DK Eyewitness Vienna: 2019 (Travel Guide)

Paris has been my favourite city ever since my first visit there so it would be unlikely I thought that Vienna could be so good. But Vienna is wonderful too, in a very different way. What's similar is an ordered city centre with beautiful buildings and royal palaces. There's also the famous Spanish Riding School. We didn't have the chance to view that as you had to book and we had only 3 days for everything in Vienna. However, we did visit the adjoining palace and other beautiful buildings.Yet more of these anyone can see on TV - in the ballet sequences that are performed for the famous New Year's Day Concert with the Vienna Phil in the beautiful Golden Hall.The old city wall was taken down and is now a ring road but very different to the frenetic near-motorway that's the Peripherique round Paris. The Vienna ring road is just a road, wide in parts. Other fascinating places are of course the museums and the churches and the unusual St Stephen's Cathedral. Close to the ring road is the beautiful Mozart theatre - tours take place inside the theatre. From there we took two bus trips, one for a boat trip on the Danube and the other to the edge of the Vienna Woods.We stayed outside the centre in a pension that was once a convent and our bedroom was plain and simple but very large with a large vestibule. Nearby is the beautiful Schonbrun royal palace with extensive formal gardens and a little zoo, also a huge folly facing the back of the house below which they have summer concerts.Visiting the royal palaces and seeing the generalI value all my Eyewitness Guides - and Insight Guides too. I always buy whichever of these is available for places we visit, they are simply invaluable, and also I buy them for places I hope to visit someday, or even just because I'm interested even if I never expect to get there. Compact but detailed, splendid maps, drawings, photographs, history, where to stay, restaurants, you name it, and a very good index. I wouldn't go on any holiday, not even in Britain, without my Eyewitness or Insight Guide (or both).

I really appreciate the photos and maps that they include. I bought another guide to compare and used this one much more than the other because of the details, ease of use, and maps.

Love the pictures and the layouts of the museums. Very happy with the way the book is layed out by area. Liked the suggestions for 1,2 3 or longer trips to Vienna. Very complete and lots to learn here.

For a short visit to Vienna, this is your book...maps, info, do-it-yourself tours, shopping, hotels, etc.

New format is fantastic. Dk books have always been my favorite travel books. They continue to get better.

Great reviews

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We owe a multiple books from DK, and they are great as always. If you are on the hunt for the travel book, get this one - all the information, plus fantastic print.

I sometimes buy a Steves' or Frommers' guide but then I am disappointed because they have so few photos. By comparison, this series has hundreds and for me, that is important. If you prefer a lot more text than you would prefer other brands of guide books.

This guide was bought for a 4 days trip to Vienna and was very helpful for the whole trip.It gives you good advices for walks along the city and hints of the not-miss seightseeing places.With a lot of walking we managed to see more then 90% of the advices in the book within our 4 days in Vienna.

I really like these travel guides, for someone on a reasonable budget and interested in cultural and other standard "tourist", including walking, shoppping, eating/drinking out, etc and even business travel.Generally, I always buy one for the country/city I am going to visit. When I don't have one, I usually regret it as I find I am "lost" without it in terms of planning what to do and how to do it!They provide interesting and practical facts about sightseeing, using the local public transport or driving, getting to/from airports, eating out, going out, shopping, useful maps of city centres, health and safety tips, some background history, etc.The translations (and pronunciation guide) of common phrases in the local language are useful but sometimes limited. Lots of colour pictures makes the book more interesting in itself and makes for a nice bookshelf souvenir afterwards.Another great thing about the series is that the books are always laid out in the same way. So once you start using them, you'll always know what information you can find and where it will be in the book.A slight drawback is that the books are medium-size and can weigh from 500-800 grams (depending on which city/country the book is for), and the paperback versions always get a bit dog-eared being carried around in my day-pack.To paraphrase and old credit card ad: "I won't leave home without one of these guide books".

I went to Vienna last week. The book is indeed usefull for guiding me around in the Vienna.But, it's better to read from the back chapter, first, because it is the most important for traveling, the trafic system, how to access the city center, but some address is not correct, for example, I stady in a hotel, the address in the book is right but the location is not correct. be carefull about those small errors.

My wife and I have been to Vienna on many occasions, but I regularly update this guide (every few years anyway). As I said for my review of the Austrian Guide - we both love the DK layout, format and style, as well as the very good quality paper and standard of printing. If you are a stranger to Vienna - I can't recommend this book highly enough - it will get you to just about anything you want to see:) I would just recommend the Popup maps as an additional purchase - fold away to a tiny size but incredibly useful. If you are a seasoned visitor, there is always something in this guide that you were unaware of - or had simply forgotten, and will be happily reminded.The only issue I would take with this edition of the Vienna Guide is that one of the walks that appeared in earlier editions has been left out - the walk down from Kahlenberg to Nussdorf. This is a wonderful walk whatever the season, and I can't think why its been left out this year - definitely a mistake!