Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - Saturday, February 18, 2012
Start: 2 p.m.
Departure: 1.30 p.m. from State Opera
Duration: app. 3 hours

This tour will give you an overall impression of the most significant historical sights of Vienna. Along the Ringstrasse we show you numerous grand buildings, such as the MAK, the State Opera House, the magnificent Museum of Fine Arts with its world famous art treasures of the Habsburgs and the Natural History Museum,  the cultural district the MuseumsQuartier, the Hofburg (the former Habsburg winter residence), the Parliament, the City Hall and the Burgtheater. We drive past the Belvedere Palace which houses the largest and most previous Gustav Klimt collection in the wourld.The highlight of this tour will be a visit of the showrooms of Schönbrunn Palace, once the summer residence of the Habsburg family and home of Maria Theresia. At the end of the tour at Südtiroler Platz - free transfer to State Opera

Price per person incl. bus ride, guide and admission fee: EUR 39,-

Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - Friday, February 17, 2012
Start: 9.45 a.m.
Departure: 9.15 a.m. from State Opera
Duration: app. 4 hours

A half-day excursion which shows you the most beautiful sights of the southern part of the Vienna Woods. Passing the Roman City of Baden which is famous for its thermal springs, we dirve through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, (visit of memorial chapel), where Crown Prince Rudolph together with Baronesse Vetsera died tragically in 1889. In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. We then pass the Höldrichsmühle and arrive  at the Seegrotte. After a boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna.

Price per person incl. bus ride, guide and admission fee: EUR 44,-

Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Start: 9.45 a.m.
Departure: 9.15 a.m. from State Opera
Duration: app. 8 hours

Through this romantic scenery full of history and legends the Danube winds its way past charming old villages and steep vineyards. The old castles tell us about the former importance of this trade- and trafficway, one of them - Dürnstein - especially famous, because here King Richard Lionheart was imprisoned, while waiting for his ransom to arrive from England, raised by his faithful Minstrel Blondel. As the boat ride takes only place from April 16th to October 30rd 2011 we invite you for lunch at the Abbey Restaurant at Melk.The heart of the Wachau is the old wine-merchants´town Krems. The highlight of this excursion will be the visit of the Benedictine abbey of Melk, one of Austria´s most famous Baroque buildings, which together with the Wachau area, won the award for "Best Historic Destination of the World" in 2008.

Price per person incl. bus ride, guide and admission fee: EUR 61,-

Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - Saturday, February 18, 2012
Location: 8.15 p.m. at the Kursalon Wien
Duration: app. 2 hours

In the very place where Johann Strauss himself used to direct his orchestra from the position of first violin, the absolute essence of Vienna's classical music can once again be heard daily. The Salonorchester Alt Wien, one of the best-known interpreters of classical Viennese music, presents an evening full of Viennese charm with the lilting sound of waltzes, polkas, arias and duets, as well as operetta and piano concerto melodies. Accompanied by excellent opera vocalists and our enchanting ballet soloists, Vienna's classical music reveals itself as a living firework display for all the senses.

Price per person for Category B: EUR 52,-