Vienna

• First visit: Choose the free Schönbrunn park if you want fresh air, or a timed palace interior if history is the point. Give either its own journey; neither needs a second palace afterwards.
• City option: A central schnitzel meal and a short Ring walk make a useful alternative when you want streets rather than a ticketed visit.
• Low energy: Café Sperl, a Melange and strudel, then back to rest. A queue is a reason to change café.
• Skip: Salzburg, Hallstatt or a second country in a short city window. Subtract sleep and the complete return before adding distance.

Getting back before pickup

Set your accommodation as the start and end of the outing. Check both journeys, waiting and any connections before leaving. Set a leave-by alarm that gets you back with time for rest and preparation before your required crew pickup. Cut the extra stop if the return becomes uncertain.

An adult city single bought before boarding is EUR 3.20 for a continuous one-way journey, including transfers, within 80 minutes; it is not a sightseeing hop-on ticket. Two such journeys cost EUR 6.40. A paper 24-hour Vienna network ticket is EUR 10.20. Compare the digital option in WienMobil before buying and follow its activation instructions. Validate unstamped paper tickets before travel and retain proof of validity. Ticket conditions.

Keep return money available. Check card acceptance at the chosen counter, carry a backup payment method and read the final bill before tipping.