Flights to Vienna, the City of Empires
Flights to Vienna are daily from London Heathrow and bmi is the perfect way to start your exploration of the city of Empires. Once home to the Hapsburg Empire, the streets are lined with regal grandeur of Baroque and Hapsburg architecture that made Napoleon envious twice over.
So book your flights to Vienna and discover Austria's imposing capital.
From London Heathrow to Vienna you'll fly on a A319 plane with connecting flights available from Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The journey takes on average 2 hours 10 minutes from London and with two cabins available bmi can cater for the Business and Leisure travellers alike.
So to truly experience the grandeur of Viennese aristocracy check yourself into The Grand Hotel Wien. Infamous with the IT crowd since 1870, the hotel offers the perfect venue for pre-opera dinner and drinks. Alternatively, the Das Tyrol is an incredible boutique hotel with impressive Viennese art and a contemporary twist to its furnishing, the hotel is perfectly placed for the culture of exploring the museum district.
Vienna is infamous for the Arts, Music and Food with something for everyone and no one will be disappointed. The beautiful Vienna State Opera house is amongst the busiest in the world with almost 200 shows a year, built early in the 19th century the Opera House has become an iconic symbol of Vienna.
Musically, Vienna has an outstanding heritage, being home to such greats like Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Visiting the House of Music allows you to discover why Vienna has become home to so many musical geniuses, you can even virtually conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Though, the only real way to truly experience music in Vienna is by catching a concert at the Musikverein with 500 or so concerts a year to choose from.
The gluing substance that gels Viennese people together is their passion for food. Viennese cuisine is a melting pot of cuisines from Europe and beyond. Vienna is infamous for the Wiener Schnitzel inspired from Milan, the Palatschinken from Slovak and the the Apfelstrudel inspired by Baklava from Turkey via Hungary.
So if you're there for business and have time to do one thing in Vienna, then make sure you experiencing a Viennese Café. Here the culture is not order-sit-drink-go but you're expected to stay around for a while. This ethos has fueled a sub-genre of literature and become the playground for many of Vienna's intellectuals. So pop into Café Central order something special like the Melange which is a lot like a cappuccino and a slice of Sachertorte, Vienna's infamous chocolate tart and take the unique atmosphere in.
So book your flights to Vienna now for a sensory overload.
