This 107 mertes long, 40 metres wide and 136 metres tall massive church was dedicated to St. Stephen. The building is made of limestone but soot and other forms of air pollution accumulating on the church have given it a black color. However, recent restoration projects have again returned the building to its original white.

The Cathedral’s massive south tower is its highest point and a dominant feature of the Vienna skyline. At the tip of the tower stands the double-eagle imperial emblem with the Habsburg-Lorraine coat of arms on its chest, surmounted by a double-armed apostolic cross. The north tower stands at 68 meters tall (223 ft), roughly half the height of the south tower.

The main entrance to the church is named the Giant’s Door. The tympanum above the Giant’s Door depicts Christ Pantocrator flanked by two winged angels. On the left and right are the two Roman Towers. The Roman Towers, together with the Giant’s Door, are the oldest parts of the church.

The cathedral stands high in glory with its ornately patterned, richly coloured roof, 111 meters (361 ft) long, and covered by 230,000 glazed tiles. The roof is so steep that it is sufficiently cleaned by the rain alone and is seldom covered by snow. St. Stephen’s Cathedral has 23 bells in total.

There are 18 altars in the main part of the church, and more in the various chapels. There are several formal chapels in St. Stephen’s Cathedral including St. Katherine’s Chapel, St. Barbara’s Chapel, St. Eligius’s Chapel, St. Valentine’s Chapel and many more.

The original building was taken over by Duke Albert of Saxen-Teschen who used it as his residence and later brought his graphics collection there from Brussels. The collection was expanded by Albert’s successors. In 1776, the Austrian ambassador of Venice presented nearly 1,000 pieces of art to Duke Albert and his wife Maria Christina.

Since 1805 it has been founded in one of the most magnificent neoclassical palaces in Europe: the Palais Albertina. The Batliners then set up the Herbert and Rita Batliner Art Foundation, which transferred the artworks to the Albertina as a permanent loan. The museum houses works from the Swiss collection of Eva and Mathias Forberg, around 100 works from the Batliner Collection,  outstanding works by Paul Klee from the Carl Djerassi Collection, paintings by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Miró, Klee, Kandinsky, Chagall, and other masters along with late works by Picasso and exhibits by Rothko and Bacon and works by contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter.

Although the Albertina is a state museum, it is particularly fortunate because it gets a larger proportion of its budget from the private sector than other museums in Austria. When in Vienna, the museum is a must see by all the art lovers.

The 11 kilometer-long City Hiking Trail 1 begins at the terminus of tram line D in Vienna’s heurige town of Nussdorf and leads you to the Vienna Woods and Danube, through vineyards and woods to the Stefaniewarte on the Kahlenberg. On the you can stop by at Restaurant Kahlenberg as well as at the heurige on Wildgrubgasse, Kahlenberger Straße and in Nussdorf. If you take the City Hiking Trail 1a, you get to hike along the Danube beach promenade, climb the Leopoldsberg and the Kahlenberg and end up in the romantic Kahlenbergerdorf.

The 120 kilometer-long Rundumadum Hiking Trail has inns and shelters for resting in between the hike. The trail encircles the city in 24 easy to manage stages.

The 17 kilometer long circular First Vienna Water Trail is for those who love waters. It starts from the Lower Old Danube (U1 Alte Donau) to the National Park Donauauen. Those who prefer the shorter distance of 7.5 kilometers can turn around at the Kaisermühlenspitz and finish their tour with a walk across the Kagran Bridge.

When visiting Green Prater, you can take up the 13 kilometer-long City Hiking Trail 9, which takes you directly from Praterstern (U1 Praterstern) away from the main avenue on the level to the little water meadow area at Freudenau.

The famous City Hiking Trail 5 lets you walk through old cellar lanes, roam through vineyards and oak woods and catch a glimpse of the rare orchids that grow here. Hiking companions are available for free at the starting point of your tour in the heurige town of Stammersdorf.

