ISFP 2008 Vienna, Austria
Tours

Please note that a minimum number of 15 participants is required for each tour to take place. Tours can be booked during the online registration. If you have already registered for the congress you can book a tour by contacting Mondial Congress & Events directly (isfp2008@mondial.at, please send us the preferred tour, date, time and number of persons).

City tour "Historical Vienna"
This tour will give you an overall impression of Vienna, including the Ringstrasse with its magnificent buildings such as the State Opera, the Museums of Fine Arts and Natural History, the Hofburg (Imperial Palace), Parliament, City Hall, the Burgtheater and the Votivkirche. Another highlight is a guided tour through the wonderful stately rooms of Schönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the Habsburg family. We return via Belvedere Palace.

Price per person: 39.00 EUR
Date: July 08, 10 2008
Departure: 9:00
Return: 12:30
 
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Parliament, Vienna
© Austrian National Tourist Office / Popp G.
Mozart, Strauss & Co. - Vienna´s famous musicians
Come with us on a discovery tour of Vienna´s musical past and learn about renowned Viennese musicians like Strauss, Schubert and Mozart on a visit to the Franz Schubert-Memorials Birthplace and the famous "Mozarthaus". Discover your musical talent at the "House of Music", where the tour ends.

Price per person: 53.00 EUR
Date: July 10 2008
Departure: 9:00
Return: 12:30
 
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Monument of Johann Strauss
© Austrian National Tourist Office / Wiesenhofer
About Gustav Klimt & Co. - Art Nouveau in Vienna
Next to Paris and Brussels, Vienna is known as "capital city of Art Nouveau". On t his tour, you´ll visit the most important and well-known Art Nouveau buildings and get to know their famous architects, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner, all of whom are inseparably tied to Vienna. One of Gustav Klimt´s master pieces, the so-called "Beethoven frieze", is on view at the Secession, an art nouveau-era gallery in the centre of Vienna. Another highlight is a visit to Otto Wagner´s "Kirche am Steinhof", a church renovated and newly opened in October 2006.

Price per person: 36.00 EUR
Date: July 09 2008
Departure: 9:00
Return: 12:30
 
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Steinhof church St. Leopold by Otto Wagner
© Austrian National Tourist Office / Grieder
Burgenland - Unspoilt nature as far as the eye can see
This tour will show you some highlights of Burgenland, one of the lesser known provinces of Austria near the border to Hungary. Our first stop will be Eisenstadt, the province´s capital, where Joseph Haydn, one of Austria´s most famous composers, lived and worked for many years. Join us for a visit to the Esterhazy Castle before continuing to the pretty town of Rust on the shores of Lake "Neusiedl". This town is famous for its wines and the many storks which nest on the house rooftops year after year. After lunch you´ll board a boat for a ride across Lake Neusiedl, the largest steppe lake in Europe, which partly forms the border to Hungary. Finally the bus takes you back to Vienna.

Price per person: 79.00 EUR
Date: July 08 2008
Departure: 9:00
Return: 17:00
 
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Neusiedler See, National Park
© Austrian National Tourist Office / Grieder
Danube Valley "Wachau"
This tour will take you west of Vienna, to the beautiful part of the Danube Valley known as the "Wachau". The full day´s journey includes a visit to the magnificent Benedictine Abbey of Melk, which is one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Austria and is often referred to as the "cradle of Austria". The picturesque village of Dürnstein, where King Richard Lionheart was held prisoner until his faithful minstrel Blondel rescued him, is particularly worthwhile, as is the old merchants´ town of Krems. Other hightlights of this tour include a boat ride on the mighty Danube River and a lunch in the city of Melk.

Price per person: 105.00 EUR incl. bus, lunch, boat ride and entrance fees
Date: July 09 2008
Departure: 9:00
Return: 17:00
 
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Dürnstein Danube, Wachau Valley Lower Austria
© Austrian National Tourist Office / Weinhaeupl W.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations/alterations must be made in writing. Cancellations before June 09, 2008 will be accepted free of charge. For cancellations after this date no refunds can be granted. Reimbursement will be made after the conference.