Though the guideboooks will steer you towards the Heuriger ('wine taverns') at Grinzing at the end of the 38 tram line don't go there as they are all full of tourists, busloads of 'em, and are not at all authentic. Head for the real thing in Stammersdorf or Jedlersdorf which are just on the edge of the Vienna public transport network on the S3 or out to Klosterneuburg from Heiligenstadt on the bus or by train from the Franz-Josefsbahnhof. Real Heuriger are tiny, only serve their own wine and food prepared by themselves. Usually much cheaper too.
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Anyone who is a fan of Gustav Mahler (an Austrian composer ) may want to pay a visit to Mahler's grave in Grinzing (Grinzinger Friedhof). Take the No38 tram to Grinzing. The address of Grinzinger Friedhof is: 19, An der Langen Luessen,Vienna. Plot: Group 6, Row 7, No1 You should stop one before the final end of Grinzinger Allee. There are also lots of great wine taverns in most of the former villages that make up Vienna's western outer suburbs. Take a tram or bus to the terminus and just get out and look.
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