The State Opera House. If you're too late to buy tickets for a performance, don't miss the opportunity to take a guided tour of this fascinating building. Bombed in world war two, it was rebuilt almost exactly as it was in the 19th-century.

Opernring 2. Nearest metro station: Karlsplatz. Nearest tram: Oper

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The best (and cheapest) way to get to know the centre of the city is to take the #1 or #2 tram around the Ring, the main road around the centre. This route takes you past all the main sights and attractions for a fraction of the price of a fiaker, and is an excellent way to get your bearings before exploring!

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Visit the catacombs in St Stephen’s Cathedral, where the remains of over 11,000 people are kept. Just be warned - if you start taking pictures you get told off (but I still got a few). There’s no cost for walking around the cathedral. A must-see when visiting Vienna.

Stephansplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
tel: 515 52 3526
email: office@stephansdom.at;
Catacomb tour information: info.wien.at/article.asp?IDArticle=3108

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This is a working distillery, over 130-years-old (and with a lot of the original equipment still there, it now gets used in period films). Though you have to book tours in advance, it's well worth getting a group of 10 or more together. The guide gives an interesting and amusing tour, in excellent English, and it's rounded off with an opportunity to sample 14 different types of schnapps and fruit liqueurs. Delicious!

Alt-Wiener Schnapsmuseum,
Wilhelmstrasse 19-21,
1120 Wien

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