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VIENNA

& AIRPORT

Airport Wien-Schwechat

The airport Wien-Schwechat is 19 kilometre away from the Hotel Maria Elisabeth. From there you have excellent connections to all european destinations as well as a variegated net on long distance flights into the whole world.

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  • Transfer from Hotel Maria Elisabeth to the airport for € 30,00 per driven distance airport-hotel, at reservation 24 hours before departure
     

  • Bus from Gramatneusiedl to the airport for € 3,40 from Monday to Saturday
     

  • free parking during your air trip (max. 3 days) on our hotel parking, afterwards € 10,00 per day 

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  • 24-hour-check-in at our terminal at the hotel entry
     

  • around the clock cooled beverages and free coffee and tee in our lounge

The Vienna Pass

An all-inclusive-sightseeing-ticker for 1, 2, 3 or 6 days with

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  • free entry to more than 60 of the most popular sights and museums in Vienna

  • unlimited use of the HOP ON HOP OFF VIENNA SIGHTSEEING TOURS busses

  • free guidebook

  • fast-track-entry without queueing

  • optional with railway/underground pass for the Vienna Lines

Vienna for some hours

If you have just a short time availalbe, we recommend
 

  • a Fiaker tour (horse-drawn vehicle/curricle) in the downtown

  • a sightseeing tour

  • a visit in a coffee house or

  • a Wiener Schnitzel in one of the taverns and restaurants or at the Figlmüller

Current Events in Vienna

Current exhibitions, concerts, marcets, events and festivals...

Vienna

The Austrian capital charms its guests likewise with his long history and as modern platform between east and west.


Our hotel offers an excellent initial point for a trip in the pulsating city life

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  • with the fast train in 14 minutes to the main train station of Vienna

  • day ticket ÖBB/Vienna Lines
    for € 10,30     per adult (you receive it also directly at the reception)

  • we gladly help you with the configuration of the right program for you or with the booking of tickets, so that also you learn to love Vienna
     

In Vienna there is much to see, as for example...

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  • Castle Schönbrunn
    the past summer residence with the zoo, park, Gloriette (café with view over Vienna), palm house...
     

  • Castle Hofburg
    ernstwile centre of the Habsburg empire and today's office of the Federal President, with

    • the Spanish riding school

    • the imperial appartments

    • the Sissi museum

    • the treasury

    • the national library

    • the butterfly house

    • the place of the heros with the Volksgarden

    • the imperial grave "Kapuzinergruft"

    • the art exhibition Albertina
       

  • St. Stephan's Cathedral
    THE emblem of Austria and the heart of Vienna
     

  • Parlament
    with the Pallas-Athene-fountain
     

  • City Hall
    in neo-Gothic style with the city hall man on the top
     

  • Big Wheel and the fun park Prater
    since more than 100 years offers the big wheel an unique outlook; from roller coasters to ghost trains and motor-racing circuits, Prater offers for everybody an attraction; to this belongs the legendary stilt in the Schweizerhaus!
     

  • Danube Tower
    with 2 fast-lifts in some seconds to the rotating viewing plattform with restaurant
     

  • the many cofee houses on nearly every corner with its coffee variations and cakes, pies and pastries

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... or explore the city with one of the many city bikes...

Our city tour tip

In order to get a first impression of the city, we recommend to explore the city by feet - the distances are not so far and you amble along the sigths and so get to know the city.

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Initial point is the Vienna main train station (Hauptbahnhof)...

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  • leave the main exit of the main train station and go in the direction of the big street called "Gürtel", keep right and you can see the  Castle Belvedere immediately - from the castle you get a frist view over Vienna

  • walk trough the Belvedergarden to the "Untere Belvedere"

  • turn left, pass the fountain Hochstrahlbrunnen and the French embassy throuth the Vienna Museum to the

  • Karlsplatz with St. Charles' Church and the Resselpark

  • take the cross-walk to the Wiener Musikverein (a orange/brown building) - there is that hall where the new years concert is broadcasted worldwide

  • passing the Musikverein and the Hotel Imperial till the Ringstraße, the  boulevard of Vienna, there turn left and go along the Kärtner Ring till 

  • the Vienna State Opera, amble the Ringstraße further till you come left to the Burggarden with the Hofburg and the Heldenplatz and right the cultural and natural historical museum,

  • further along the Ringstraße on the left you reach the Volksgarden and on the right side the Parliament, followed from the city hall (Rathaus) and on the opposite the Burgtheatre

  • enjoy a coffee and cake in the famous Café Landtmann - on the other side of the Ringstraße is situated the University

  • take the street "Teinfeltstraße" between the Café Landtmann and the Burgtheatre and you reach the

  • Freyung with the abbey "Schottenstift", turn right and go as long straight ahead - passing the place "Am Hof" - till the end, then turn left and you arrive at the 

  • Graben
    - go straight ahead long the Kohlmarkt and you get again to the castle Hofburg
    - or you go left along the Graben with the column of the black death till you get to St. Stephan's place and the

  • St. Stephan's Cathedral - go into the cathedral and let you inspire of the power of the cathedral

  • across the Kärntnerstraße you get again to the opera

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... and if you would like to walk further...

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  • from the opera either by feet or with the underground U4 to the Kettenbrückengasse - there the most famous merket in Vienna is located, the Naschmarkt

...and get 5% discount with the vouchercode "TAKE5"!

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