Short Incentive, suggestions

Austria and Bohemia in 1, 2 to 11 days

1st Option
In the morning: Orientation City Sightseeing, beginning at the Albertinasquare, place of the Albertina museum, the largest graphic arts museum of the world.
In the afternoon: Visit to the gardens and imperial rooms of the Schönbrunn Castle, imperial Habsburg family summer residence. We have also in program the visit of the Sissi museum in the winter residence Hofburg.
 
  Lunch:  in nice Restaurants               Albertina Square

 
  Vienna: view in old downtown.           View of Schönbrunn Castle

 
  Entrance to the Imperial Palace      City Park with Johann Strauss statue

The Imperial Palace, Heroes Square

Delicious nocturnal hours, in one of the oldest wines taverns of the City, property of our friends family Bitzinger, places to cheer with the sound of the local music.
Special menu created carefully with the Client for the taste of the Guest or in the rustic way in the tavern with knuckle of pork and delicious accompaniments.
The Viennese night can also be experienced in rustic taverns in beautiful villages near Vienna, with traditional culinary experience and with the pleasure of delicious wines. 
Naturally it can be cheered also out of Vienna with local music.
 
                       Old wine taverns and traditional food

Morning in the Vienna Woods

 
                       
Romantic walking among green meadows and woods, Liechtenstein Fortress and Franz Schubert famous tree

Romantic Walking between the meadows and through green woods on romantic and narrow roads, till the Fortress. This beautiful panoramic view was conserved in the Hollywood movie „The Three Musketeers”.
We have also in program the visit of the medieval rooms of the fortress. These Landscapes were conserved also musically in music works of Franz Schubert, Beethoven and Johann Strauss.
    
Subterranean lake and war airplanes   The Vienna woods and Monasteries sacred symbols,             
View to the Mayerling valley

All depends on the wish of our clients and guests; it is also in program the visit of old monasteries of the Vienna woods, like that of the Heiligenkreuz.
Continuing the tour, we enter into the beautiful view of the Mayerling valley, to visit the hunting cottage, the commemorative death place of the crown prince Rudolf.

Area of the cottage and its entrance
This hunting cottage was a gift of the emperor Francis Joseph to his son, the Crown prince Rudolf, the only son of the empress Sissy, who committed suicide in this cottage with Marie Vetsera, who was his lover.
The lunch: We serve it according to the quantity of guests in precious restaurants situated in the middle of the Vienna woods with the best culinary tradition.

One of the restaurant views
This traditional Family Restaurant is offering hunting delights and delicious river Trout’s situated between beautiful meadows and woods views.
After lunch the tour continues along tranquil streams through the Valley of Holy Helena to the city of Baden, a beautiful spa city situated on the south of the woods.
Baden is a beautiful city, full of inspirations. It was preferred by the great composers in the passed centuries, cradle city of pretty and famous composition works.
Beethoven's ninth symphony was written in Baden, and also the happiness hymn and that of the European Union.
Johann Strauss lived and inspired himself in his pretty composition „Badner Mädln”, Franz Schubert the creator of the famous song „Ave Maria” also wrote in Baden beautiful music compositions.
Mozart wrote in Baden his famous creation of musica sacra „Ave Verum” and also performed it for first time here.
Baden was once an imperial city and aside from Austrian emperors, Napoleon Bonaparte lived also here and after his defeat his wife Marie Louise with her son called the Eaglet or King of Rome.
                     
           Roads next to tranquil streams         The Beethoven temple and Beethoven’s house in Baden

Statues and houses where the musicians lived and composed
Supper with Concert: We prepare a menu with Austrian specialties in an elegant Restaurant near the Concert palace.

The Orangerie Rooms in Schönbrunn
The Orangerie Rooms in Schönbrunn, were once place of the first performance of Mozart and Salieri compositions.
Concerts celebrated according to the musical taste of the client and guest, also exclusive in beautiful and famous Rooms of concert and Congresses of Vienna, with Baritone and soprano singers and couples of ballet that beautify the concerts with special dances.
Monumental entrance to the concert hall and Congresses of the Auersperg Palace, precious places with immense history, here premiered Mozart in Vienna his Opera "Idomineo king of Crete". Concerts exclusively made for the guest or classical concerts, with compositions of Mozart and Johann Strauss. 

The Monumental entrance to the concert hall of the Auersperg Palace.

To the Danube Valley From Vienna to Krems.
Beginning of the Danube valley to Dürnstein, Melk and Maria Taferl.
  
