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Tourist Trap: Fiakker
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It is some kind of a lovely tourist-trap: The Fiaker - it is a horse-drawn carriage like it used to be the only "taxi-service" of the times of imperial Vienna before WW I.
Nowadays you will find them mostly waiting for tourists next to the cathedral Stephansdom or at Heldenplatz next to Hofburg.
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At Least Do This: It is best to fix a price before you enter, so it will not be a surprise afterwards...
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Tourist Trap: Mozart-people all over the centre of Vienna
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Mozart-People will be found all over the centre of Vienna, mainly in front of St.Stephans cathedral and the opera or Schoenbrunn palace. When-ever they can, they try to catch the tourists and sell concerts-tickets to them. They will give you a voucher for the concert and for the reservation you will pay between 10% and 20% of the final price as a deposit right away and the rest has to be payed directely to the ticket-box, when you come to the concert-hall.
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At Least Do This: Most of them will work for just 1 single company and so you should be prepared, in case that you intend to go to a concert like this, there is one that offers just chamber-music with 4 musicians in a small, BUT very ornate room and you pay around 42 euros for the best ticket, others offer a show with 20 musicians, including operettas, waltz, singing of Arias etc. and it will be 56 euros for the most expensive places.
Alternative: At the tourist-office (opposite of Albertina) and at many other places, also at your hotel-reception you will find brochures of most of these concerts, take a look there first and decide for yourself, BEFORE you get into the "claws" of a talkative Mozart in the streets....
You could buy these tickets at your hotel-reception as well,the final prices will always be the same as with the Mozart-people or when you go there to the concert directely without a reservation-ticket and hope for a free place. Then you pay the full price at the cashier.
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nicolaitan Mon Aug 17, 2009 13:02 UTC
wonderful page, don't need a guide book any more, just a map. the churches are spectacular. will be back for the restaurants before we leave, trust your judgement. n. | omidamini Mon Jan 26, 2009 07:19 UTC
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Hi.I was just reading your tip on day excursions from Vienna.You have mentioned that Bratislava (Slovakia)is outside the Schengen area.I think its part of schengen countries now.Please correct | ranger49 Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:47 UTC
Looking forward to 2 days in Vienna ( not enough time, I know already!) on Danube cruise starting in 2 weeks for 15 days. Great Tips to add to my collection - Vielen Danke. |
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