Rex Printing Company Limited, China First American Edition, 1994 10 11 12 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 1996, 1997 (twice), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

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Front cover main image: Kunsthistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresien-Platz

Karl V, Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 (see p24)

INTRODUCING VIENNA FOUR GREAT DAYS IN VIENNA 10 THE HISTORY OF VIENNA 16 VIENNA AT A GLANCE 40 VIENNA THROUGH THE YEAR 62

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Bronze and copper Anker Clock in Hoher Markt (see p84)

SURVIVAL GUIDE PRACTICAL INFORMATION 238 GETTING TO VIENNA 246 GETTING AROUND VIENNA 250 Façade of Schönbrunn Palace (see pp172–75)

STREET FINDER 256

VIENNA AREA BY AREA

TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS

GENERAL INDEX 268

STEPHANSDOM QUARTER 68

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 285

HOFBURG QUARTER 88

PHRASE BOOK 287

SCHOTTENRING AND ALSERGRUND 106

Dobostorte (see p206)

WHERE TO STAY 190 RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS 200 SHOPS AND MARKETS 220 ENTERTAINMENT IN VIENNA 226 CHILDREN’S VIENNA 232

Grinzing restaurant (see pp186–7)

MUSEUM AND TOWNHALL QUARTER 112 OPERA AND NASCHMARKT 134 BELVEDERE QUARTER 142 FURTHER AFIELD 158 THREE GUIDED WALKS 180

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (see p39)

TRANSPORTATION MAP Inside back cover

Karlskirche in the Belvedere Quarter (see pp148–49)

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FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE SIGHTSEEING SECTION Each of the six sightseeing areas in the city is colour-coded for easy reference. Every chapter opens with an introduction to the part of Vienna it covers, describing its history and character, followed by a Street-by-Street

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