"Vienna City Card" for Vienna Lovers
The new feature of the "Vienna City Card" provides locals, expats and tourists with exclusive activity offers and discounts in certain restaurants. It is issued by "Wien Tourismus" and provides the opportunity to get to know the capital city better.
Visiting the Albertina with the director as the tour guide. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Hannes Sallmutter [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
The "Vienna City Card Experience Edition" is not targeting tourists which love to get on a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus or visit the city with a Fiaker. This card is intended to show lovers of the city the beautiful and hidden side of the capital city. A holder of this card has access to numerous different exclusive activities, as there is the visit of a beekeeping at the rooftops of Vienna or a virtual escape from the Hofburg.
Cultural activities are also available as for example a tour through the Albertina with its Director or a preview in the World Museum.
The second main benefit from the "Experience Edition" is the 20% discount on 28 different restaurants and cafés. Many well-known names are included in the list of restaurants as the Café Landtmann, Zwölf Apostelkeller and the Himmelpforte.
The usage of the card is very convenient as it works through an application. Activities can be booked there however only one spot per reservation.
The price amounts 25€ for the card and is valid for one year. Further information can be found on the official website of "Wien Tourismus".