3 Nights Vienna, Mid-September

Posted by bnelson210 (Portugal) on 06/18/26 02:50 PM

We (wife and I) will be coming off a tour of about 10 days (including a 3 river cruise on the Danube, Main and Rhine) and fly into Vienna to meet my B-I-L (coming from West Coast of the US. Wife and I figured we need to do some laundry before continuing on to Croatia with her brother. So we decided a two bedroom AirBnB with a washer/dryer was optimal and we wanted to see Vienna too! We ended up with a place on the south side of Westbahnhof (on Denglergasse) in trying to be between Schonbrunn and the center.

This location probably creates some logistical issues for the three of us. Any thoughts on how best to use our time (knowing there is timed entry and pre-booking places like the Schonbrunn this becomes critical, I think) over the two full days we have? Given the neighborhood where we are staying, any thoughts on where to eat or best transit options?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Posted by GeoffB

below Canada / above Mexico

06/18/26 03:38 PM

364 posts

My wife and I stayed in Vienna 5 nights in Aug 2025. Our trip report might be useful reference (parts 2, 3, and 4): https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/trip-report-austria-bavaria-aug-sep-2025

Posted by Emily 🐈 🐈

Vienna, Austria

06/18/26 08:30 PM

6060 posts

That’s a pretty crappy part of the city. It is easy to use Google Maps public transit directions to figure out how to get somewhere.

Posted by bnelson210 OP

Portugal

06/18/26 10:08 PM

213 posts

Thank you GeoffB, that trip report was very detailed and filled with ideas we can use. Some sense of the time to travel between sites and the time required helps with the planning.
And too bad that part of town is “crappy”, Emily. The apartment is pretty newly fitted and the pictures looked good (as usual on AirBnB), and not knowing the city, the mid-point between Hofburg and Schonbrunn seemed convenient. Do you have anything helpful to add?

Posted by wmt1

06/19/26 12:57 AM

2807 posts

And too bad that part of town is “crappy”, ...

It is not that bad, it is a lower-income area, having not much green (trees, parks). But there are no safety concerns, even in the night. You have direct access to tram 60, going uptown directly to Schönbrunn palace, downtown to Westbahnhof (western train station), where is not only a major public transport hub, but also the beginning of Vienna's major shopping street (Mariahilfer Straße) which you can walk down to Ring boulevard encompassing the very center of the city.

Posted by Emily 🐈 🐈

Vienna, Austria

06/19/26 07:09 AM

6060 posts

As Schonbrunn is on the outskirts of town and the Hofburg is in the very city center, the midpoint will be nowhere special. It is not an area I would choose to stay as a tourist. As wmt1 said, it is safe, but completely an uninteresting lower income neighborhood. Better would have been to stay in a nicer district closer to the city center. That said, there are no "logistical issues" as you have trams and buses literally a block away. Vienna is good at public transportation in all neighborhoods. The better news is that you can leave your neighborhood quickly and be in a nicer area in minutes. There is no need to stay in your neighborhood.

If you have two days, spend one at Schonbrunn and one visiting the city center/Ring. Do you like museums, walking around, churches, gardens, coffeehouses?

Where to eat? I suggest Amerlingbeisl or Glacis Beisl, Plachutta on Wollzeile, and Schweizerhaus in the Prater. I also love Silberwirt and Palmenhaus.