Vienna Essentials: Stephansdom to the Hofburg in an Hour

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Hofburg

   ~3 min here

   The Hofburg is a vast imperial palace complex, once the Habsburgs’ winter residence and now a working seat of Austria’s presidency.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Michaelerkirche

   ~15 min here

   Michaelerkirche is the church before you, dedicated to the Archangel Michael and counted among Vienna’s oldest surviving churches.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Pestsäule

   ~3 min here

   Pestsäule is Vienna’s Holy Trinity column, a Baroque memorial rising on the Graben after the plague epidemic of 1679.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Stephansdom

   ~15 min here

   Stephansdom is Vienna’s Roman Catholic cathedral, a vast church whose story reaches back to the twelfth century.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Kaisergruft

   ~3 min here

   Kaisergruft is a burial crypt beneath the Capuchin church and monastery, and since 1633 it has served as the principal resting place of the Habsburg family.

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