Vienna in 2 days
A ready route for 2 days in Vienna: the main sights grouped by area, so you don't walk back and forth. Each day opens on the map with all its stops.
Stephansdom & the Historic Core · Hofburg & Imperial Vienna
6 places · about 6,5 h of sightseeing · 1,1 km between them
Morning
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Mozarthaus Vienna (Domgasse 5)The only surviving Vienna apartment where Mozart lived, now a museum spread over several floors.
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Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral)Vienna's soaring Gothic cathedral and the literal center of the city — free nave, paid towers.
Afternoon
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Graben & Kärntner StrasseVienna's grandest pedestrian shopping streets, linking Stephansplatz to the Opera.
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Hofburg Palace ComplexThe Habsburgs' vast winter residence — a walled city-within-a-city of courtyards, wings and museums.
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Spanish Riding School (Lipizzaner Stallions)Classical Lipizzaner horsemanship in a stunning Baroque hall — performances, training sessions, or stable tours.
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Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments
Empress Elisabeth's life story plus the lived-in Habsburg state rooms — one combined ticket.
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The Ringstrasse & Museum District
2 places · about 5 h of sightseeing · 7,4 km between them
Morning
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Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History)One of the world's great art museums — Bruegel, Vermeer, Titian, Velázquez — inside a palatial domed building.
Afternoon
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Schönbrunn Palace & GardensThe Habsburgs' vast summer palace — 1,441 rooms, the Gloriette hilltop folly, and free gardens open daily.
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Good to know
When to go
May, June, September and October are best for the palaces and coffee houses — without summer crowds. In winter the Christmas markets make the city magical.
Book ahead
Mozarthaus Vienna (Domgasse 5), Spanish Riding School (Lipizzaner Stallions), Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments, Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens
Closed days
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) — closed: Monday
Want times, places to eat and a plan for your own dates?
In your own plan:
- exact times for each day, checked against the opening hours on your dates
- places to eat near every stop, in three budgets
- your flights, hotel, kids and pace taken into account