Other Gerstner locations in Vienna include the State Opera House and Palais Todesco. So you can imagine this café-restaurant in Schönbrunn palace is not your usual offering … [Read more...] about Gerstner café-restaurant in Schönbrunn
Eating and drinking
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Viennese Apple Strudel
The first food mentioned in Maria's list of favourite things in The Sound of Music and a mainstay of menus across Vienna: the Apfelstrudel or apple … [Read more...] about Viennese Apple Strudel
Café Pavillon in Schönbrunn
An upmarket open-air café now stands where Imperial children once played. Toy castles give way to cake, coffee and more at Café Pavillon in the grounds of Schönbrunn … [Read more...] about Café Pavillon in Schönbrunn
Schlumberger wine cellars
I started my visit to the Schlumberger sparkling wine cellars expecting a PR exercise. But my cynicism soon melted away thanks to the historical ambience and informative … [Read more...] about Schlumberger wine cellars
Kaffee Alt Wien
The Renaissance meets modern Vienna in the form of the Kaffee Alt Wien, which also straddles the border between coffee house, bar, and restaurant. Red, blue, historical … [Read more...] about Kaffee Alt Wien
Café Schopenhauer
Few locations recommend themselves more for conversations on life, the universe and everything than a Viennese coffee house. So what better than one named for a great German … [Read more...] about Café Schopenhauer