Vienna Fashion Tour

Everything in Vienna is about great architecture. The city owns an incredible heritage of historic buildings as well as fantastic contemporary constructions like the new Vienna Central Station that is going to be ready in 2015. Gothic, Baroque and Art Nouveau pieces; post-war residencies; social housing, and even fashion stores boasting impressive design settings. Mühlbauer, Amicis, and PARK are among the unmissable shops that well worth a visit for their theatrical windows and interior decoration.

The most famous labels of the fashion planet have a branch at the Alpine capital, where you can also find independent designers proposals.

A short walk along the Danube Canal will take you to the temple of the young creators: Song in Praterstrasse. Designed by the architect Gregor Eichinger and set up in an old industrial building, the place was artistically recycled gaining a trashy appeal that is perfect to sale cutting-edge brands as Bernhard Wilhelm and Dries van Noten. For more on creative collections go to Neubau, the trendiest district of Vienna full of designed concept stores.

Boutiques hotels and fine restaurants are right for cool people watching. The city features luxury cafés where you will taste Vienna's culture of pleasure a part from local and international cuisines. Steirereck im Stadtpark is a must as well as Restaurant Walter Bauer. After having taken a look at the best kitchens, it is time to experience the elegant atmosphere of luxury accommodation. With a range of new design hotels Vienna offers the possibility of staying in creative spaces of aesthetic value. You can find your preferable room by typing Hotel Austria Vienna in Internet.

After visiting the latest hot spots, shopping in the old town is a good plan. The pretty streets of the pedestrian zone offer high-quality goods at jewellery shops, antiques stores and art galleries. At the 1st district of the imperial Vienna you can even go shopping to a palace. These royal constructions that once served as city residences for noble families during the Habsburg times, nowadays host government seats, embassies, museums and shops. The Ferstel Palace at the Freyung square inspired in the Venetian-Florentine Trecento style houses interior design studios and premium chocolate shops. The are plenty of beautiful palaces to be seen along the historic centre such as the Dorotheum, built on a former convent. Wander around Kohlmarkt, Graben and Kärtner Strasse to discover more of them.