The Vienna Card is inexpensive and popular. We bought a Vienna Card for 72 hours (3 days) and calculated the savings from using it. Which is more profitable: the Vienna Card or the Vienna Public Transport Pass? Discounts on the Vienna Card and under what conditions its purchase makes sense.
What is the Vienna Card?
Vienna Card or Vienna Ticket is a Vienna public transport pass + over 210 discounts on museums, attractions, restaurants, entertainment, shopping and much more. There is no free entry to museums with the Vienna Card, so the savings from using it are not immediately obvious. The Vienna Card comes with an information booklet with coupons. To understand what discounts to expect,.
Vienna Card cost: 24 hours - €17, 48 hours - €25, 72 hours - €29. The card is sold at information centers, at the airport, at train stations, and in hotels. Buy Vienna Card online
The easiest way to activate a discount card is during your first trip on public transport - just punch it in the composter like a travel ticket (a stamp with the number and time will appear on the card). Also on front side You must write your name and number.
The Vienna Card is beneficial if:
- you will use public transport more than 2 times a day
- you want to use at least 3-5 offers from the booklet
- you have no other discounts
- this is your first time in Vienna
The Vienna Card is not profitable if:
- you live in the center of Vienna (1st district - Innere Stadt)
- you don't like museums
- are you a student
- you are traveling as a family (parents + children)
Additional pros and cons: Your Vienna Ticket allows one child under 15 years of age to travel free of charge on public transport; a family ticket to visit museums (family ticket) has the most favorable rate; discounts for pensioners - EU citizens; All students receive discounts on the ISIC international student card.
We consider the benefits of the Vienna Card
We, two adult citizens of the Russian Federation, came to Vienna for the first time for 3 full days, staying in the 6th district (Mariahilf). We traveled by public transport and took advantage of 4 discounts on the Vienna Card. The calculation was made based on the prices in effect at the time of our trip.
Regular price/Price with Vienna Card:
- Upper and Lower Belvedere €19/€16.50
- Karlskirche €10/€5
- Sigmund Freud Museum €9/€7
- Vienna Information Center umbrella €15/€13
The difference between the cost of a 72-hour Vienna Lines Pass (€16.50) and a 72-hour Vienna Card (€21.90) is €5.40 per person. Total savings with the Vienna Card for two: €9.20
Other Vienna Card discounts that may interest you:
Albertina Museum (€2.20), Mozart's House (€2), Schönbrunn Palace (20%), Vienna City Airport Train (€1), Hop on Hop off bus (€1). The most profitable is a visit to the Karlskirche (50%). Most of the offers included in the Vienna Card are with a 10% or €1 discount. Cafes and restaurants offer a free drink with your order.
Now appeared the new kind Vienna card - white Vienna Card. It does not include public transport, but does include a Hop-On Hop-Off bus and 2 guided tours.
I think the Vienna Card is beneficial for a first trip to Vienna. You save energy by using public transport and are more willing to visit museums and attractions in Vienna. Save your Vienna Card to participate in the online survey. You can win prizes, the main one being a trip to Vienna for the weekend.
This page contains Vienna tourist maps, which will help you not to get lost in the capital of Austria: a map of the city center, a metro map, a map of the location of toilets, etc.
What's the best way to get around Vienna?
- a very large metropolis. There is a huge amount here interesting places, parks, palaces and other various attractions. At first, it seems that it is easy to get lost here. However, it is not. Having a general idea of the city center, you definitely won’t get lost in Vienna.
Tourist card Vienna. Ring is marked in yellow. Pink - pedestrian zones.
Metro stations in the center of Vienna
The center of Vienna consists of several large parts. The first of them is the old city. Its heart is (Stephansdom), located on the square of the same name in the very center of the old buildings. Near it is the central city square Graben, which is a pedestrian area. Walking through the old city center, one way or another, you will definitely end up here. Near Stefan's Cathedral there is also one of the central metro stations, Stephanplatz, where two metro lines converge.
WC - toilets in the center of Vienna
The second part of the center of Vienna is the Ringstrasse area. There used to be a fortress wall around the old city. However, in the 19th century it was demolished as unnecessary, and the Ring arose in its place - a kind of ring road that goes around the old city. The ring contains many city attractions built during the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the Vienna Opera, the Hofburg Palace, the Stadtpark city park, etc.
The Vienna tourist map attached above is very visual, where the main attractions of the city center are shown in pictures, the Ring is indicated in yellow, and the pedestrian areas of Vienna are in pink.
On the other side of the Ring, tourists may be interested in the Karlskirche church. They are located in approximately the same place. To get to these attractions, you need to go to the lower right bend (corner) of the Ring (on our map) in the other direction from the old city. After 200-300 meters the Belvedere will begin.
Located far from the center of Vienna. You will have to go to him by metro. It is also better to use the metro to get to. It will take you about an hour to walk to it from Stefanplatz.
Among other maps of Vienna, a tourist may always need a map of the metro, as well as a map of public toilets in the city center.
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Sights of Vienna on the map, plan and walking route for 3 days
There are a huge number of ancient beautiful cities in Europe. Many of them are small, and some have populations of over a million people, while others are entire capitals. It is one such capital that we will talk about today. Or rather, not about the city itself, but about the beautiful places to visit and where to go. Will help with this new map Vienna with landmarks and castles, squares and famous bridges and streets. The map is in Russian so that everything is clearer to you and so that you can print it out. Watch and use. With this information you don't need a guide, you can arrange your own trip.
