Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Beautiful City Of Vienna

Vienna is the capital and the largest city of Austria known for its majestic mountains, exotic lakes, rivers and streams with dense forests and mesmerizing meadows along with a range of architectural traditions and cultural heritage. It exhibits some of the most imperial architecture and sites which are inspired great musicians like Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms etc. It secured a very vital position of center of economic, political and cultural life of Europe. This beautiful city of Vienna is surrounded by Danube Canal and is influenced by the Stephansdom or St. Stephans Cathedral.

The city of Vienna is founded in 500 B.C; it played an important role of guarding Roman Empire against the German tribes. It served as home to Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties and then it became the capital of Roman Empire and later it served as capital of Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the beginning of eighteenth century, the city was encircled by fortification and many magnificent buildings were built. In 1805 and 1809, Vienna was under the control of Napoleon. With the beginning of twentieth century the city emerged as the cultural and scientific hub. It was hard hit by the World War I as it needed to suffer from food shortage and revolution.

Vienna offers some of the major attractions like the Albertina Art Gallery, Stephansdom and many more. The Stephansdom is one of the worlds most enchanting Gothic cathedrals. This marvelous tower stands at the height of 70m and was redesigned according to the Renaissance aesthetics in 1579. The pulpit is made up of stone which is covered with beautiful and unique sculptures which include a self portrait of Anton Pilgram. The railings exhibit the sculptures of lizards and toads with 'Dog of the Lord which is considered as it protect the preachers word from evil

Vienna offers some of the best accommodation options for the tourist coming from all over the world. It provides wide selection of hotels that ranges from luxury, business, bed and breakfasts and apartments and budget accommodations.

Luxury Hotel Park Inn Uno City is a well known luxury hotel which is known for its enviable location in the largest recreation areas. This hotel is ideally situated right in the middle of all the happenings and in close proximity with the convention center and business centers which makes it one of the most favored hotels by both business and leisure travelers. This hotel offers around 138 rooms which are decorated and are equipped with all the modern amenities and facilities. The room facilities include television, telephone, high speed internet accessibility and many more.

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