Airport Transfer – If arriving at the city’s Vienna International Airport, it will be approximately 10-15 miles to reach the Innere Stadt district (the city center). While taxis or rideshares remain safe and reliable options for Vienna tourists, we strongly recommend using Welcome Pickups airport transfer service.

Welcome Pickups online reservations process is very straightforward, you’ll be in active communication with your assigned driver upon landing, and the driver will meet you inside the airport’s main arrivals area holding a sign to greet you. High-quality service, ensuring a more consistent experience, with pricing that is at/close to other transportation options. Plus, reserve your return trip to the airport/train station during the same booking process.

Walking – For scheduling purposes, we assume you will arrive in Vienna by late morning or midday. Given the timing of your arrival and potential jet lag from an overnight flight, we have included only one planned activity for your first half-day in Vienna.

This 2 ¼ mile guided walking tour should provide a perfect first day historical, cultural, and geographical orientation to Vienna’s Innere Stadt district. The tour’s starting point is a convenient two blocks from our recommended hotel, Hotel Astoria Vienna, while the tour’s end point requires another ½ to ¾ mile return walk.

After adding in a short trip to a nearby restaurant for dinner, expect to walk approximately 3 ½ miles today (excluding any additional steps inside the airport/train station).

For Day 1 of your Vienna trip, we recommend 2 or 3 clothing ensembles, depending on your dinner plans. Upon arrival, you should head to the hotel immediately for a quick refresh/shower and a change of clothes. Clothing for the guided tour should prioritize comfortable walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing; as the tour will be almost exclusively outdoors, you should prepare accordingly for hot/cold temperatures and rain potential.

We have not provided any dinner suggestions for this evening, as your inbound travel schedule will have significant influence on restaurant plans. If you choose something more formal, you’ll definitely want to change clothes one more time following today’s walking tour.

Walking – Today, your only transportation needs are resolved by using your left and right feet. Vienna is highly walkable, and Day 2 of your vacation certainly accentuates this point. The morning will be spent within two distinct Hofburg Palace attractions, while the afternoon involves visiting three separate destinations along one of our favorite city walks. Add it all up, and you will walk approximately five miles throughout the day.

Today’s activities involve significant walking with stops at both indoor and outdoor attractions, including a tour to one of Vienna’s historic churches. Clothing today should strike the appropriate balance between comfort and modesty/formality (given your visit to a church and museums). Men and women can wear suitable knee-length shorts to Karlskirche, but we recommend respectfully covering shoulders. The church is not air conditioned or heated, so dress in clothing appropriate for seasonal temperatures. Given the lengthy walks and extensive standing, it’s essential to wear comfortable walking shoes.

Dinner tonight is at a nice steakhouse, and after the long day today, we recommend changing into a business casual option for your evening activities.

As noted earlier, we have an excellent and very detailed article covering the three afternoon attractions beginning with Karlskirche, so if you want extensive details on each stop, please head to that article… but we’ll be much briefer in our comments below.

Plan to arrive at Karlskirche by around 1:00-1:15. It’s about a 20-minute walk from the Spanish Riding School, plus you stopped for lunch along the way. The church is open to tourists daily beginning at 9:00 am. Still, on Sundays the church will have morning services, so visiting times won’t begin until 11:30. Plan on spending roughly 1 ½ hours for a self-guided tour, covering the church interior and exterior, the rooftop Panoramic Terrace, and the Treasury/museum.

Karlskirche, one of the two most prominent churches in Vienna, was completed in 1737. Charles VI authorized construction of the church following yet another plague which impacted Vienna in 1713-1714 (Vienna’s Great Plague had previously killed ~25% of the city’s population 30+ years prior).

Visit highlights include the following:

• Two 154 feet tall Triumphal Columns which contain elaborate reliefs from the life of Saint Charles Borromeo, the church’s patron saint
• The Main Altar, which features a uniquely open area allowing for concert performances
• A prominent dome with a contemporary art exhibit suspended underneath
• The Panoramic Terrace which provides excellent city views and special up-close looks at the dome and columns

From the church to the Soviet War Memorial, it’s an easy 10-minute walk. Here you’ll find Vienna’s Soviet War Memorial honoring Soviet soldiers who died during the Battle for Vienna, a two-week battle in April 1945 between the advancing Soviet army and retreating Germans. It is estimated that 15,000-20,000 Soviet troops died during this battle, which occurred towards the end of World War II. Just a few weeks later, following the taking of Berlin and Adolph Hitler’s suicide, Germany surrendered on May 8, ending the European Theater of WWII.

