Vienna, the largest city and considered as one of the nine states of Austria, is a blend of natural beauty, awesome architecture, amazing culture, and rich and mouth-savory local culinary art. With so many choices for food and tourist spots, visiting this city would give you unlimited ways to enjoy. Every corner has its beauty no one can surely resist.
Given all these choices, choosing the best ones to include in your itinerary might be very difficult to do. To help you with the sorting, here are some of the best places tourists often visit while they are in Vienna, you might also want to check out.
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Longing to experience the world's top opera performances? Come visit Vienna State Opera, suggests Readers Digest. This opera house is famous around the globe for its world-class artistic masterpieces of about 60 ballet and opera performances per season. Some of the plays, which will be performed in the coming months are Olga Neuwirth's Orlando (December 8, 2019), Albin Fries' Persinette (December 21, 2019), Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio (February 1, 2010), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte (May 22, 2020), and Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (June 15, 2020).
ST. STEPHEN'S CATHEDRAL
Interested in religious trademarks rather than music and opera more? Then St. Stephen's Cathedral is the best for you to visit. Considered an important Gothic symbol in Austria, the Cathedral is the gigantic view covering an area of about 107.2 meters long and 34.2 meters wide. To preserve its beauty, the insides of the Church is changed now and then for centuries since the Baroque period.
MOZARTHAUS VIENNA
Familiar with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is one of the world's most renowned composers? Mozarthaus Vienna is now the only remaining residence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna. Two hundred twenty-eight years after the composer's death, the building is now considered as one of the best historical and tourist attractions for guests.
SCHONBRUNN ZOO
Known as the oldest existing zoo in the world, Schonbrunn Zoo has been recently named the best zoo in Europe for the fifth time after standing out among other competitors around Europe. At present, the zoo and its caretakers are keeping about 700 animals, which include rhinoceros, Siberian tiger, orangutans, polar bears, and koalas, as revealed by Vienna Now and Forever.
Aside from these four famous landmarks, there are still several places you may want to consider visiting while in Vienna. Other places you must never miss to check out are the Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna, Café-Restaurant Residenz, Schonbrunn: Maze, Bermudadreieck, Hoher Markt, Am Hof Square, Judenplatz, Burgtheater, Minoriten Church, Belvedere, Heldenplatz, Burggarten, House of Music, Vienna Konzerthaus, and Johann Strauss Monument.
