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Social Programme and Tours at a Glance
Photo: © Vienna toursit Board Social Programme Welcome reception Date: Saturday, 9 June 2007Time: 18.00 Viennese Evening Date: Monday, 11 June 2007Time: 19.30 Price: € 75  The
Viennese Evening will be held in Vienna City
Hall. The beautiful Festzaal is the perfect location
to get together and chat with friends and colleagues
from around the world. The evening will start with
a drink followed by dinner and finally dancing to
classical Vienna tunes.
Please note that seats are limited, so advance
registration is highly recommended. Dress: Lounge suitPhoto: Media Wien Half Day Tours Half day tours duration is 3 ½ hours (09.00–12.30 or 14.00– 17.30), departure and return to the Austria Center Vienna. All tours will be guided by local blue badge guides (licensed guides). Tours will be guided in English.Historical Vienna Date: Friday, 8 JuneSaturday 9 June Time: 14.00–17.30 Price: included with registration for accompanying Persons. Please note that the tour is available on either Friday 8 June or Saturday 9 June. Delegates can book this tour at a cost of € 34. Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna.  This tour shows the most important sights of Vienna; The Hofburg
Palace – the former winter residence of the Habsburgs,
the Ringstrasse with its magnificent and impressive buildings
such as the State Opera House, National Museums, Parliament,
the Burgtheater, the University and the Votivkirche, as well as
the Karlskirche (Vienna’s most beautiful baroque church), the
Musikverein (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra). As a highlight of
the tour an interior visit of the famous Schönbrunn Palace with
its lavishly decorated rooms shows the glamour of past times.
The Belvedere Palace (former summer residence of Prince Eugen)
and its gardens complete the tour.
Photo: © Vienna toursit Board
Spanish riding school Date: Saturday, 9 JuneTuesday, 12 June Time: 09.15–12.30 Price: € 48 Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna.  By taking you on a short stroll through the old city and visiting
selected points of interest, you will discover some of the delightful
features of Vienna. On a visit to St. Stephen’s cathedral, the
landmark of Vienna, with our guide you will relive the history of
our city stretching over more than 1000 years. This tour takes you
through various epochs from the Middle Ages up to the present
time. One of the many treasures of Vienna is the Spanish Riding
School, where you will watch in its baroque riding hall the
training of the world-famous Lipizzaner horses. The tradition of
high school is still cherished there. Visiting the Kunsthistorische
Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, you will get to know one of
the finest collections of European painting. You can admire there
the masterpieces of the greatest painters.
Photo: eventCon, Vienna
Schönbrunn – Imperial Residency Date: Sunday, 10 JuneMonday, 11 June Time: Sunday, 14.00–17.30 Monday, 09.15–12.30 Price: €44 Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna.  The Carriage Collection at Schönbrunn is composed of the core
of vehicles from the former transport fleet of the Vienna court.
After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, some 100
carriages, sleds, sedan-chairs and litters along with saddles, harnesses,
caparisons and paintings were preserved. The collection
of court uniforms connected with the Wagenburg evolved from
the wardrobe of livery from the Office of the Master of the Horses.
Systematic collecting activity in recent decades has made it
one of the world’s most important collections of court clothing
of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Department of Court
Uniforms is not open to the public, but items from the collection
are regularly displayed at special exhibitions.
Photo: eventCon, Vienna Footsteps of Great Composers Date: Sunday, 10 JuneTuesday 12 June Time: Sunday, 09.30–12.30 Tuesday, 14.00–17.30 Price: € 32 Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna.  We visit the house where Ludwig van Beethoven wrote, among
other compositions, his Fourth Symphony and his famous “Heiligenstadt
Testament,” in which he expressed desperation over
his deafness. The last apartment where Joseph Haydn lived has
also been preserved. In it, he created the great oratorios “The
Creation” and “The Seasons” – today’s museum also contains a
memorial room for Johannes Brahms with some memorabilia.
One should also visit the house where the “king of lieder,”
Franz Schubert, was born. Today the house where Schubert first
saw the light of day on January 31st 1797 looks very picturesque:
at the time, however, sixteen families lived in as many bed-sit
apartments in the house. Paintings, drawings, first editions of
his works and the composer’s guitar are as much mementoes of
him as are the metal-rimmed glasses that he often did not even
take off at night so that he could start writing music immediately
upon waking up.
Two of the rooms in the Schubert house are dedicated to Adalbert
Stifter, the great writing contemporary of Schubert.
Photo: eventCon, Vienna Full Day Tours Full day tours duration is about eight hours (09.00– 17.00), departure and return to the Austria Center Vienna. All tours will be guided by local blue badge guides (licensed guides). Tours will be guided in English.The Romantic Danube Valley Date: Sunday, 10 JuneTime: 09.00–17.00 Price: € 95 Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna.  Strauss’ immortalised Blue Danube winds through
the heart of Austria’s romantic history. Charming
villages along the riverbanks, ruins and fortified
castles perched on hills terraced with vineyards, add
their note of fantasy to the countryside. Visit the
majestic abbey of Melk, founded in the 10th century.
Its church and library are among the greatest
samples of baroque art in Austria. Continue along
the Danube to the charming village Maria Taferl,
where a delicious Austrian lunch will be served.
Return to the Danube shore and board a Danube
steamer for a cruise to Dürnstein. We will end this
tour with a walk through the beautiful little village
Dürnstein and continue then on to Vienna by
coach.
Lunch is included.
The Puszta Date: Monday, 11 JuneTime: 09.00–17.00 Price: € 87 Please note that the tour will depart from the Austria Center Vienna. |
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