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Austria

Vienna for the first time

The three days that make sense when you have never been. The famous things, in an order that works, with room around them.

  • 3 nights
  • Couple
  • Balanced pace
  • Mid-range budget
Plan your own Vienna trip

Every place here was checked on 2026-10-20 or later, and each one says where it came from.

The plan, day by day

4 days

Day 1

Arrival day

8 of 24 hours planned

  1. 09:30

    You arrive

  2. 13:0014:00

    Café Gloriette

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h
    • Meal

    building in Vienna

    Schloßpark Schönbrunn, 1130 Wien

  3. 14:3017:00

    Vienna State Opera house

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    opera house in Vienna, Austria

    Opernring 2, 1010 Wien

  4. 17:00

    2h open

    17:00 – 19:00

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  5. 19:0020:30

    Gasthaus Rebhuhn

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h 30m
    • Meal

    Berggasse 24, 1090 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–00:00

  6. 20:3023:00

    Theater an der Wien

    Picked because you chose culture & museums + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    Historic theatre and Opera building in Vienna and Gemeindebau building located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district.

    Linke Wienzeile 6

Day 2

12 of 24 hours planned

  1. 08:0008:45

    Café Central

    Suggested because it fits a mid-range budget

    • 45m
    • Meal

    building in Vienna, Austria

    Herrengasse, 1010 Wien

  2. 08:45

    45m open

    08:45 – 09:30

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  3. 09:3012:00

    Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    museum for the military History of Austria in Vienna

    Arsenal 3, 1030 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00

  4. 12:00

    1h open

    12:00 – 13:00

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  5. 13:0014:00

    Mraz & Sohn

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h
    • Meal

    restaurant in Austria

    Wallensteinstraße 59, 1200 Wien

  6. 14:3017:00

    Kunsthistorisches Museum

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    art museum in Vienna, Austria

    Burgring 5, 1010 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon closed · Tue–Wed 10:00–18:00 · Thu 10:00–21:00 · Fri–Sun 10:00–18:00

  7. 17:00

    2h open

    17:00 – 19:00

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  8. 19:0020:30

    Steirereck im Stadtpark

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h 30m
    • Meal

    Am Heumarkt 2a

  9. 20:3023:00

    Burgtheater

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    state drama theatre in Vienna, Austria

    Universitätsring 2, 1010 Wien

Day 3

15 of 24 hours planned

  1. 08:0008:45

    Demel

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 45m
    • Meal

    historic confectionery and coffeehouse in Vienna, Austria

    Kohlmarkt 14

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00

  2. 08:45

    45m open

    08:45 – 09:30

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  3. 09:3012:00

    Mozarthaus Vienna

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    museum

    Domgasse 5, 1010 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00

  4. 12:00

    1h open

    12:00 – 13:00

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  5. 13:0014:00

    Café Landtmann

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h
    • Meal

    coffee house in Vienna, Austria

    Universitätsring 4, 1010 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 07:30–23:00

  6. 14:3017:00

    Josephinum

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    former Medical and Surgical Academy of Vienna, now Museum of the History of Medicine in Vienna, Austria

    Währinger Straße 25, 1090 Wien

  7. 17:0019:30

    Narrenturm

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    former hospital in Austria

    Narrenturm, Spitalgasse 2

  8. 19:3021:00

    Café Museum

    Suggested because you chose food

    • 1h 30m
    • Meal

    building in Innere Stadt, Austria

    Operngasse 7

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00

  9. 21:0023:30

    Musikverein

    Picked because you chose culture & museums + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    concert hall in Vienna, Austria

    Musikvereinsplatz 1, 1010 Wien

Day 4

Departure day

5 of 24 hours planned

  1. 08:0008:45

    Hawelka

    Suggested because it fits a mid-range budget

    • 45m
    • Meal

    coffee house in Vienna, Austria

    Dorotheergasse 7

    Opening hours: Mon–Thu 09:00–24:00 · Fri–Sat 09:00–01:00 · Sun 10:00–20:00

  2. 08:45

    45m open

    08:45 – 09:30

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  3. 09:3012:00

    Klimt-Villa

    Picked because you chose culture & museums and history + balanced energy

    • 2h 30m
    • Culture & museums

    building in Hietzing, Austria

    Feldmühlgasse 11, 1130 Wien

    Opening hours: Mon–Tue closed · Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00

  4. 12:00

    1h open

    12:00 – 13:00

    Nothing planned here. That was on purpose.

  5. 13:0014:00

    Schwarzenberg

    Suggested because it fits a mid-range budget

    • 1h
    • Meal

    building in Vienna, Austria

    Kärntner Ring 17

    Opening hours: Mon–Fri 07:30–24:00 · Sat–Sun 08:30–24:00

  6. 14:30

    You leave

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • Wikivoyage contributors — Vienna/Landstraße
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors