Michelin THE GREEN GUIDE Vienna, 2e

Once a mighty imperial capital and residence of the Habsburgs Vienna is a city of enchantment festive and lavish with great powers of attraction. The Austrian capitals charm has beguiled many a musician. Beethoven Mozart and Brahms Haydn Schubert and Strauss were all Viennese by birth or adoption and music has become the spirit of this musical metropolis. Vienna the nostalgic cherishes a rich architectural heritage with the added diversity of Historicism and the Secession two uniquely Viennese periods. The charming Viennese enjoy strolling along the banks of the Danube lingering to read their newspapers in one of the elegant coffee-houses of the city centre or singing while sipping local wines in a friendly open-air wine tavern on the outskirts of the capital.