The monument, a colonnade of free-standing columns in a semi-circle, was erected by the Soviets in August 1945 to both honor their heroes who died in that battle and to solidify influence in Central Europe at the start of the decades-long Cold War.

Plan on staying at the memorial area and square for 15-30 minutes before walking to Upper Belvedere Palace. The longest portion of your walk will be in the gardens connecting the Lower Belvedere to the Upper Belvedere. Depending on your entry time slot, you can linger in the gardens beforehand or visit after you tour the Upper Belvedere museum.

Ideally, we’d recommend reserving your timed entry at the Upper Belvedere for 3:30 pm, but 3:45, 4:00, or even 4:15 should all work out great with today’s schedule. The museum interior remains open until 6 pm year-round, but during peak periods it stays open an hour later. Most importantly, though, the large Gardens and grounds are open much later (essentially until sunset or slightly later), providing for plenty of scheduling flexibility and time inside the museum. Plan for roughly 1 ½ hours inside the museum and 1 additional hour touring the gardens.

Vienna’s Belvedere Palace was the summer home of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who became a prominent military leader for the Habsburgs during the late 1600s and early 1700s. The Lower Belvedere was completed in 1717, while Upper Belvedere Palace was finished in 1723. Austria’s post-WWII independence was signed at the Upper Belvedere, so the building continues to have huge symbolic importance to Austrians centuries after construction.

Visitors to the Upper Belvedere will equally value the building’s beautiful architecture, the displayed works of art including its most famous piece, The Kiss, by Gustav Klimt, and the elaborate gardens. Our favorite “rooms” for architecture: Carlone Hall and its wall-to-ceiling frescoes, the Baroque-style Grand Staircase, and the iconic Marble Hall. Most of the artworks are found on floors 0 and 1, with floor 0 dedicated primarily to Christian altarpieces and other themed works and floor 1 focused on a broader representation, including Klimt’s painting and the unique Character Heads.

After you’ve finished inside the museum, you will have plenty of time to walk the large French-style gardens, which extend over three large terraced areas between the Lower and Upper Belvedere. Please don’t forget to visit the south side of the Upper Belvedere, which is home to a large reflecting basin and the palace’s seasonal Christmas market. If you have more time, the Belvedere 21’s Sculpture Garden is also nearby, and free for visitors.

After the long day, we recommend walking back to the hotel, allowing you time to rest and refresh a bit before dinner. Tonight’s restaurant, Steak Point, is a short five-minute walk from the hotel.

Steak Point, in operation for nearly 30 years, is a traditional steakhouse and is considered one of the best in Vienna. The focus, of course, is on filets, rib eyes, and porterhouse, but also plenty of burger options, if you prefer to eat more casually or at a lower price point. We discovered a more significant number of appetizer and sides alternatives than we’re accustomed to at American steak houses. A great stop, particularly if you’re looking for a temporary break from more traditional Austrian/Central European food like sausages and schnitzel.

Rental Car – Within this Vienna itinerary, today represents the only scheduled day trip outside the city, so you will need to rent a car for the day. Using our online travel resources, identify a rental car branch location either inside or just outside Vienna’s Inner Stadt district (implying a ½ mile to 1 mile walk from your hotel), and a branch location opening early (7:00-8:00 am) and closing relatively late (7:00 pm). Today’s schedule plans for you to pick up the car at 7:30 am and return at 6:15 pm, but try to allow some buffer time when you complete your reservation.

If you’re planning to combine your stay in Vienna with a road trip to central/western Austria, neighboring Czechia, or Germany, we recommend shifting this day trip instead to the final day of your scheduled 5 days in Vienna. Český Krumlov makes for a great intermediate stopover between Vienna and Prague, and Salzburg is easily reached at day’s end after your final stop at Melk Abbey.

When picking up your vehicle, confirm with the rental car company staff that your vehicle is already outfitted with a valid vignette for driving on Austrian highways, and of course, secure your International Driving Permit before coming to Austria and renting the vehicle.