Tiergarten Schönbrunn(Vienna zoo) – this is located very close to the palace in Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse. This zoo built in the mid-18^th century has a wide range of animals kept within it. Children are especially fascinated by its animals. This is another place you must visit. You wil be awed by the cleanliness and concern that the zookeepers have.

Schloss Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Palace) – this palace is located in the street Schönbrunner Schlosspark, Vienna, AT-1130, Austria, AT.  To visit this entire faculty you need at least half a day. The palace features 40 exceptionally furnished rooms that will hold you in awe. Not only this, its gardens are even more remarkable. Wide expanses of greenery spreading around it like an oasis of calm on earth. The spectacular view it offers is breadthtaking!

Botanische Gärten der Universität Wien (University Botanical Gardens) – these gardens are located in Mechelgasse 2, Landstrasser Gürtel 1, Vienna, AT-1030, Austria, AT. Covering an area of 20 acres / 8 hectares, this garden is truly a sight to behold. The tranquility is almost tangible in the air. Built by Empress Maria Theresia, as a rather grand herb garden, this garden today is one of the leading attractions of Vienna. It features several plant species that hold special significance in the field of botany. Its construction and architecture are excellent examples of Viennese culture and excellence. It is open daily and entry is free of cost.

Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) / Staatsoper (Opera House) – this opera house is located in 2 Opernring, Vienna, AT-1010, Austria, AT. A performance by the Vienna State Opera is an experience that must not be missed at any cost. It is one of the best opera companies in the whole of Europe.  The building itself is a breathtaking sight with its Neo-Romantic façade and palatial features. It dates back to the 1860s. However the original opera house had to be rebuilt following damages that it sustained during the WWII. Its size is enormous and it can accommodate as many as 2000 people! If you ever visit Vienna you must visit the Opera house. It is open almost daily while the timings vary from show to show. There is an entry fee.

Watersports on the Old Danube – Located in  Vienna, Austria, AT, the ‘Old Danube’ is a long stretch of clear blue water. While it is certainly a picturesque sight, it is also a source of goo entertainment. During the summer month a variety of water sports are hosted here and this is the major cause for its popularity. Not only the tourists but also the Viennese flock to this island to swim, sail or even windsurf. This is the perfect place for you if you are a fun-loving person. It is open daily and the entry is free.

Prater Amusement Park / Riesenrad (Giant Wheel) – this place is located in Prater 9, Wiener Praterverband, Vienna, AT-1020, Austria, AT. Filled with fun and frolic this amusement park is another must visit. Located close to Vienna city centre, it features rides ranging from merry-go-rounds and ghost trains, to go-karts and speedy roller coasters, perfect for those looking for a quick adrenaline rush. The ride Riesenrad transports passengers to a height of more than 65 metres / 213 feet, where the views are awe-inspiring. Though filled with many modern rides, this park’s roots date back to the 19th century. The spreading ‘Green Prater’ forest is also located close by.

It was in the year 1569; Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II procured a large tract of the land on the floodplain of the Wien River below wowloeeneath a hill, having the position as between the Meidling and Hietzing, where an earlier owner, in 1548, had formed an illustrative mansion named as Katterburg. The emperor therefore ordered the entire area to be fenced and keep there games as like the pheasants, ducks, deer and boar, in order to perform and provide as set it as the court’s recreational hunting ground. In a small separate part of the area, “exotic” birds like turkeys and peafowl were ckept. Fishponds were even too constructed there. For around a century and so the area there was used as a hunting and recreational ground.  The spot was much favorite of Eleonore Gonzaga who there lived hunting, and rather elaborated much time there and was bequeathed the area as her widow’s residence after the death of her husband. It was during 1538 to 1643 she added a palace to the Katterburg mansion, there in 1642 there is the first mention of the name as “Schönbrunn” on an invoice. The origins of the Schönbrunn orangery there go back into the past to Eleonore Gonzaga as well.

