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24 Hours in Vienna
With so much to do and see in Austria's capital, a mere 24-hour stopover may leave you feeling frustrated and desperate. But if you only have time to skim the surface, here's what you simply shouldn't miss.
By Catalina Margulis
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Sample a taste of the typical Viennese coffeehouse experience at Café Central (palaisevents.at), conveniently located next to the cozy-luxe Style Hotel (stylehotel.at), where rooms are spacious despite the boutique property's portfolio of just 78 impeccable rooms. From here, you're just a stroll away from the Kohlmarkt shopping strip (Chanel, Louis Vuitton et al.), as well as the Imperial Hofburg Palace and St. Stephen's Cathedral (where Mozart married Constance and near Mozarthaus, where the musician lived during the height of his popularity, while composing the Marriage of Figaro).
Next, check out local, unique shopping stops like the Dorotheum (www.dorotheum.com), which offers almost daily auctions for everything from costume jewellery to modern art, as well as rooms overflowing with deals for items that don't sell at auction, and 2006FEB01 (www.2006Feb01.com), which showcases fashions by Roger Vivier, Viktor & Rolf, Temperley and Marchesa, as well as dresses fit for the Vienna ball season. On Karntnerstrasse, you'll find Hugo Boss, H&M and Hotel Sacher (www.sacher.com), where you can pick up a souvenir Sacher-Torte chocolate cake. (The hotel also boasts the best spa in the city.) For glassware collectors, Lobmeyr (www.lobmeyr.com) serves up enough crystal to make your head spin, including by innovative new designers, this despite its in-house museum displaying designs that date back to 1823. (The shop used to supply emperors.)
Hungry yet? If you can score a table at lunch time, Figlmuller (figlmueller.at) is the place for schnitzel. Otherwise, head to the posh Hofburg Palace gardens greenhouse, Palmenhaus (www.palmenhaus.at), for fresh fish specials. While here, historian fashionistas should check out the Sisi Museum (hofburg-wien.at), which shows off the empress' jewelry and other accessories.
Continue museum hopping at the Belvedere (www.belvedere.at) and Albertina (www.albertina.at), which include works by the French Impressionists and masters like Michelangelo, Rubens and Durer, as well as by national heroes like Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka. The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts, www.khm.at) is home to one of the world's greatest art collections, featuring masterpieces by Titian, Velazquez and Bruegel.
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