Dürnstein city View and the Fortress prison, Benedictine monastery in  Melk                       
View to the church and Restaurant in M. Taferl.

Beautiful landscape of hills cultivated with vineyards and ruins of fortresses that in passed times served to protect the Danube trade.
Dürnstein: In this medieval city we will stop for a walk through its beautiful streets, full of small stores with specialties of different products from the region and also recalling the legend of the unhappy English King Richard Lionhearted, the one, who was a prisoner of the Austrian medieval counts called of Babenberg.
 
Streets of Dürnstein,Artstetten Castle/tombs of crown prince Francis Ferdinand and his wife.
 
Danube Landscape
It is a rich region in handcrafted souvenirs, like local clothes, dolls, puppets, and delicious Wines, and fruit liquors and firewater of the so called Danube Valley, they are delicious because in this region is produced a great part of the production of fruits of Austria.
Monastery of Melk In the year 1089, the Babembergian Leopold II gave the castle to Benedictine monks and since then monks have lived and worked here and without interruption following the rule of St. Benedict.
Maria Taferl is the most important pilgrimage place in Lower Austria, pilgrimage village to enjoy a lunch with delicious grilled river trout’s, situated over the Danube valley and offers a unique view over the Valley and the whole Alps.The church is situated at the highest point.
ArtstettenCastle: Fairytale castle and fatefulness, the last resting place of Archduke Crown Prince Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg, both were victims of a fanatical young man 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Salzburg.

2nd   option Bohemian frontier cities:  Cheb=Eger, Karlovy vary=Karlsbad, Marienbad, Pilsen, Sanctuary of Nepomuk, C. Budejovice=Budweis and Cesky Krumlov.

In one, or two till 12 days to the beautiful clean bohemian cities, true pearls of the architecture, situated at a few hours of Vienna at the border of Austria with Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Cheb=Eger, Karlovy vary=Karlsbad, Marienbad, Pilsen, Sanctuary of Nepomuk, C. Budejovice=Budweis
And C. Krumlov.

                     
Impressions of Karlovy Vary City         Downtown streets with Thermal baths in Karlovy Vary
The City is situated at 4 hours from Vienna, old residential city of the rich people of the monarchy, where they created a beautiful holiday’s city.
 
It was with all the sense of the word a nest of rich people. It has several fountains on the street, so that each one can taste the different kind of water that is found in the fountains.     
Dinner: optional in a typical Restaurant.
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Stop for a short visit to the Spa city Marienbad.
Marienbad is SPA City, located on the south of Karlovy Vary at 50km.and 76 km from Pilsen.
City tour in Pilsen with the pilsner brewery installations.

These Marvellous bohemian cities are the origin of the best beer culture of the world, cradles of delicious beers.
           
 Brewery Entrance                         Brewery installations                   Synagogue of Pilsen  

PILSEN
The catacombs of the Pilsen city are an essential part of a structural historic development. 
The city Plzen (called Pilsen in German) cannot be only seen as a medieval Gothic city, but also as a contemporary sector developed with the industrialization of the 18th century. The cars factory Skoda Works and the industry of the worldwide known, Pilsners beer, city brewery, the one that reaches the entire world are found here, is famous also because of the thermal places and is surrounded by the nature of the Bohemia Woods.
Ideal place for the tourism, where the history can be mixed with the present time with fun, relaxing and culture.

      
     City Hall in blue                    corridors of the city square        City square and the Tower

BUDWEIS 
Is a beautiful city in the south of Bohemia, its name is worldwide known by its famous product the Budweiser beer Budweiser Bieres. In the story, here began the first railway line in the European continent. 
It was populated by inhabitants of the Austrian province, upper Austria and of the region of the Bohemian Woods, grew with beautiful architectural constructions, thanks to the real favour and the favourable situation in the interceptions of commercial routes economically in a fast way. It was also rewarded time and again, by its fidelity to the real crown with advantages and privileges, its square surrounded all over by corridors and was surrounded with firm city walls. 
 
 Island of the Vltava River   Krumlov City, view from the castle  Streets and Castle of Krumlov

KRUMLOV.
The Czech Krumlov: is a fairly large village located in Southern Bohemia. The historical center, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage in 1992, is notable for its well-preserved Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. The Krumlov Castle, was built in the 13th century, is the largest after Prague. The Vltava River snakes through the town, making the inner historical center an island unto itself.

The Eggenberg brewery of Krumau,. Enters now in the new tourism era, with a current offer of excursions, not anymore determined only for groups, now also for individual visitors. 

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