Many Americans are scared off by the proposition of driving in Europe, but don’t miss out on a great opportunity to see beautiful places like Austria’s Wachau Valley, where limited flexibility of public transportation makes arriving by train/ferry far more challenging logistically.

Today’s drive includes approximately 130 miles of total driving distance: Vienna to and from the Wachau Valley, plus the most scenic portion driving along the Danube connecting the region’s largest cities of Krems and Melk. For your three main stops, there are dedicated parking lots for two of three (at Gasthof Prankl and Melk Abbey), and the third, Dürnstein, has public city parking lots available just outside the village.

Walking – Expect to walk 4-5 miles, spread evenly throughout the day. Approximately half of the walking will be on flat surfaces. Still, the other half involves elevation change, most notably on the steep hike to the Dürnstein Castle ruins (a 400-foot elevation gain) and the optional Hinterhaus Castle ruins hike (300-400 feet above the restaurant). You’ll also encounter stairs and hills at/near Melk Abbey, depending on where you walk before/after the official tour.

Taxi/Rideshare – As Schönbrunn Palace is 3 ½ to 4 miles from your hotel, today will be one of the few times in Vienna when you’ll require public transportation or use of a taxi/rideshare. While you can opt for Vienna’s subway system using the U4 line, which has a dedicated stop for Schönbrunn, we prefer the speed and convenience of a taxi or rideshare to and from the Palace. As we’ll discuss below, you’ll be doing plenty of walking already, so no need to add steps back-and-forth to the subway stations plus the time spent on making your way to the U4 stations.

Walking – Today will be the longest and most physically strenuous day within this 5 day Vienna itinerary. Don’t underestimate the impact of standing and walking on your body, so seize every opportunity to rest on museum, palace, or garden benches throughout the day.

Including extensive walking steps inside the Kunsthistorisches Museum and throughout the massive Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace, you’ll walk approximately 6 miles. Most of the route is free from hills, except for ~200 feet of elevation change walking from the palace to the Gloriette structure at Schönbrunn. Special note: consider using the Schönbrunn Panorama Train to transport you along the outskirts of the Palace’s extensive Gardens, including up the hill from the Palace to the Gloriette.

During the day, you should dress comfortably for lots of walking, and depending on the season, you may need to dress in layers or carry a raincoat, as you’ll be spending significant time both inside and outside in the elements. After leaving Schönbrunn, you should change clothes at the hotel before walking to dinner and your concert at Musikverein. Business casual attire (or possibly even a step above) is most appropriate for the concert venue, while also having clothing and shoes comfortable enough for the 0.4 mile walk to reach the concert hall.

Your first stop today, the Kunsthistorisches Museum doesn’t open until 10:00 am, making this an ideal day for a more relaxed, longer breakfast. Just down the street from your hotel, across from the Albertina, the Guest House Brasserie and Bakery offers the perfect location, environment, and menu to satisfy the morning’s breakfast requirements. In a building shared with a boutique hotel, the Brasserie’s interior is decorated with charming woodwork, frequent leather accents, and brass fixtures.

The menu is traditional, but expansive, offering something for everyone. Recognizing this was our day for a large breakfast, our choices focused on French Toast, a fruit salad, and a two-egg omelet with ham and several vegetables. A variety of breads, croissants, and pastries are sourced every morning from a local bakery, so good on a standalone basis that many customers stopped by for takeaway.

We do recommend making an online reservation for breakfast. Although we were able to walk in and secure a table, it was nevertheless very crowded despite our visit being during the off-season.

From the restaurant, you’ll have a 15-minute walk to the museum entrance, so plan to depart by 9:45.

Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum can be interpreted in English as meaning Fine Arts Museum, Art History Museum, or even as the National Museum. In reality, the museum is the sum of all of these and more: one of the world’s elite Egyptian antiquities collections, a massive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, one of the five largest coin collections anywhere, and elite galleries of European artwork covering centuries. We should also highlight the beautiful building, particularly the museum’s interior, most notably: the Entrance Hall, Grand Staircase and Cupola Hall.

Did we mention the museum is large… very large. Yes, we’ve allocated just over two hours for your entire visit! Realistically, you could easily spend four hours to a full day at the museum, but with 2+ hours you can focus on a particular area of interest, or quickly move through the entire museum.

Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph I started outlining plans for the museum complex in 1857, as part of his grand plan to transform Vienna’s Innere Stadt area into a showplace for the Empire. Construction began in 1871, and the museum opened to the public in 1891.

