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so you can explore on foot. You can also buy a pass (Wein Karte)
for use on buses, metro and trams.
A Vienna Card gives you 72-hours unlimited travel
on public transport plus reduced entry to museums and other attractions.
For general information about the city, see: www.vienna.info.
Here are 10 ways to spend an active afternoon
in Vienna:
- Follow the Ringstrasse (ring road) around
the Innere
Stadt (city centre), which is a pedestrianised
zone.
- Jump on trams Nos 1 and 2 to see all the main
sights.
- Hire a Fiaker (horse-drawn carriage) and trot around the city.
- Join a cycling tour. Try www.pedalpower.at or www.bikeandguide.com.
- Climb the 343 steps to the top of the tower in
St Stephen's Cathedral in Stephansplatz. Adults
€3. Under 14s €1. See:
www.stephanskirche.at.
- Ride the ferris wheel at the oldest fairground in the world,
the Prater park. See: www.prater.wien.info.
- Visit the MuseumsQuartier (museum
complex), the Museum of Fine Arts (www.khm.at)
and the Natural History Museum (www.nhm-wien.ac.at).
- Take the kids to
the oldest zoo in the world - the Tiergarten at Schonbrunn
Palace. See:
www.zoovienna.at.
- Cruise along the Danube river
- for an hour or for a few days. Try DDSG
Blue Danube.
- Enjoy an opera at the Staatsoper. For details
see: www.wiener-staatsoper.at.
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