Your trip to the city of Vienna is always incomplete, unless you visit some of the fantastic sites located outside the city. Vienna certainly is the city surrounded by scores of beauties. Located in the east of Austria, close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, the Austrian Capital has beautiful fringes.
Vienna, the cultural, economic and political centre of Austria, surely has numerous attractions inside the city, but the also offers you a number of attractive sites in its vicinity. So, whenever you are in Vienna, you must take a trip outside the city to see some of the wonderful sites outside the city. Here are some of the sites that you can visit outside Vienna.
Baden - is a lovely spa town in medieval setting, located 26 kilometers south of Vienna, in Lower Austria. Posited at the mouth of the fantastic Helenental, on the Schwechat banks, Baden is a scenic resort, known for its baths and springs, gardens and parks, coffeehouses, vineyards, and pastoral wine pubs. Römertherme (Roman thermal bath) is one of the most notable baths of the town.
Bad Vöslau - is your place, if you love warm baths, spas, and red wine. It is an attractive spa town, located some 35km south of Vienna, in the Lower Austria. The town is known for its many warm baths. Thermalbad Bad Vöslau is one of the most notable baths in the town. Often dubbed as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation, the town is favorite destination for red wine lovers.
Wienerwald (Vienna Woods) - is 1,000 square kilometers of wooded patch of the Alps, outside Vienna, in eastern Lower Austria. The green oasisic setting of the Vienna Woods is created by precipitous hills, broken canyons, pastoral vineyards, serene woods and meadow landscapes. It is the most popular al fresco destination outside Vienna.
Mayerling - is a small village in the municipality of the Alland in the district of Baden, in the Lower Austria. Located on the Schwechat River, in the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods), some 15 miles/ 24 km southwest of Vienna, Mayerling is a fantastic place for one day trips.
Feiler Artinger - welcomes you to relish its world famous wines. It is a renowned winery, located in Rust, in the easternmost state of Burgenland. Founded in the 1930s, the exotic 30 hectares estate is devoted to the red and green grapes cultivation. The place lets you relish its fine wines and enjoy the awe-inspiring view of the surrounding areas.
Weinbau Wenzel - the patch eleven hectares in Rust, Burgenland, in south of Vienna, is the property of Wenzel, one of the best wine manufactures of Austria. You can relish red and white wines along with the scenic beauty of the estate. The estate features the mesmeric emerald slopes of vineyards.
Eisenstadt - is the city in Burgenland, which is often celebrated for its art and architectural marvels including museums, religious edifices, castles and palaces, and other buildings. Some of the attractions of the city are - Bergkirche (Haydn’s Tomb), Domkirche (Gothic Church), Schloss Esterházy & Schlosspark (Esterházy castle & park), Haydn mausoleum, Haydnmuseum, and Landesmuseum.
Hainburg (Hainburg an der Donau) - is the city in the Bruck an der Leitha (district), next to the Danube river, in Lower Austria. Located about 60km (40 miles) from Vienna, Hainburg is one of the popular sites outside the city. Some of the attractions of the city include Castle, Nationalpark Donau-Auen, Hexenberg, Braunsberg, and Wienertor (Viennese Gate).
Schloß und Schloßgarten Laxenburg (Schloss Castle & Garden Laxenburg) - is one of the major attractions outside Vienna, situated some 17km south of Vienna, in the middle of wonderful parkland. Schloss Castle, also known as Laxenburg Castle, is an imperial palace outside Vienna, in Laxenburg, in the Lower Austria. It offers you the finest example of the 18th century garden artistry. The place is popular destination for day trippers.
Bratislava, Budapest, and Prague - the capital cities of Slovakia, Hungary, and Czech Republic respectively are also located pretty close to Vienna. These really are the gem cities of Europe. Bratislava is just 60 kilometers (37.3 mi) from Vienna. Budapest is at 2.5 hours driving distance, and Prague is at 3 hours drive from Vienna.
Author writes for Holiday Velvet, a website providing listings for Hotels, Villas, Vienna holiday accommodation, and World travel apartments.
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