The site contains two museums facing one another, the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Fine Arts) and the Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History). They are separated by a park and green space anchored by a towering memorial to Maria Theresa, the only female leader of the Habsburg Dynasty. The two museum buildings were built simultaneously, with their exteriors identical except for unique sculptures reflecting each museum’s distinct content and collections.

When entering the Kunsthistorisches Museum, visitors first encounter the Entrance Hall, an ornate circular space featuring a black-and-white floor and vaulted ceiling with a round opening offering initial views of Cupola Hall above.

Long stairways to the left and right take visitors into galleries on Floor 0.5, as it’s known, while the featured staircase straight ahead leads visitors to the Grand Staircase and Cupola Hall. This area is one of the world’s most visually stunning central museum areas, featuring a marble staircase, paintings by Gustav Klimt and other renowned Austrian paintings, statues, shiny marble columns, and a magnificent dome high above with portraits/reliefs depicting key members of the Habsburg family.

The museum’s collections reflect artworks accumulated by the Habsburg Dynasty during their 600+ year reign. In that respect, these collections share similarities related to property acquisition within the Imperial Treasury that you likely also toured during your 5 days in Vienna – a combined Kunsthistorisches Museum and Imperial Treasury ticket purchase makes for a convenient advance purchase.

We actually spent much of our time visiting the museum’s Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, an area of history where we have a strong personal interest. Here visitors tour an area similar to an Egyptian burial chamber that holds a large range of items from the museum’s collection of 17,000+ objects, ranging from sarcophagi and coffins to mummies, sculptures, reliefs, and indications of the early development of writing.

The museum contains one of the world’s five largest coin collections, presenting coins, paper money, and medallions from their earliest usage to modern times. The exhibit draws from its collection of hundreds of thousands of items and puts 2,000 objects on display to highlight the history of coins and, eventually, paper money.

Kunsthistorisches Museum’s picture galleries are well known throughout the world, with European paintings spanning from the 1400s through the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Key works by leading artists from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, and Spain are all presented.

We recommend finishing your museum tour at around 12:15 pm. Typically, the afternoon guided tour at Schönbrunn Palace begins at 2:05, and you’ll require 15 minutes of transport time in a taxi/rideshare.

You have numerous convenient lunch options:

• Kunsthistorisches Museum Café, located underneath the dome, serving traditional Austrian entrees like goulash, schnitzel, sausages, and dumplings
• Gerstner Restaurant, located just outside of Schönbrunn Palace and at the likely meet-up point for your tour group, where traditional Austrian food is served plus a range of soups, salads, snacks, and sweets
• Walk to a separate lunch destination near the museum in the Innere Stadt before taking a taxi/rideshare to Schönbrunn.

The Skip-the-Line Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens Tour typically begins at 2:05 pm, although there is sometimes a slightly later time option offered, if you’d prefer more time for the morning museum stop. This Schönbrunn tour is guided and lasts 2 ½ hours, including both a home tour (State Apartments + Maria Theresa Apartments) and a tour of the Gardens.

The Palace’s home tour portion will take approximately 1 ½ to 2 hours, and you will see 40 rooms. Then you follow your guide into the expansive gardens and stay with them for approximately 30 more minutes. Still, when the tour guide turns back towards the residence, you should shift to exploring the remainder of the gardens on a self-guided basis, including a walk up to the Gloriette.

Schönbrunn Palace is the most popular attraction in Vienna. Serving as the Habsburgs’ summer residence, it represents the grandest of the palace destinations in greater Vienna, and it is often compared to the French Palace of Versailles as both share Baroque architecture. The Palace represents an everlasting tribute to the Habsburgs’ two most famous leaders: Maria Theresa, the sole female ruler, and Franz Joseph I, the Dynasty’s longest-serving emperor.

We have an extremely detailed Schönbrunn article, including a step-by-step review of the Palace and Gardens, other onsite attractions, and not-to-be-missed special events held on the property. We strongly encourage you to read our full article.

