In Day 12 of our epic family adventure we do some sightseeing around the historic city centre of Vienna, Austria. Today we get back on the Big Bus Tour and head to the city centre for some sight-seeing of the main landmarks. The entire city centre is listed as a Unesco World Heritage site so it’s bound to be a special tour.
Landmarks to See on Vienna Walking Tour
Using the Big Bus Tours guide map, we start visiting some of the landmarks on the map. These included:
- Strauss Monument / Stadtpark
- Mozart Haus
- St.Stephen’s Cathedral / Stephansom
- Graben
- Albertina
- Opera House
Albertina Gallery
The highlight of our day was entry into the Albertina Gallery. This is our third art gallery for the holiday, the first 2 were in London and Budapest. The Albertina is special because it has a large collection of Picasso paintings, as well as some Claude Monet paintings. These alone were well worth the visit. We also got to see a genuine Michelangelo painting.
Wandering through the Albertina we also discovered a section of the gallery dedicated to preserving some to the classic Viennese imperial style. These rooms were exquisitely decorated to royal standards. In fact royalty did live here for some time, 2 or 3 centuries ago. We stood in the room where the military chief died in years gone by. Unfortunately we were informed that no video photography is permitted in these sections.
Vienna City Central
The old city of Vienna is remarkably well-preserved and well worth visiting. Every corner we turned there was a new amazing sight to take in. The dining options were spectacular. The shopping experiences extraordinary. The old city centre of Vienna is spectacular in every way, and well worth visiting. All you need is a guide map to find the best landmarks.
Catch our other European VLOG adventures
You can catch other VLOG episodes of this family adventure by clicking these links:
- VLOG-001 – Noi Bai Airport Hanoi
- VLOG-002 – Bangkok to Doha
- VLOG-003 – London Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-004 – London Sightseeing by Foot
- VLOG-005 – London to Geneva Journey
- VLOG-006 – Geneva France
- VLOG-007 – Geneva to Budapest via Brussels
- VLOG-008 – Budapest Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-009 – Budapest Royal Palace
- VLOG-010 – Budapest to Vienna Train Trip
- VLOG-011 – Schonbrunn Palace and Zoo Vienna
- VLOG-012 – Vienna Self Guided Walking Tour
- VLOG-013 – Vienna Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-014 – Vienna to Prague
- VLOG-015 – Prague Self Guided Foot Tour
- VLOG-016 – Karlstejn Castle Prague
- VLOG-017 – Prague Zoo Daytrip
- VLOG-018 – Prague to Geneva
- VLOG-019 – Europe to Vietnam, 5 countries in 2 days
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I would love to tour this place by bike. That would be the way to tour a city.
My son was there last year. He said it was really pretty and he enjoyed his visit. His only complaint was, “Man, those people use a lot of salt.”
I would love to get to Vienna someday but cannot decide what I would want to see the most. The Vienna Central probably sounds most exciting to me!
I would love to travel to Vienna someday. The Albertina Gallery would be the first place I would check out.
Budapest is such a beautiful place and Albertina Gallery is definitely worth a visit. Loved the video you made 🙂
Vienna is such a beautiful city. I would love to explore it. I am a huge fan of art, so visiting the Albertina Gallery would be amazing!
I have heard how beautiful Austria is. Your photos are so nice. Would love to visit one day.
We love to travel and this would be a great place to go. Wonderful pictures by the way!
OMG how fun. I’ve never been to Vienna before but looks awesome! Would really love to visit someday.
Looks like you had a really great time in Vienna! I have a couple of friends who moved there a year ago and they really love the city. Have to go and visit them asap!
Vienna seems like such an awesome place to visit. It has so much history!
Vienna is so beautiful! I have always wanted to go there, I love the architecture and art there! You had beautiful pictures, looked like a great time! Thanks for sharing
Wow this place looks so amazing. I do hope that we can visit Vienna with my family in the future so we can experience this awesome place.
This is another place that is on my bucket list. One of these days I hope to visit but in the meantime thanks for the share
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