Austria is not the largest state in the world, not even in Europe. But, even despite such small sizes, there are many beautiful places and attractions. More than 80% of castles, bridges, streets, squares, monuments are located in the country's capital, Vienna. That’s why people come here on excursions and just to see all the beauties of the city.
Interactive map of Vienna with attractions, metro lines and hotels
Check out the following map of the Austrian capital Vienna. The map is fully interactive and can be zoomed in and out. With its help, it’s easy to plot the desired route and create a walking plan for a day, two or three.
Vienna's main attractions
In general, everything in the city can be considered a tourist attraction. Even an ordinary road is not quite ordinary, but with its own history and its own incredible stories. Vienna has the most palaces and churches. There are also parks with fountains, monuments and much more. Museums and exhibition centers are located in famous squares. Bridges, cathedrals, universities - all this is also beautiful and you can visit it all.
Schöbrunn Palace in Vienna
This palace was built in the 18th century. It belonged to the imperial family, and now it is the main attraction of the capital. The palace is visited annually by more than ten million tourists, that is, three out of five visitors to Vienna definitely go here.
Everything in the palace has been completely preserved as it was built. Walking along the corridors of the palace, looking into the rooms, you understand how the emperors lived hundreds of years ago.
There is also a lot to see around the palace. There is a park here, with thousands of trees and flowers. The park has walking paths and places to relax and sit on benches. At the palace there is a zoo where hundreds of animals and birds are kept.
Vienna Opera
There is probably not a person on earth who has not heard about this building. Perhaps the Vienna Opera is the most famous building where plays are staged and operas are shown. To get here, you need to book tickets online in advance. Each performance attracts a full house, just as it did many years ago.
All visiting tourists certainly approach the building and take photographs against its background. These photos turn out to be especially beautiful, and it couldn’t be any other way, this is the building of the Vienna Opera!
There is a Russian proverb: it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. So we invite you to personally visit Vienna and explore as many historical buildings as possible. And don’t forget about our map, which will help you plan your walking route.
Austria, despite its small size, has a lot of various attractions. Of course, many of them were concentrated in its capital, Vienna. There are various kinds of cathedrals, palaces, castles, parks, monuments, museums, churches and many other architectural treasures of historical value. In order to get acquainted with even a small part of them, you need to see.
You can easily find resources on the Internet that will allow you to get detailed information about the city, metro, hotels, and attractions. Among them, the following map options may be useful on the road:
- Vienna metro map (the diagram consists of five lines and one ring);
- Vienna metro map with attractions;
- Vienna street map;
- Map of the city center showing streets, metro stations, pedestrian areas, parking lots, attractions;
- Vienna hotels on the map in Russian;
- Schemes of bus and tram routes;
- Interactive tourist map, etc.
Vienna hotels on the map in Russian
For ease of movement around the city, you can purchase a special public transport pass created for tourists, the Vienna Card. The validity of such a pass is 48 or 72 hours. 48-hour costs 21.9 euros, 72-hour costs 24.9 euros. It also allows you to visit some museums and other attractions for free.
Sights of Vienna on the map - metro map
Of significant importance for Russian tourists will be map of Vienna with attractions in Russian. The YARVITTO app for phones and tablets will help you with a walking tour of the city. It simultaneously performs several functions: a guidebook, an audio guide, an offline map of the city in Russian. Perfect for curious travelers who want to explore routes on their own Vienna attractions on the map in Russian.
To do this, you simply download the application to your phone, turn on your headphones and go for a walk around the city. YARVITTO will take care of the rest. Find out what's in store with our pocket guide Vein for his guests: he will tell and show on the map in Russian language must-see attractions. And all this without an Internet connection.
Follow the link and find out more about the route distance, excursion time, excursion program “In the footsteps of the Habsburg Empire”, etc. Here you can listen to the introduction of the excursion. Please review the two locations for free before purchasing. And also view Vienna attractions on the map, which you and our guide will visit.
Here is a detailed map of Vienna with street names in Russian and house numbers. You can easily get directions by moving the map in all directions with the mouse or clicking on the arrows in the upper left corner. You can change the scale using the scale with the “+” and “-” icons located on the map on the right. The easiest way to adjust the image size is by rotating the mouse wheel.
What country is the city of Vienna in?
Vienna is located in Austria. This is wonderful beautiful city, with its own history and traditions. Vienna coordinates: north latitude and east longitude (show on large map).
Virtual walk
Interactive map Vienna with its sights and other tourist attractions is an indispensable assistant for independent travel. For example, in the "Map" mode, the icon of which is in the upper left corner, you can see the city plan, as well as detailed map highways with route numbers. You can also see the city's railway stations and airports marked on the map. Nearby you see the “Satellite” button. By turning on satellite mode, you will examine the terrain, and by enlarging the image, you will be able to study the city in great detail (thanks to satellite maps from Google Maps).
Move the “little man” from the lower right corner of the map to any street in the city, and you can take a virtual walk around Vienna. Adjust the direction of movement using the arrows that appear in the center of the screen. By turning the mouse wheel, you can zoom in or out of the image.