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Getting There

Direct flights are available from various U.S. cities on Delta Air Lines and Austrian Airlines.

Where to Stay

Altstadt Vienna

Do & Co Hotel

Hotel Sacher Wien

Levante Parliament

Palais Coburg

Where to Eat

Court Confectionary

Do & Co Albertina

1 Albertinaplatz; 43-1/532-9669; dinner for two $137.

Fabio’s

6 Tuchlauben; 43-1/532- 2222; dinner for two $180.

Indochine 21

18 Stubenring; 43-1/ 513-7660; dinner for two $180.

Meinl am Graben

19 Am Graben; 43-1/532-3334; dinner for two $213.

Österreicher im MAK

5 Stubenring; 43-1/714-0121; dinner for two $100.

What to See

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Includes Hieronymus Bosch’s Last Judgment Triptych. 3 Schillerplatz; 43-1/588-160; akbild.ac.at.

Albertina

1 Albertinaplatz; 43-1/534-830; akbild.ac.at.

Belvedere

Numerous works by Klimt (including his masterpiece, The Kiss), Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. 27 Prinz-Eugen-Strasse; 43-1/795-570; belvedere.at.

Imperial Furniture Collection

Many possessions of the Hapsburgs, as well as period rooms from two centuries of Austrian design. 7 Andreasgasse; 43-1/524-3357; hofmobiliendepot.at.

Liechtenstein Museum

Full of Raphaels, Van Dycks, and Brueghels. 1 Fürstengasse; 43-1/3195-7670; liechtensteinmuseum.at.

Museum of Fine Arts Vienna

Maria-Theresien-Platz; 43-1/525-240; khm.at.

MuseumsQuartier

The complex includes the Architekturzentrum Wien; the Leopold Museum; the Museum Moderner Kunst; the Kunsthalle Wien; and more. See mqw.at for detailed information.

Natural History Museum

7 Burgring; 43-1/52177; nhm-wien.ac.at.

Schönbrunn Palace

The Hapsburgs’ former summer residence. Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse; 43-1/8111-3239; schoenbrunn.at/en.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary

Francesca von Habsburg’s exhibition space. 13 Himmelpfortgasse; 43-1/513-9856; tba21.org.

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