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Independent Tour-Land Only
5 Days/ 4 Nights
Daily April 1-October 31
Although he was born in Salzburg in 1756 and spent the first 25 years of his life there, Vienna was the city where Mozart achieved his greatest successes. In 1762, for example, Mozart played his first concert in the hall of mirrors at Schonbrunn Palace in the presence of the Austrian Empress Maria Thersia. From 1781 until his death in 1791, Mozart lived mainly in Vienna where, in 1782 at the age of 26, he married the twenty-year-old Constanze Weber in St. Stephen’s Cathedral. You can follow in Mozart’s footsteps from the House of the Teutonic Order to Domgasse number 5 in the inner city if Vienna, the only one of Mozart’s many apartments to have survived to this day. Spectacular exhibitions at the Vienna Mozart House and the House of Music invite you to embark on a voyage of discovery during which you will be fascinated by the life of Mozart, already a legend in his lifetime.
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Package Includes:
4 nights hotel accommodation at category selected both with private facilities
Round trip airport transfers
Breakfast each morning
Vienna city tour
72 hour Vienna City Card
Admissions to the House of Music and the Mozart House
Viennese Wine Tavern Seranade including a ride on the giant ferris wheel and traditional dinner with 1/2 liter of wine at a typical wine tavern
Evening Strauss and Mozart Concert at the Kursalon-category A ticket
Entrance to the Sissi Museum at the Imperial Palace
Concert (Mozart and Strauss) in the Orangerie of the Schonbrunn Palace, category A seats
Hotel taxes and service charges
Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Vienna
Upon arrival you will be met and taken to your hotel. Remainder of the day is at leisure to begin your exploration of Imperial Vienna. Overnight in Vienna.
Day 2 Vienna
This morning you will be taken on a tour of the city that begins with a drive along the famous Ringstrasse where you will see such architectural masterpieces as the State Opera House, Museum of Fine Arts, National History Museum, the new cultural district known as the MuseumsQuariter, the former Hapsburg winter residence, the Hofburg, Parliament, City Hall and the Burgtheater. The highlight of the tour is an inside visit to the Schoenbrunn Palace. In the evening you will enjoy a performance of the Salonorchester Alt Wien, one of the best-known interpreters of classical Viennese music at the Kursalon. You will enjoy an evening full of Viennese charm with the lilting sound of waltzes, polkas, arias, duets, as well as operetta and piano concerto melodies, accompanied by excellent opera vocalists and enchanting ballet soloists. Overnight in Vienna.
Day 3 Vienna
After breakfast you will have a combined ticket to visit the Mozart House and the House of Music. The Mozart House is the only location in which Mozart resided in Vienna which survived to the present day. The House of Music is an interactive discovery museum located in the heart of Vienna’s first district nestled between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera hosting interactive installations. Conduct the Vienna Philharmonic from a virtual conductor’s podium and take a journey back in time to see the great composers of the past, such as Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven and others. This evening you will enjoy a concert of Mozart and Strauss at the Orangerie of the magnificent Schonbrunn Palace. Overnight in Vienna.
Day 4 Vienna
Today you will visit the Sissi Museum which is located in the Imperial Palace (Hofburg). The Sissi Museum and the residential apartments of the empress, which have been authentically restored to their original appearance. The main themes in this impressive and sensitively designed museum are Sissi’s carefree childhood and early youth in Bavaria, her marriage to the Emperor of Austria and her official role as Austrian empress. The visit to the Sissi Museum includes the residential and official rooms in Emperor Franz Joseph’s apartments as well as the Imperial Silver collection. This evening you will be taken to the Prater amusement park where you will take a ride on the famous Giant Ferris Wheel which gives you a marvelous view over the city. You will then drive through the Heurigen wine tavern village of Grinzing to Neustift am Walde, where members of the first Viennese Heurigen show will entertain you. Later you will enjoy a tasty dinner including 1/2 liter of wine with the unique atmosphere at the wine-tavern. Overnight in Vienna.
Day 5 Vienna
After breakfast you will be taken to the airport or you can extend your stay in Vienna. You may continue your tour and visit Bratislava, Prague, Budapest or Ljubljana.
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