Vienna

Why this trip

Two nights buys you an opera, three galleries and more cake than is advisable.

• Out 15:25, back 16:30 · direct · 4h 5m
• You stay in Spittelberg — Art collection, individually designed rooms.
• The one thing you'd do: City Airport Train or S7 — S7 is €4.20 and takes 25 minutes. The CAT is faster and four times the price.

• 🏛 Culture fix
• 💌 Romantic
• 🍷 Food and wine

Standing-room opera tickets are day-of only and the queue forms early.

The plan

The signature run · around Innere Stadt

1. Day 1

   Arrive and dive in

   • 17:00City Airport Train or S7S7 is €4.20 and takes 25 minutes. The CAT is faster and four times the price.
   • 18:30Walk the RingOr ride tram 1 and 2 around it for the price of a normal ticket.
   • 20:00Dinner at Gasthaus PöschlSmall, wood-panelled, the schnitzel is the size of the plate.If the weather turns: Modern instead? Mast Weinbistro in Neubau for natural wine and small plates.
   • 22:00Drinks at KleinodTiny cocktail bar, no sign, ring the bell.
2. Day 2

   The main event

   • 09:30Kunsthistorisches MuseumBruegel room alone is worth it. Have breakfast under the dome in the café.
   • 12:30Naschmarkt lunchNeni for Middle Eastern, or the stand-up seafood bars mid-market.
   • 15:00Belvedere or AlbertinaKlimt's Kiss at the Belvedere, Monet-to-Picasso at the Albertina.
   • 17:00Kaffee und KuchenCafé Central for the room, Demel for the cake, Kleines Café for the locals.If the weather turns: Sunny? Take the U-Bahn to the Prater and walk the green side, not the funfair.
   • 19:30Standing room at the Staatsoper€13–18 on the day. World-class opera for the price of a pizza.
3. Day 3

   One last moment

   • 10:00Breakfast at Café SperlBilliard tables, newspapers on sticks, unchanged since 1880.
   • 11:30Buy a SachertorteThe boxed one genuinely travels. Or Manner wafers, which cost €2.
   • 14:00S7 back to the airportOr the railjet if you're heading onward to Prague or Budapest.