With that said, here are several key highlights from your guided and self-guided tours:

• The Great Gallery – 141 feet long, featuring prominent ceiling frescoes and elaborate wall decoration. This room was the site of multiple historic 20th-century events, including a summit between JFK and Khrushchev during the Cold War.
• Maria Theresa Apartments – The residential rooms occupied by Maria Theresa and her husband. Each room brings unique style, colors, wall coverings, and décor.
• Great Parterre – The initial garden area upon leaving the residence. 32 distinct statues line the hedges along the sides, and the middle is green space with seasonal flower gardens.
• Neptune Fountain – The central focus at the end of the Great Parterre and the start of Schönbrunn Hill, which rises behind the fountain. Neptune and other sea gods/goddesses are depicted with a large basin in front.
• Gloriette – A colonnaded structure providing dramatic rooftop views of Schönbrunn.

If you’re visiting during November-December or from late-March to late-April, you will be rewarded with the annual Christmas Market and the Easter/Spring Market, respectively. Both follow the dynamics of a traditional European Christmas market, with the backdrop of Schönbrunn Palace.

Closing times for the outdoor gardens and grounds vary seasonally from 5:30 to 9:00 pm, largely reflecting daylight hours. Effectively then, the only limits to your time exploring the Schönbrunn grounds involves tonight’s dinner plans and the start time for the Musikverein concert. Remember to allow enough time to run back to the hotel to change clothes before tonight’s concert. We’re modeling a departure time of 5:30 pm from Schönbrunn.

Taxi/Rideshare – Today’s afternoon schedule is tight, so we strongly recommend taking a taxi/rideshare for the short 1 ½ mile trip to and from the dance lessons. On your return trip, you can save yourselves a ¼ mile walk by taking the taxi/rideshare directly to the restaurant, instead of going back to your hotel beforehand.

Walking – Today will be an easier day physically than Day 4, as most attractions are smaller in size and exclusively within the Innere Stadt. Including time touring each of the museums and the cathedral, we estimate about 2 ½ miles of walking. St. Stephen’s Cathedral has two towers that visitors can climb, and while the North Tower has an elevator, you will have to climb 343 stairs to reach the South Tower’s top. At day’s end, you’ll have an hour of Viennese waltz lessons; this is where you’ll appreciate the easier day of walking, because the dance steps can be quite intense!

We’ve kept breakfast open-ended today, but revisiting a previous restaurant selection, a café en route to St. Stephen’s, or opting for the hotel breakfast are all viable options. It’s a short, enjoyable 10-minute walk from the hotel to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and try to arrive in line with the 9:00 am opening time for visitors.

Upon arrival, you’ll head directly to the Dom Museum/Cathedral Museum, located just across the street from the Cathedral. This is where you’ll pick up your tickets for the all-inclusive attractions: museum admission, Cathedral admission with audio guide, access to both the South and North Towers, and a guided tour of the cathedral catacombs. In total, plan to stay at the Cathedral for approximately 2 ½ hours.

St. Stephen’s Cathedral is an iconic symbol for Austrians and the country’s most important church. The Cathedral’s construction process took a very long time. The first church on this site saw construction begin around 1137 and was consecrated in 1147. The 2nd church was built between 1200 and 1225 with a large fire destroying significant parts of the building during the mid-1200s. The renovated/rebuilt version was completed by 1263, and while there have been significant additions/modifications to this structure, this is the version that visitors still see today. For perspective, the South Tower was finished in 1433, the North Tower in 1578, and the Baroque High Altar in 1647.

The limestone Cathedral primarily represents Gothic architecture, but its lengthy construction process brings in influences from different periods and architectural/design influences.

For visitors, notable stops on your Cathedral tour include the following:

• Giant’s Door (a very old, pre-Gothic-style entrance to the church)
• The distinct Pulpit, Main Altar, and side Altars
• The Central Nave area
• The Giant Organ

The most famous burials inside the Cathedral are Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who is celebrated with a prominent red marble tomb, and Prince Eugene of Savoy (best known today as the former owner of Belvedere Palace).

Bettelstudent offers a traditional Austrian pub atmosphere with abundant wood accents, a charming bar, and seating both upstairs and downstairs. It’s a vibrant environment, and was very busy during our visit despite an off-season for tourists and in the middle of the afternoon. The customer base here definitely feels more local than touristy.

The menu leads with sausage: bratwurst, Viennese sausage, and Bernese sausage. I went the Bernese route: sausage stuffed with cheese and bacon, mustard for dipping, and a side of fries. If you’re looking beyond sausage, Bettelstudent also serves many traditional Austrian specialties: schnitzel, pork, goulash, and potatoes prepared a variety of ways. And for Americans (or others), possibly looking for the comforts of home, they also offer hamburgers and chicken sandwiches.

