Imperial Palace (Hofburg) Vienna

Arrived in Vienna, got the tram to our hostel, we had learnt by now not to pay for any public transport. The hostel was really nice so we dumped our stuff and went to explore. Headed towards the palace. It was so much more amazing than we thought it'd be. Everywhere was so pretty and the gardens were huge!! Paths everywhere that led to different …

Day 1
Arrived at Hostel Ruthensteiner and me and the 5 other people that came on my plane hung outa t the hostel until the rest of the group arrived. Once the group got there, we walked around and saw some of the city around our hostel …

We began the day with a nice breakfast at our lovely Pension Nossek.

After touring the grounds and exterior of the Hofburg Palace the day before, we were ready to take on the elegant interior apartments and imperial treasures. The lavish residence of the Habsburgs does not disappoint. We also visited a museum about Empress Sisi and the …

We arrived in Vienna in the late afternoon so it was really only dinner and early bed so we could be up early the next morning to make the most of our day in Vienna. The weather was lovely, about 22 so it was very pleasant walking around to all the sights.

Vienna has a population of about 1.8M so is fractionally higher population than …

The saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." In Vienna's case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Upon our arrival at Hotel Alstadt (which looked nothing like the pictures on the internet), we were told that Vienna was a “very clean city.” Well if by clean you mean broken bottles and trash …

From Florence I took an early train to Vienna. I left Joey, Will and Ana to meet up with Mary Ellis (studying in Cork, Ireland) and Elizabeth (studying in Lampeter, Wales). As soon as I left the bus I noticed this Italian looking man in the train station. I didn't pay him any mind until I felt like he was following me around. Being the paranoid …

Everything with the tour round Eastern Europe seemed at such a fast pace it has left us exhausted to it seemed like a good idea to leave the alarm off and get up when we wanted. Not much changes really, we had an earlier night so we were up at about the same time we had been getting up to but felt a little less stressed because now we can do things …

Arriving by mini-van from Cesky Krumlov (3 hours away)we checked into a spacious room at Hotel in Kernals which is about 15 minutes from the centre of Vienna and Stephenplatz. There's a tramstop close by and for a 10€ ticket there’s unlimited travel on U-bahn and tramway systems and this is great because in the rain it’s much …

I did not sleep well. First, the walls were extremely thin and I could hear everything the people in the next room over were saying. I kept thinking that they were in my room, which was a bit unnerving while trying to fall asleep. Second, I woke up an hour too early because I didn't set my clock back. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that until …

... able to use the plastic again. After Belvedere, I take the metro back to the city center and walk through the imperial palace, admiring the gardens and buildings.  Then I enter the Kunsthistorisches Museum, or simply the Museum of Fine ...

... at night when you have a feather duvet? Day 44- Today we took the subway in to the center of the city and toured the Imperial Palace. Well we intended to tour it but it was closed to the public, we just walked around it. There were parks around but ...

... the sights more thoroughly. We walked the botanical gardens, took in the parliament house, the Rathaus (city hall) and the Hoffburg, the Imperial Palace. We only missed the Pope by five days as he was due to visit next weekend. We didn't stay all day as ...

... city´s current population and Austria´s current small size would seem to warrant.  We wandered around the Habsburg imperial palace, the gigantic museums, Parlament and Rathaus (Town Hall), being constantly bewildered at the size ...

... was invented, Stephansdom, a huge gothic church right in the centre of the city and of course the Hofburg or Imperial Palace.   Walking by all these famous sites, we were hassled continuously by people dressed up like Mozart trying to ...

... month of august, so we did not get to see the horses in action. But this put us right in the center of the old imperial palace. We went into the treasury and saw all these crown jewels and coronation robes. There was even a crown in there that dated ...

... price from 20 Euros to 1,000 Euros. Last night, the organizational host was the University of Technology in Vienna took place at the Hofburg Imperial Palace and was absolutely beautiful. After a full day of class and meetings, my roommates and I ...

... coffins of 142 people lay. This was very cool and different. Then onto Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) and to the Hofburg Imperial Palace which contained the Imperial Silver Collection and Apartments. This Palace for us was pretty boring. Maybe ...

... first act-he didn´t land a single pirouette. I felt kind of bad.) Monday- Met up with Karly. We started out at the Imperial Palace where we saw the Albertina museum, and ended up just walking around the city. We went to Mozart´s house, St Stephens, ...

... gardening even if it is slightly impractical for the average household garden. We didn’t go into the main attractions there - the imperial palace and zoo - but had a lot of fun in the labyrinths and mazes, which I imagine are better than the ...