{"id":29649,"date":"2022-08-21T05:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T19:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29649"},"modified":"2023-01-23T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T21:24:27","slug":"vienna-austria-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%b9-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=29649","title":{"rendered":"Vienna, Austria \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 20th August 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 210 kms from Olomouc, Czech Republic to Vienna, Austria  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace and The Stephansdom    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Vienna Sosta, \u20ac25, N48.13700, E16.31610\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 87 days @ \u20ac108 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a hot evening in Olomouc, we had luckily enough found some shade but the nights saving grace was the air conditioner and our little fan which ensured a good sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pool or should I say pools in Olomouc don\u2019t open until 9am so we have the Hymer in the carpark outside the pool at ten to. There are two 50m pools one inside and the other out, the inside pool is for laps we are told. Not sure how deep it was but there was a 6m diving platform, so deep enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed our first swim after 10 days or so. That done a quick Lidl stop and we head for the freeway. The rest of the day was traffic, more traffic and delays, road side coffee and lunch. Then we seemed to be randomly pulled into an Austrian heavy vehicle checking station and wait two hours to go over the pit and me trying to explain in English to an Austrian inspector the difference between tare and gross weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We find ourselves in the late afternoon traffic in Vienna which tops off a long day. Arriving at the sosta we set up the Hymer and relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sosta or stellplatz in Vienna is huge, almost 170 places and it\u2019s full. We booked a few days ago, something we would never ordinarily do. \u20ac25 per night is expensive but it has everything you need with a supermarket and a train station just a short walk away. Anyway it\u2019s Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vienna<\/a> is Austria\u2019s largest city with nearly 3 million inhabitance, it has existed as a place since 500AD. Greater Vienna is a state within the Austrian union of nine states. It\u2019s a huge sprawling city with a complex public transport system as we are about to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not unlike Paris or London, you buy a day pass, in Vienna about \u20ac7 per day and jump on. The critical issue is the line, say U6, then the lines final destination station in the direction your heading, normally one side of the platform or the other. Two lines and several stops later we arrive at Hietzing Station and walk up the street to Schloss Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The history of this 1440 room summer palace is worth a read, especially if your a Sissi fan. Anyway our tour which includes only 20 room takes some 45 minutes. We purchased the tickets a few hours earlier \u20ac22 pp which saved us queueing. You cannot take photos during the tour which is one of my pet hates, so I sneak a couple just to give you an idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tour done we walk around to visit the gardens of Sch\u00f6nbrunn, taking these views from the terrace at the rear of the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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