THE WINE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

I bet you wouldn’t think it, but city has got serious bragging rights. This is because it is the only world capital that produces the most amount of wine within its city limits.

One of the world’s great cities, Vienna never fails to charm its visitors, not only with an incomparable heritage of Habsburg history, but with a charming atmosphere of art and architecture. The famous hospitality of the Austrians known as ‘Gemütlichkeit’ in the city, is a mixture of cosiness and amiable hospitality, best experienced in a traditional coffee house or wine tavern.

Vienna today has a population of around 1.7 million, which is much fewer than when it was the centre of a great empire. It was the home of the famous Habsburg Empire of Europe. In the city, the River Danube flows through the gap between the Alps to the west and the Carpathian Mountains to the east. In the shape of the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods), the easternmost foothills of the Alps descend through forests and vineyards to the very edge of the city, where old wine villages like ‘Grinzing’ have kept their rustic character.

Within the Ringstrasse, the great semi-circular boulevard laid out in the 19th century, the old core of the city is compact enough to be explored to your heart’s content. Why not explore the city’s sleepy history or enjoy a coffee in the place that first introduced coffee to Europe – you won’t be surprised as you sip on that Americano or Cappuccino...