From Hentschel
/* Downtown Vienna */
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Even though Vienna is also along the Danube, the main area of Vienna is not along the river like in Budapest, therefore a river cruise doesn't make much sense.
It's pretty tough to find a starting point for something like Vienna, but a good place to start is at the southern end of the downtown area, with the '''Hofburg'''(2), '''Heldenplatz''', '''Volksgarten'''(3), '''Parlament'''(4) and '''Rathaus'''(5) in the illustration. You can rent a horse-drawn carriage (called a "fiaker") to do this section of Vienna in style, and to save your feet. You'll But you may still wanna come back later to take a look inside some of the places (at least the Hofburg) after the "fiaker" carriage ride.
Afterwards, head to the '''Opera House''' (in the map at the far lower right corner, just cut off) and take a look inside (you won't get tickets here, that would be beyond lucky).