Centre Travel

Empress and passionate horeswoman Sisi loved animals and horses in particular, learning to ride at an early age.  Later on, riding gave her a way of escaping from the strictures of life at the Viennese court.  One of her favourite pastimes was practising and perfecting her equestrian skills at Goidollo', her country residence near  Budapest.  But she soon became bored by the flat surrounding countryside that lacked interesting challenges for her riding abilities.  She longed to practice show jumping and go hunting with hounds, both of which demanded consummate riding skills.The Viennese court was scandalized by her devotion to this passion. She got her way in the end and soon set off for new destinations in England and Ireland.  There she made the acquaintance of Captain bay Middleton. A professional horseman, who was later to die in a riding accident, he was deeply impressed by Elisabth's daring and horse-womanship.  The close friendship between ...

Winter Palace Himmelpfortgasse 8 101 Vienna Daily 10am - 6 pm Originally built as a lavish stately residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the renovated Winter Palace, in the heart of Vienna, is now a center of art and culture once more and is open to the public for the first time. Lower Belvedere Rennweg 6 1030 Vienna Daily 10am - 6 pm Wednesday  10 am - 9 pm Temporary exhibitions are shown here with a focus on Austrian art in an international context. In addition to retrospectives about Austrian artists, thematic exhibitions examine major art movements and epochs. Upper Belvedere Prinz Eugen-Strafie 27 1030 Vienna Daily  10 am - 6 pm The world's largest collection od Gustav Klimt's paintings (including the famous Kiss), paintings by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka as well  as works of French Impressionism and Viennese Biedermeier are some of the museum's highlights. Museum of Contemporary Art Arsenalstrabe 1 1030 Vienna Wednesday and Thursd...