Klagenfurt Tourist Attractions

Klagenfurt Airport is located approximately 1.7 miles/2.8 km north-north-east of the City Center of Klagenfurt in Austria. Therefore, all passengers that arrive at Klagenfurt Airport can easily get to the City Center within a 10-minute drive from the airport.

In the heart of Klagenfurt, you will find yourself surrounded by beautiful nature and a vibrant city atmosphere. At this location, you will have the possibility to see and explore so many different sites and attractions in the city. However, there are also many amazing things to explore in some of the other major cities around Austria such as Vienna and Salzburg.

Below you will find inspiration for some entertaining, interesting, memorable and exciting tours you can enjoy together with your travel companion(s) around the big cities in Austria.

Salzburg Card: Free Admission and Free Rides

If it is the first time you visit Salzburg in Austria, you should get yourself the “Salzburg Card: Free Admission and Free Rides”. As the name states, you will be provided free access to all of the top sights and attractions in and around Salzburg with the Salzburg Card.

You can also take advantage of free and unlimited use of public transportation including the fortress funicular and Untersberg Cable Car, as well as the impressive panorama boat, which offers fantastic picturesque views from the Salzach River. Furthermore, you can enjoy several additional discounts and benefits at locations across the city with the card. You can expect a number of discounts and other perks at concerts, theater, and even destinations outside Salzburg.

All in all, this card features plenty of great perks and benefits to make your vacation easier and it will help ensure that you get a relaxed visit to this amazing city.

Salzburg: Hohensalzburg Fortress Admission Ticket

Buy a Hohensalzburg Fortress Admission Ticket to enjoy panoramic views of the city and the surrounding mountains. You can use the funicular, which will give you the quickest and most comfortable way to reach Salzburg's most dominant landmark.

Before you start your visit to Salzburg Fortress you will have to decide how you want to get there. You can either take a beautiful 20-30 minute walk up the mountain or take a quick and comfortable ride on Austria's oldest funicular (depending on tour option selected). Back in 1982, the funicular was powered by water and transported people up and down the hill. However, today you will find an ultra-modern rail system instead of the original funicular.

Once you arrive at the top of the hill, discover a unique and amazing view over the Archbishop's city and the breathtaking landscape of Salzburg's mountains. Here you can soak up the scenery and take as many photos as you would like. Then continue your visit to the medieval fortification complex, which represents 900 years of building history.

Explore all different parts of the castle and see why it was unconquered for more than 1000 years during your self-guided visit you also get the chance to interact with models showing the various types of attack and defense practiced in a medieval fortress.

Another highlight you do not want to miss is a visit to the Prince's Chambers. The chambers rank among the best-preserved secular buildings of the Gothic period. While walking through the complex, you will always discover new views over the city and find many hidden corners of the castle just waiting to be discovered. This will be a highly interesting and fascinating tour, where you will learn a great deal of the city’s old history.

Vienna: Skip-the-line Tickets for Schönbrunn Zoo

With this “Vienna: Skip-the-line Tickets for Schönbrunn Zoo” ticket you can visit the Vienna Zoo at Schönbrunn and skip the ticket line. This is the oldest Baroque zoo in the world and is located on the grounds of the imperial summer palace. Get the chance to get up close with animals from all over the world, like two of the only giant pandas in Europe.

Now you can experience one of the most incredible zoos in the world: the Schönbrunn Tiergarten. The zoo opened in 1752 and therefore the Vienna Zoo dates from imperial times and links the medieval with the modern. In the beautiful Baroque octagonal breakfast pavilion, you will especially be able to notice this old architecture and decor. This is just a single part of the extraordinarily diverse architectural heritage of Vienna.

The zoo holds numerous recreations of habitats from all over the world and is home to more than 4,000 animals, including koalas, giraffes, giant pandas, and elephants. Except for the Berlin Zoo, Schönbrunn is the only place in mainland Europe to see pandas. The two representatives of this endangered species in Vienna arrived at the zoo in 2003. The pandas are named Yang Yang and Long Hui.

The zoo, which is situated on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, also features a rainforest house and an aquarium. At the petting zoo, children of all ages can have a wonderful time. Here they can get close to the animals, and very little ones can run around in the play park.

All visitors can experience daily feeding session times at:

• 10:30 am - Sea Lions
• 11:00 am - Northern Rockhopper penguins
• 11:30 am - Peruvian penguins
• 1:00 pm - Oriental Small-clawed otters
• 1:30 pm - Northern Bald Ibis
• 2:30 pm - Giant anteaters
• 3:30 pm - Sea lions
• 6:00 pm - Koalas

Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens: Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

You will be able to skip the lines for this informative walking tour of the Schönbrunn Palace with this “Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens: Skip-the-Line Guided Tour” ticket. During the tour, your guide will provide you with insight into the history of the palace and its gardens.

All guests will meet the guide at Schönbrunn Palace. From here, your tour will start with a guided introduction of the Baroque Gardens and the Palace. After about 30 minutes, you will skip the line and start your guided tour through the Schönbrunn Palace that features 22 staterooms.

Get to see and discover how the Habsburg Dynasty lived back in old times. On your tour, you will also see the 40 meters long Great Gallery and the Hall of Ceremonies. Next on your tour, enjoy the opportunity to walk around the gardens and catch a glimpse of the Gloriette. This is an arch on top of a hill overlooking Vienna’s forests. You can also choose to visit the café and see the “Strudel show”. Here you will learn how a traditional apple strudel is prepared. All guests can choose to upgrade their tour to include an optional visit to the Imperial Crypt. This is where the mortal remains of Sisi, her husband Franz, and the rest of the Habsburg family, are laid to rest.