![]() ![]() I think your change of approach is so wise and enjoy your trip and ask. Rathausplatz is extremely touristy and during weekdays it's better early uring the day than at night.Īnyway I ramble on. If you look at their site they have the odd short concert so I'd say time a visit when there are horns! Spittelberg is a night time visit and Karlsplatz is arty/farty and also an evening visit. If youre lucky enough to be headed off on one of our festive European Christmas Market Breaks in 2021, then weve put together some tips and advice for. Schonbrun has become really touristy and the punch has got expensive and I think is a once trip. Many of those ie Altvienna at Freyung is a market we visit every day and at least once at night. If the Christmas markets are the main focus and you're happy to forgo all the other more stiff and formal stuff then a way of thinking through the markets is to think of them in terms of which ones will I visit early in the day and which ones are unmissable when it's cold and dark and there are lights. If you can do the counter-intuitive and simply get yourself acquainted via google with the transport and stuff mostly in the first district and simply let things flow I think you could have a totally immersive and relaxing experience. Yes there are museums and palaces and zoos, but the animals in Vienna will look pretty similar to those close at home. The mistake (in my view) of visits to Vienna is to over plan. So you need to keep options open until a day or two before your trip. It was my sense that Vienna authorities left cancelling the markets until after they knew pretty confidently that they would be cancelling in the hope that visitors wouldn't cancel. My advice would be to ensure all your plans are very flexible in terms of cancellation. The sole aim of this annual trip is to lurch from market to market and eat nuts and wurst and drink punch with a shot, Our trips we'd planned for March, September and December were cancelled and we're not confident - yet - of our December booking having already cancelled our September trip. 1 / 5 Christmas Market on Stephansplatz WienTourismus/Julius Hirtzberger Christmas Market Schloss Schnbrunn WienTourismus/Christian Stemper Christmas Village at Belvedere Palace WienTourismus/Christian Stemper Advent market in front of the Karlskirche (Church of St. I've been fortunate enough to be able to visit Vienna several times each year for extended stays for many decades but our last trip was December 2019 for our normal Christmas Market Safari of punch and nuts. I really do think you've done the right thing but of course from your own point of view you will never know as you haven't done both. I can't tell you how much your post has cheered me up. ![]()
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