Vienna - Karlsplatz & Around Naschmarkt (PDF Chapter)

This is the Karlsplatz & Around Naschmarkt chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Here days can be spent gazing upon the baroque frescos that dance across the Karlskirche, Otto Wagner’s art nouveau buildings and Klimt’s sensual friezes. Nights lift the curtain on high-calibre opera and classical music in some of the world’s finest concert halls.

• catch the lift up to mesmerising Karlskirche’s elliptical copper dome for a view of the in-credible frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr
• maps
• relive operatic highs with a guided tour of the resplendent gold-and-crystal-adorned Staatsoper
• transport
• contemplate the sensuous shapes, gold mosaics and mythological symbolism of Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze at the 1897-designed exhibition centre of the Vienna Seces-sion–movement artists
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.