European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse One of the Palace s Imperial Angels. Czech Republic 80km Germany Vienna Salzburg Austria Italy a Sas the vote Kirche adorns the downtown Skyline. The Art history museum contains some of the world s great artworks. Travellers tips How to get there Vienna has excellent Road rail and air connections to major european cities. From the West follow Highway a-1 across Austria. After getting off the Highway follow the sights for the City Center. When you get to your hotel Park your car and leave it. Some hotels have parking at reduced prices. Public parking garages Are More expensive. Trains from the West arrive at the West Bohnhof. A taxi ride to the City Center costs about 100 schillings $8.70. Or take streetcars 58 or 52 to the Volk theater Stop and switch to subway line u-3 to Stephans Platz. Cost is 20 schillings $1.70. Getting around extended tickets for Public transportation Are excellent buys. A 24-hour ticket costs 45 schillings $3.90. A 72-hour ticket costs 115 schillings $10. They Are available at ticket windows labelled Vor Verkauf Advance Purchase. All Are Good for buses subways and streetcars in greater Vienna. Another Mode of transportation Worth trying if you Don t mind splurging is the horse drawn carriages parked at major tourist Sites. A number depart from the Stephans Platz. A 40-minute tour of the downtown area for four people costs 800 schillings $69. Entertainment for More than a Century Vienna has been a City of music. Mozart Haydn Beethoven the Strauss family schonber Gall lived and performed there. These Days the tradition is As Strong As Ever with offerings available from classical to Rock. There Are performances available most nights of the week. Eating out Vienna is a City for dining. You can buy pizza by the slice on the Street or sit Down for an Imperial feast. In some neighbourhoods it seems like there is a restaurant in every other building and the variety is amazing viennese italian thai yugoslav greek and Many others. One pleasant Surprise for tourists who have visited other of Europe s capitals is the comparatively reasonable prices. For a cheap Quick bite on the go try a big slice of pizza for 25 schillings $2.17 at pizza Bill on the Corner of Wol Zeile and . The restaurant also has a self service cafeteria where you can sit Down. A whole pizza costs 60-70 schillings. Spaghetti with meat sauce is 59 schillings. Tho Pfudl restaurant on the Corner of Backe Strasse and Post Gasse features excellent viennese cuisine amid old world decor stucco dark Wood panelling and Deer Antlers. There is also a sparkling new dining room downstairs in the refurbished wine cellar. Some of the specialities Are schnitzel Venison Zander Pike Perch in Herb butter and spaetzle. Main entrees average 140-175 schillings $12-$15 and a meal with drinks salad and dessert is around $20. It is popular with tourists and natives alike. What to Sec according to Evelyn Miksch at the Vienna tourist office the biggest tourist attraction in terms of number of tickets sold is Schici Brunn Palace in the Southwest part of the City. This former summer Palace of the hapsburgs can be reached from downtown via subway line u-4 and bus 15a. Miksch said More people probably visit the Stepkin Dom but there is no Way to know the exact numbers because there is no entry fee. There is a fee of 20 schillings $1.75 for climbing the 339 Steps of the High Tower. It affords an excellent View of the Center and beyond. There is a shop at the upper level that Sells guidebooks and souvenirs. The Imperial burial vaults just off Neuer Markt contains the bodies of the austrian kaisers Many of them in ornate coffins. The largest and most elaborate contains the bodies of Kaiser Franz Stephan von Lothringer and Kaiserin Maria Theresia who died in the late 18th Century. There is a 30-Schilling entry fee. Accommodations there Are about 40,000 hotel rooms in Vienna in All Price categories. Miksch said there also some private rooms but that s something that s not really in at the top of the list is the five Star hotel Vienna Plaza Schotten ring 11, at 3,400 schillings $295 for a single with Bath and 4,400 $382 schillings for a double. At the opposite end of the spectrum Are one Star hotels such As the Cyrus Luxenburger Strasse 14, at 200 schillings $17.39 for a single without Bath and about the same per person for a double. A Good downtown hotel that is not too expensive is the three Star hotel Karn terhof located about four blocks from Stephans Platz. A single with Bath costs about 800 schillings $69 a night. Vienna hotels have two Price lists for High and Low season. Many hotels Are booked out from May to october. Tourist information the downtown tourist office is at Kartne Strasse 38, just around the Corner from the opera and the hotel Sacher. It is open daily from 9 . To 7 . There Are other tourist offices off the main highways a-1 and a-2, leading into the City. All will make room reservations. For printed tourist information in English Contact Vienna tourist Board obese Augarten Strasse 40, a-1025 Wien Telephone 21114, fax 2168492. Norm Zeigler a butry 18, 1993 stripes my
