I jumped on TripAdvisor and read a ton of reviews about others having the same experience with late buses, or buses not coming at all. We loved this gorgeous panoramic view from the top of Kahlenberg Hill.Īfter a frustrating closing experience on the Yellow Route, we debated skipping out on the rest of the day altogether. I took these two images within about a minute of each other. Storms are crazy! Green Route We had no way of cleaning up the seats, so sat on the very edge trying to avoid water the entire ride back to the train station. And when it finally arrived, the seats on the bottom deck were all full and the seats on the top deck were soaking wet, which was confusing given that fact that this was not an open air bus. In those six minutes, the downpour started again. We checked the bus times and thought we only needed to wait about six minutes. We walked around the Palace and, as we saw another rain cloud approaching, decided to head back to the bus. The ExperienceĪlthough we were not too impressed with the commentary, the main purpose of the yellow tour was to get us to Schönbrunn Palace, so we were very happy when we arrived and the rain tapered off. That’s what makes the hop-on, hop-off bus tours so great! So, it’s safe to say it was a bit disappointing to be unimpressed. I always prefer live commentary, but usually the recorded commentary is still interesting and captivating.

The commentary did not go very in depth and there was no additional information about the city, the streets we were going down, etc. The commentary for this tour was not the best – we would get a quick snippet of each site followed by some elevator music. I visited Vienna’s Museum Quarter during my last visit to Vienna – it is a great place to walk around for a bit. From the Palace, the bus went back to the train station, where we got off. We stayed on the bus for the entire time until we got to the Palace, where we finally got off. The Yellow Route took us from the main train station to the Museum of Military History and then all the way around Vienna to the Palace, passing Belvedere Palace and the Museum Quarter on the way. We downed our coffees, bought our tickets, and grabbed a seat in the front of the upper deck. I was surprised by this because the palace is one of the must see items in Vienna, and I remembered it being very popular from my last visit. We chose to do the yellow route first because it was the only one that had a stop at the main train station, where we were dropped off, and it was also the only one that went out to the glorious Schönbrunn Palace. Schönbrunn Palace is such a beautiful sight. We paid the €25 and had time to go all the way around on two routes – yellow and green. The price to do one route in 24 hours is €17, and it costs €25 to have access to all routes. Vienna’s hop-on, hop-off bus (through Vienna Sightseeing) offers six different routes. I was just excited at the idea of being dry while exploring Vienna. It was Sean’s first time on a hop-on, hop-off bus, and he understood that it was a great concept, so he was eager to see what it was all about. We decided to give the Vienna hop-on, hop-off bus a try in order to see as much of Vienna as possible while staying dry and making our flight on time. Then, we could go back and make an educated decision on what we wanted to see more of in the short time we had.Īfter visiting Bratislava (and our quick trip to Trnava for the football match), Sean and I had about 8 hours to kill in Vienna before our flight back to London, and it was pouring rain on and off. It was a great way to see almost all of the city’s main attractions in two hours. The hop-on, hop-off bus tour ended up being our go to. We had just over a day in each city, so we learned to be efficient.

Instead, my dad met me in Prague and we made our way to Dublin by train (and a ferry), stopping in Munich, Geneva, Paris, and Edinburgh on the way. While flying back and forth was an option, it wasn’t a fun one.

I went on a school trip to Prague and, a week after it ended, was meant to be starting my summer abroad in Dublin. The first time I truly “traveled” was with my dad back in 2013.

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