Vienna

Vienna

Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide © 2006 | In this program, we’ll nibble chocolate cake at an Old World café, and marvel at the indomitable Gothic cathedral at the heart of town. Then we’ll tiptoe through the Hofburg Palace, be dazzled by the Habsburg crown jewels at the Imperial Treasury, sniff vinegar and Kraut at the Naschmarkt, and waltz to …

Continue reading  

Vienna, Austria: The Ringstrasse – Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide – Travel Bite

Let us take you on a virtual trip to Austria with this clip! Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/cfT7P9Vdq7o Vienna’s historic center is encircled by a road called the Ringstrasse. In the 1860s, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had Vienna’s medieval walls torn down and replaced with this grand boulevard. Today, the three-mile loop is lined with many of Vienna’s …

Continue reading