Highlights
- Half-day trip from Vienna to Vienna Woods and Mayerling
- Pass through the Roman city of Baden
- See a former Mayerling hunting lodge
- Visit the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz, built in 1133
- Take a boat ride on the Seegrotte, the largest subterranean lake in Europe
- Hotel pickup is included; tour ends at the Vienna Opera House
Recent Photos of this Tour
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ViennaVienna woodsPhoto by: Eduard K01 2012 -
Monastery Courtyard ...An ancient monastic courtyard (Heiligenkreuz Abbey) hidden in the Vienna WoodsPhoto by: Alan BUSA, 08 2010 -
Choir seats in the monasteryThese choir seats are only a small part of the incredible art/detail work done in this monastery seen on the Vienna ...Photo by: Alan BUSA, 08 2010 -
Original glass from the ...Taken in natural light, these halls have seen thousands of monks in the centuries of service here.Photo by: Alan BUSA, 08 2010 -
A flooded gypsum chamber ...This old gypsum mine was abandoned when it got flooded years and years ago. The German engineers worked here on the ...Photo by: Alan BUSA, 08 2010 -
Useful Information
Vienna Woods and Mayerling Tour
You'll pass the Roman City of Baden, famous for its thermal springs as you travel through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge. Today it is a a commemorative chapel however it was also the very place the Crown Prince Rudolph, only son of Emperor Franz Joseph, committed suicide with Baronesse Vetsera in 1889.
In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you will visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. Keep an eye out as you drive by the Holdrichsmuhle where Franz Schubert composed his song 'The Linden Tree' before arriving at the Seegrotte.
Your tour concludes continues with a leisurely boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe. You'll you leave the Vienna Woods and return back to Vienna, passing the Liechtenstein Castle on the way.
