Vienna Trip Planning

Late April 2010 - two adults age 50+

Day 1 - Vienna historical city tour with tour company. Explore St. Stephens area.

Day 2-Treasury, Hofburg. Albertina museum. Concert at Mozart House in the evening.

Day 3-Liechtenstein Museum. Military Museum.

Day 4- Melk Abbey- all day trip with tour company

Day 5 - To Salzburg, city tour - tour company.

Day 6-Sound of Music Tour by tour company. Tour to St. Gilgen and St. Wolfgang by tour company.

Day 7- Free Day Salzburg

Day 8 - Train to Innsbruck for the day and return.

Day 9- Return to Vienna. Museum of Fine Art.

Day 10 - Train to Krems and Durnstein for this day.

Day 11 - Belvedere Palace. Concert at Shonbrunn.

Day 12 - Free Day Vienna

Many thanks for your comments!

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The military museum and Belvedere palace are within walking distance of one another (whereas the Liechtenstein Palace is on the opposite side of the centre). I%26#39;d do them on the same day as neither will take more than a couple of hours of your time. You only mention a concert at Schönbrunn, not a visit to the palace and park (let alone the other attractions there) which surprises me as it%26#39;s Vienna%26#39;s most visited sight! Many people do Melk, Krems and Dürnstein on the same day as they%26#39;re in the same area of the Danube. I%26#39;m not sure Salzburg would detain you for virtually two full days, especially if you%26#39;re doing the SOM sights on another day. How much of your timetable is controlled by tours that are part of your package?

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I like the suggestion to do the Military Museum on the same day as the Belvedere. The trip to Melk is an all day tour which includes a short cruise on the Danube but I don%26#39;t if we actually visit Krems or Durnstein. The Day one historical tour includes Schonbrunn Palace. The second visit is for the dinner/concert. We are completely on our own for this entire trip - we are free to change anything and everything - we have tremendous flexibility here.

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Look at this web site and the offer of the Melk- Wachau- Krems train kombi ticket offer

www.ddsg-blue -danube .at

This offers you more flexibility than a tour and lets you spend more time perhaps to see more of what you like.

It could also save you valuable travel time.

The ticket includes train travel to /from Vienna, admission to Melk and the boat cruise Melk - Krems.

Assume this will be available next year as the same has ben offered for many years.

Take the boat from Melk to Durnstein- visit this village and then onward by regional train just 10 minutes to the center of krems at the train station. This allows for a tour of krems too on your own.

www.duernstein.at

www.krems.at

In my opinion the concert at Schonbrunn is not a great evening - better concerts in the center of Vienna

www.musikverein.at

the home of the Vienna Philharmonic and the famous New Years Concert. The building itself worth a visit.

the State Opera

www.staatsoper.at

Volksoper-

good operettas and more

www.volksoper.at

the above often cheaper than the Schonbrunn concert and yet hiher quality.

Be certain to visit a Vienna cafe and enjoy some pastry

also perhaps a heuriger - wine tavern -evening