Berlitz Vienna Pocket Guide

A travel guide to Vienna, one of Europe's cultural capitals, particularly renowned for its music. It features insider information and travel tips, hotel and restaurant details, language and culture tips, fold-out maps, and photographs. It has been updated and redesigned for this edition.

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This guide to Vienna covers all the major sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include the Hofburg, Belvedere and Schonbrunn palaces, St Stephen's Cathedral and Vienna's major museums. The guide also contains background historical information, advice on shopping, music and entertainment, and the low-down on eating out. There is an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in German. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from the waltz to Klimt and Schiele. Excursions outside the city are also described including the Danube Valley and Wienerwald. Maps show Central Vienna and excursions, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.