Tourist attractions Baden

Apart from its Römerthermen with a huge glass roof, modernized since 1999, Baden has retained numerous villas and a few baths from its grand era. The latter are often used for other purposes but have preserved the charm of their Classical and Biede..

This wonderful thermal park is close to the town centre and stretches to the Wienerwald. In the afternoons, visitors can enjoy the sound of music from the popular bandstand concerts. The cream-coloured, restored casino now glitters as it did in its..

This still-active Cistercian Abbey was founded by the Babenberg Margrave Leopold III, who wanted a burial place here for his family. It has retained a Medieval church, cloister with very old grisaille stained-glass windows and Babenberg tombs. The ot..

This vast 25sq km park with 80km of paths stretches as far as the lower slopes of the Vienna Woods. Apart from a small animal enclosure where, if you are lucky, you can see some of the inhabitants of the forest and a fine view over Vienna, there ar..

Beethoven lived in this house from 1821 to 1823, where he composed part of the Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symphony. His bedroom and office present a small exhibition of his life and works.

The Town Hall , designed by Joseph Kornhäusel (responsible for many other buildings in town) in 1815, is characterized by imposing Ionic columns and a triangular pediment. In front of the edifice, the Baroque Trinity Plague Column , erected between..

Baden's parish church boasts two truncated Romanesque towers and a Gothic tower with a Baroque dome added in 1697. Inside, there are 14C fonts and a high-altar altarpiece by the Baroque painter Paul Troger depicting the Stoning of St Stephen.

This park's main attraction is its magnificent 9-ha rose garden displaying 600 varieties of roses, notably during the Badener Rosentage , in June.

In 1888, Archduke Rudolf , heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was 30 years old. His support for the Hungarian parliamentary opposition and liberal ideas frightened the aristocracy. His love for Maria Vetsera was controversial. After a stormy mee..

The 310ha Central Cemetery of Vienna is so vast that you need a car to go from one end to the other. The majority of the tombs of interest to visitors are located in the central part, easily located by the nearly 60m-high dome of the Dr-Karl-Luege..