Plenty of range here, for you to jump into traditional Austrian, but with enough variety that all visitors will find what they’re looking for in a hearty lunch. And we should mention, traditional Austrian desserts are available, including apple strudel and pancakes with plum sauce.

After lunch, it’s just a short two-block walk to the House of Music.

Touring the House of Music is our 2nd of 3 recommended stops focused on experiencing Vienna’s legendary classical music history. The museum itself is based within the building where the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was founded 200 years ago.

Visitors can now tour this four-story museum to learn that orchestra’s famous history, explore an interactive exhibit focused on understanding sound and testing various musical instruments, see tributes to the lives of Vienna’s most prominent composers, and virtually take over the role of conductor in a performance by the Vienna Philharmonic! Yes, music history is abundant here, but there’s also plenty of science, as well—plenty of exhibits to attract both adults and children.

As we’ve written rather extensively about the museum in a separate article about Vienna’s top music tourist attractions, we’re not going to expand further on the museum here. Allocate approximately two hours for your self-guided museum tour, then you’ll have a short ten-minute walk to reach the Albertina.

Based on today’s schedule, you’ll have a whopping 90 minutes to tour the Albertina Museum. Yes, we recognize this isn’t enough time, but if you recognize in advance that you’ll need more time here, you can proactively reduce your time at either St. Stephen’s Cathedral or the House of Music. Further, on Wednesdays and Fridays, the Albertina stays open until 9 pm, so that after dinner you have the possibility of returning to the museum for additional time.

The Albertina was the former residence of Duke Albert and Maria Christina, who established a large art collection for the property. Two of the building’s four floors house permanent exhibitions. One floor contains 20 restored and fully decorated state rooms; silk wall coverings, fireplaces, stoves, statues, moldings, and original period furnishings. Several of the not-to-be-missed rooms include the Audience Room, Rococo Room, Spanish Apartment, and Wedgewood Cabinet.

The other major exhibition floor is considered a world-class art museum with impressionism, post-impressionism, and Austrian art. Prominent impressionist/post-impressionist artists represented include Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Degas; you can also expect to see works by leading Austrian and German artists, pieces from the Russian avant-garde period, and even Picasso.

Audio guides are available in eight languages, and you should strongly consider renting one at the museum.

Given the Albertina’s proximity to your hotel, if you have an extra 5-10 minutes, you can consider changing clothes (into long pants and “dancing” shoes) before you take a taxi/rideshare to the studio for your dance lessons.

Tanzschule Rueff offers tourists its “Hop on Waltz” instructional experience, a singular lesson with an expert teacher focused exclusively on the Viennese waltz. This is the perfect way to cap off your music experiences in Vienna, as the development of the Viennese waltz was closely aligned with renowned Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, who created music to match the pace of the dance’s steps. Learning this dance also allows you to gain insight into the city’s deeply entrenched ball season culture.

The lesson will last just one hour, and no, you probably won’t be experts when you leave, but you’ll make significant progress and have a lot of fun during the process. For more information on the Tanzschule Rueff dance offering, please read our Vienna music tourism article.

Afterward, you’ll secure another taxi-rideshare for your trip to 1516 Brewing Company for dinner.

Today finishes at 1516 Brewing Company, a long-running pub that brews its own beer in-house. The menu shares a similar approach to today’s lunch offering with a variety of sausages, burgers, and traditional Austrian entrees like schnitzel, spaetzle, and goulash.

After dinner, the restaurant is just a short walk (under five minutes) back to the hotel, and only a bit longer if you’re heading back for a 2nd late-evening stop at the Albertina.

Airport Transfer – Today is departure day for this 5 day Vienna itinerary. You’ll most likely be leaving by train or airplane. As we suggested for your airport transfer into Vienna, we also recommend using the Welcome Pickups service for your transfer back to the airport/train station.

If you’re extending your 5 days in Vienna to another city within Austria or to a neighboring country, make certain to finish your time by renting a car to the Wachau Valley. After completing your tour of Melk Abbey, you can return to your rental car and continue driving to your next destination.

Today’s clothing choices depend completely on whether today is a travel day or on to your next destination. Happy travels!