Vienna Travel Tips
Renée Price travels to Vienna often to arrange exhibitions and pick out new items for the museum shop at the Neue Galerie in Manhattan (1048 Fifth Ave.; 212-628-6200). Here are some of her favorite Vienna spots:
Hotel
Hotel Sacher Popular for its old-world opulence and proximity to the city center. Its Rote Bar serves classic Viennese dishes like Tafelspitz (boiled beef). DETAILS Doubles from $430; Philharmoniker Str. 4; 011-43-1-51-45-60.
Restaurants
Gasthaus Wild This restaurant in a 120-year-old wine cellar has a beautiful outdoor garden. DETAILS Radetzky Platz 1; 011-43-1-920-94-77.
Immervoll A chic 15-table restaurant, which serves modernized versions of rustic dishes like Wiener schnitzel and goulash. DETAILS Weihburg Gasse 17; 011-43-1-513-52-88.
Tirolerhof One of the city's most beautiful cafés. Don't miss the fist-thick apple strudel. DETAILS Führich Gasse 8; 011-43-1-512-78-33.
Trześniewski A traditional Viennese lunch counter offering open-faced sandwiches and beer. DETAILS Dorotheer Gasse 1; 011-43-1-512-32-91.
Shopping
Augarten Its vast porcelain collections include Ena Rottenberg's exquisite tea set and Josef Hoffmann's striped mocha coffee service. DETAILS Factory tours and showroom (open to the public): Obere Augarten Str. 1; 011-43-1-211-24-18. Store: Stock-im-Eisen-Platz 3; 011-43-1-512-14-94.
J. & L. Lobmeyr For glassware by Hoffmann and Adolf Loos. DETAILS Kärntner Str. 26; 011-43-1-512-05-08.
Julius Meinl am Graben A huge epicurean store with an espresso bar, restaurant and wine shop. DETAILS Graben 19; 011-43-1-532-33-34.
Museums
Albertina One of the world's largest collections of works on paper, such as drawings by Michelangelo. DETAILS Albertina Platz 1; 011-43-1-534 83-0.
Kunsthistorisches A palatial museum filled with Habsburg dynasty treasures, like paintings by Titian and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. DETAILS Maria-Theresien-Platz; 011-43-1-525-24-0.
MAK Vienna's top center for contemporary art and design houses the Wiener Werkstätte archives. DETAILS Stubenring 5; 011-43-1-711-36-0.