City Tour "Historical Vienna"

Monday, June 21
This tour will show you some of Vienna's most impressive buildings. You will see the famous Ringstrasse with the State Opera, the National Museums, the Imperial Palace, the Parliament, the City Hall, the "Burgtheater" (the Imperial Theatre), the University and the Votive Church. Highlight of this tour is a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the Austrian emperors.

Duration: 3.5 hrs
Departure: 10 a.m. from the City Air Terminal, Vienna Hilton
 

"Art Nouveau in Vienna"

Tuesday, June 22
In the course of this tour you will become acquainted with some of the most important and well-known buildings of the "Art Nouveau" era in Vienna, designed by great architects such as Otto Wagner or Joseph Maria Olbrich. The highlight of this tour is a visit to the church "Am Steinhof", which has been excellently restored and is one of the major contributions to the Viennese "Jugendstil".

Duration: 3,5 hours
Departure: 2 p.m. from the City Air Terminal, Vienna Hilton
 

"Excursion to the Wienerwald"

Wednesday, June 23
A half day excursion to the pleasant scenery of the well-known "Vienna Woods". Passing the old Roman town of Baden - famous for its thermal springs, we take you to a romantic valley called "Helenental" and the former hunting lodge of the Habsburg familiy at Mayerling. We stop at the commemorative chapel where Crown Prince Rudolph, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph, is said to have committed suicide with his mistress Baroness Vetsera in 1889. In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz you will visit the gothic cloister which still houses the remains of the last members of the Babenberg dynasty. Driving passed the "Höldrichsmühle", where Franz Schubert composed his song "The Linden Tree", you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna, passing Liechtenstein castle along the way.

Duration: 4,5 hours
Departure: 9 a.m. from the City Air Terminal, Vienna Hilton
 

"The Biedermeier period and its musicians"

Wednesday, June 23
Between 1815 and 1848 the state reacted to growing political pressure by exercising a strict censorship. The famous drawing-rooms of the town, popular among the upper class, turned into the cultural centers of Vienna. Love of music became a characteristic feature of the city. This walking tour will take you past Freyung, Schottenstift and Mölkerbastei - places closely associated with music and famous musicians. During a visit to the Museum of the "Neue Burg" you will have a chance to see and hear the musical instruments of that time. This tour will end in a typical Viennese coffee-house.

Duration: 3 hours
Departure: 9 a.m. from Freyung, Schottenstift, 1st district
 

"The Imperial Palace and Imperial Treasury"

Thursday, June 24
You will walk through the "Hofburg", the former winter residence of the Habsburg family which ruled Austria for approxiamtely 600 years until 1918, and visit the Imperial State Appartments, the Imperial Treasury housing the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire as well as the Austrian Imperial Crown. The magnificent hall of the National Library, one of the masterpieces of baroque architecture, will be seen at the end of this tour.

Duration: 2,5 hours
Departure: 9 a.m. Michaelerkuppel, Imperial Palace
 

MONDIAL CONGRESS reserves the right to cancel any or all tours prior to the conference if there are less than 25 participants each.

All tours are in English only and subject to change.

Unused tickets will not be refunded!

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