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Vienna Woods and Mayerling Tour
Duration:
4 hours Starts from:
Vienna,
Austria
price: from 43 EUR
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TOUR DESCRIPTION
Venture into the Vienna Woods for an intriguing day out. Visit an ancient Roman City with thermal baths and discover sad tales of at the historic Mayerling Hunting Lodge. See the very place where Schubert composed his famous song "The Linden Tree" and take a scenic boat ride on Europe's largest subterranean lake.
Your half-day excursion 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 you travel through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, today a commemorative chapel. This is where the Crown Prince Rudolph, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph, committed suicide with Baronesse Vetsera in 1889.
In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you will visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. Driving by the Holdrichsmuhle where Franz Schubert composed his song The Linden Tree, you arrive at the Seegrotte.
From there, after a boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna, passing the Liechtenstein Castle.
ROUTE DETAILS
Start from: Vienna,
Austria
Visited cities:
Vienna
Finish point: Vienna,
Austria
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Access for disabled: no
Guidance type: guided tour
Tour languages: English
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