Vienna Surroundings Day Trip, Wildlife Park, Hiking
The city of Vienna has countless museums, palaces, markets, restaurants, quirky art exhibits, delicious food halls, and a wonderful wine region as its neighbor. If you have time for a day trip around Vienna, where should you focus your attention?
4 must-visit places for a day trip around Vienna
1️⃣ Wachau: It is the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria, 80 km from Vienna. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its charming landscape, it is a popular choice for a day trip from Vienna. Then you can visit Stift Melk Abbey.
2️⃣ Eisenstadt: About an hour's drive from Vienna, Austria's greatest composer Joseph Haydn lived here for many years. His house is now a museum commemorating his life and times (he is buried in Bergkirche above the town). You can visit the old town Freistadt (Free Town), walking through the three long streets off the main square—Hauptstrasse, Pfarrgasse, and Haydngasse. Here there is the 17th-century town hall, and then you can visit Schloss Esterházy.
3️⃣ Lainzer Tiergarten: A wildlife park, also a place where Viennese like to relax and go for walks on weekends. On the 500+ meter high Kaltbründlberg there is an observation tower --> Hubertuswarte.
🧖♀️ Another tourist attraction on the edge of the Vienna Woods is Baden bei Wien, a spa town famous for its therapeutic waters.
4️⃣ Grinzing: Also unique, there are many vineyards here, and it is famous for its numerous typical Austrian restaurants (Heuriger). Especially nearby Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg are also very popular with hikers.