There is a much noted and recognized sculpted place as between the palace and the Sun Fountain that is recognized as the Great Parterre. The French garden is a big part of the area that was planned by Jean Trehet in 1695. It contains, among other things, a maze as well. There are many other attractive spots as well activities as found in the Palace complex including the world’s oldest existing zoo, an organgerie made about around in 1755, staple luxuries of European palaces of its type, a palm house too is well recognized over there. The garden axis points is on the side of about 60 meters higher hill, that since the 1775 has positioned the Gloriette structure. Another noticeable structure at the Schonbrunn is Roman Ruin that is also known as the Ruin of Carthage, the Roman Ruin is a set of follies made by the noted architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg and there he made an entirely new architectural feature in 1778.

Literature as written out there at cafes is commonly known as to be the coffee house literature, and the writers there were known as to be the coffee house poets. The famous journal Die Fackel by Karl Kraus there is referred as to be the writer in cafes to a lager extent and prestige. The popular coffee house there is known as to be as including as Arthur Schnitzler, Alfred Polgar, Friedrich Torberg, and Egon Erwin Kisch. Famous writer and poet Peter Altenberg, too has provided this mail transferred to his well known café that is the favorite café, the Café Central. The furnishings of a Viennese café can change from plush and comfy to coldly modern and stylish. The classic look there involves like as the Apfelstrudel and Linzer torte. In many a classic cafes out there in the city the piano music is being played out at every evening and the social and cultural events are being organized there. In warmer months, customers are seen sitting outside in the evening and participate in social events like reading. The some popular cafes of that sort follows as Café Diglas, Café Central, Café Prückel and others.

For the historical background of the coffee house it is popular that the Polish-Habsburg army, while liberating Vienna from the second Turkish siege in 1683, found a number of sacks with strange beans that they thought to be the camel feed and wanted to burn it out.  The Polish king Jan III Sobieski provided those sacks to one of his officers named Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, who started the tradition of coffee house by making the staartign coffee, later on it added some sugar and milk into it and thus the Viennese coffee tradition started. His contribution is even recognized to the date as his picture can be seen hanging out at many of the Viennese café houses.

With the passage of the time The Freyung soon was converted into an important market square where various street artists and entertainer exhibits there art for living as well as survival. One such memorable performance at the square was of the Wiener Hanswurst (Viennese Fool) by Josef Stranitzky. Due to the closeness to the Hofburg Imperial Palace around in the 17th and 18th centuries many aristocrats formed their residencies at the square as well as close to the neighbouring Herrengasse. In 1856, under the renovation and modification spree the houses between the Freyung and the adjacent square Am Hof were destructed in order to widen the street between them. In the late 19th century banks and other named financial institutions and banks too moved there and made the headquarters there. During the time when the new financial institutions were coming to the square and more and more structures were standing there at the spot and the square was gaining the much deserved reputation, the Austria-Brunnen fountain, erected there in 1844-1846 by Ludwig Schwanthaler in respect of the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. The fountain is located at the exact middle of the square.

More close to the square is the famous Kunstforum exhibition hall that is place for the exhibition hall for modern and the contemporary art shows. It also houses the Austrian Bank of Trade and Commerce. The other places of the attraction at the square are The Freyung that is a Christmas market organized their every winter since the 1772. The modern pavements at the square too include the part of the 13th century old medieval pavement. Anyhow whatever the description might be given here the Freyung is undoubtedly is inevitable part and section of Vienna.

