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skills. Round off the day with Guggenheim Collection
family favorite Gröna Lund (p422), in the 18th-century
(p608), Sweden’s oldest Palazzo Venier dei Leoni.
amusement park.
Day 2
Morning Head for the Grand
Two Days in Venice
Canal to watch the bustling
canal traffic from the Rialto
• View Venice from the Bridge, and stock up for a
water – on a vaporetto or, picnic at the city’s busiest
better still, in a gondola market beside it. Also nearby
• Be dazzled by the riches is the church of Santa Maria
of St. Mark’s Cathedral Gloriosa dei Frari (pp420–21)
and the Doge’s Palace with its exquisite altarpiece, a
Madonna and Child by Bellini.
• Watch Grand Canal boats
go by from the famed Afternoon Venture out into
Rialto Bridge
the lagoon, to the island of
Murano (p423) for its glass
Day 1 museum and to watch the A fountain in front of the Kunsthistorisches
Morning To start your glassblowers at work. While Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Vienna
exploration of Venice, travel by some of their work can be
vaporetto or gondola along the very costly, small items such of Old Vienna. Take a stroll along
Grand Canal (p421) to Piazza as bottle stoppers make Kärntnerstrasse, the city’s main
San Marco and St. Mark’s attractive souvenirs and gifts. shopping street, to the
Cathedral (pp416–17). The Back in Venice, be sure to Staatsoper opera house (p561),
mosaics inside and out are sample some local snacks for a tour and perhaps to buy
ravishing, but so too are the Pala and drink an aperitivo. tickets to the evening show.
d’Oro (golden altarpiece), the Enjoy a slice of Sachertorte at
jewels of the Treasury, and the Two Days in Vienna Café Sacher, just behind.
four Horses of St. Mark on the
balcony. Take the lift to the top Afternoon Pick up the Ring
of the adjacent Campanile to be • Take a stroll around the Tram for a bargain 30-minute
rewarded with a view stretching streets of Old Vienna ride around Ringstrasse (p556),
all the way to the Alps. • Watch the elegant Vienna’s grandest boulevard.
horses of the Spanish Afterward, make your way to
Afternoon Join a pre-booked Riding School the Belvedere (p564) for some
tour to get the most out of the • Enjoy the panorama from fine Austrian art and a stroll in
Doge’s Palace (pp418–19). The Vienna’s famous Ferris its attractive gardens.
highlight here is the vast Sala wheel in the Prater
del Maggior Consiglio, with a Day 2
magnificent Tintoretto painting Morning Head to the Hofburg
that takes up an entire wall. Day 1 (pp558–60), the imperial palace
Then cross the Grand Canal to Morning Start at Vienna’s of the Habsburgs, where the
the Accademia (p423) for the cathedral, the Stephansdom main draws are the sumptuous
best of the Venetian painters. (p561), then wander the State Apartments and Treasuries.
For modern art, visit the Peggy pedestrianized medieval streets But first, see whether there are
any tickets available for a
morning training session at the
Spanish Riding School (p560),
held most weekdays at 10am.
Afternoon Walk a city block
from the Hofburg to the
MuseumsQuartier Wien (p562),
a superb cultural complex next
to the Kunsthistorisches
Museum (p562). Choose
carefully between the various
museums here; it’s easy to try to
see too much. Afterward, get
some fresh air in Prater park
(p564), and take a spin on the
The Grand Canal, with the cupola of the church of La Salute, Venice famous giant Ferris wheel.

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