City Center Vienna

Most of the buildings in the heart of Vienna definitely deserve your attention not only because they offer indoor sightseeing tours. If you are the type of tourist, that prefers to admire historical buildings from the outside (and your little companion doesn’t appreciate the guide’s professional presentation), Vienna’s historical city centre is the right place for you. What we recommend to do is to visit any nearby tourist information centre (one is behind the St....

Most of the buildings in the heart of Vienna definitely deserve your attention not only because they offer indoor sightseeing tours. If you are the type of tourist, that prefers to admire historical buildings from the outside (and your little companion doesn’t appreciate the guide’s professional presentation), Vienna’s historical city centre is the right place for you. What we recommend to do is to visit any nearby tourist information centre (one is behind the St. Stephen’s cathedral in the Dom museum, one at the Albertinaplatz), where you’ll get the tourist map and the staff will willingly show you closest places to spend some time with babies. Be aware that the traffic in the city centre is busy, not only because of cars and public transport but also due to horse carriages and hackneys. Great tour starting point is St. Stephen’s cathedral at the Stephansplatz, that is dominating the city (you can get there by metro – Ubahn, which has elevator taking you to the street level). It doesn’t matter which direction you take from the cathedral, it will always be an experience. During the tourist season (June-September), be aware, that the historical centre is full of tourists, paved by cobble stones and high curbs, so manipulating your buggy might be sometimes tricky. Only few moments of strolling around and you can admire the Opera house, Albertina, Hofburg or Spanish riding school. Once your little one gets tired of all the history, park your buggy in one of the nearby clean and tidy gardens or parks. Stadtpark has a big and new playground, Burggarten doesn’t have any but it’s perfect place for a picnic, the Volksgarten were during our stay under reconstruction. The only reproach we had were signs for public toilets. There are only few in the historical centre (most convenient are those in parks) and restaurants or hotels have them often in the basement.