It is located at the middle of the Donaupark that was there made to host the horticultural fair in Vienna’s 22nd District, Donaustadt, close to the bank of the Danube. There two high-speed elevators take passengers to the tower’s height to see platform at about 150 meters. There each lift carries about 14 passengers in about 35 seconds to reach at the top. During powerful wind the elevators travel at only half speed due to the objective fluctuation of the tower, there the movement of the elevator cable even to be much risky.   The stairs there can be reached about and are approached as during the annual Donauturm run, or in period of an emergency. There are about two revolving restaurants at the tower at respective height of about 160 and 170 meters and presents the very panoramic view over the Austrian capital and the Danube River below it  There, towers take about   26, 39 or 52 minutes to complete a full revolution. The observation deck of the tower has a bungee jumping site; there a platform projecting from the area at is used for the jumping purposes in the summer months. In was very unfortunate incident about on sixth June, 1968 four hot air balloons were launched from a meadow at Donauturm as three of them floated past the tower, the  fourth was driven against the tower as was hung on the security grills at about approx height of approximately 150 meter.  The balloon disintegrated and the gondola fell to the ground and in this unfortunate incident about two    American balloonist Francis Shields and two Austrian passengers were killed.

•    Chalet Etoile, Cervinia, Italy: This rustic Italian restaurant is skiable from Zermatt and referred to simply as “Ulla’s”.  At the restaurant menu keeps on changing on daily basis that includes dishes like a bowl of steamy, spicy broth that brim with mussels and langoustines. Mains course here includes the pasta with mushrooms, spaghetti with lobster or clams, bistecca, or slow-roasted leg of pork. The wine to drink is pinot noir from the Cave des Onze Communes in the Aosta Valley, leaving room for dessert, a perfect espresso with its crema intact, and a high-octane grappa.

•    Le Cap Horn, Courchevel 1850, France: This is a place where they can even watch people including celebrities, Muscovite millionaires and status food on a vast sunny terrace overlooking towards the Altiport where Lear jets and helicopters lands. This restaurant has private lounges with about 300 seater main dining area with its nautical theme as echoed in the Yacht Club. One can have a very popular sea food ranging from Le Panier Rouge (Canadian lobster, crab, Dublin Bay prawns and pink shrimps for two) to six fines de claire No 3 oysters.

•    Hospiz Alm, St Christophe, Austria: It is subsidiary of five-star Hospiz Hotel situated in proximity to it. This is recognized as the some best restaurant in the Arlberg ski area. There at the lunchtime, various skiers come together on sun terrace for a glass of bubbly and a Wiener schnitzel, pork spare ribs. In evening, it transforms into a typical gourmet restaurant having a wood-paneled dining room illuminated by a crackling log fire.

Hotel Ambassador, five stars hotel in Vienna

•    Overview of the Hotel: Situated at the center of Vienna, this five star hotel is center of political and cultural activities from all over the country. Under floor heating and individually adjustable air conditionings are some of the facilities that make Hotel Ambassador unparalleled to other hotels in town. There every room in each category shows an expression of the charm of the building. Hotel Ambassador has a special location, with Kärntner Strasse that has on one side and the historic Neuer Markt on the other side. In hotel there are about 86 rooms.

•    Amenities at the Hotel: As for amenities and services in the hotel, the prominent ones available in the hotel remains to be as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, non-smoking rooms, elevator, express check-in/check-out, safe, heating, baggage storage, room service, meeting/banquet facilities, business center, laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room,  ironing service, currency exchange, shoe shine, car rental, tour desk,  fax/photocopying and ticket service.

•    Hotel Rules: With reference to hotel policies for Hotel Ambassador there are some general rules that are necessary for every guest to follow. However, there are even certain rules that even get changed as according to the room type. The check in time into hotel is 14:00 hours and the check out time there is until 12:00 hours.  Pets there are allowed on request. The hotel even accepts cards like American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, JCB and Maestro.

•    Hotel Room Types and Rates:

Classic Double Room: € 215 (Per Night)
Classic Double Room for Single Use: € 175 (Per Night)
Theme Double Room: € 323 (Per Night)
Theme Double Room for Single Use: € 262 (Per Night)
Classic Double Room: € 194 (Per Night)
Classic Double Room for Single Use: € 158 (Per Night)