{"id":6101,"date":"2012-09-06T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2017-07-17T23:42:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T05:42:47","slug":"river-cruise-essential-experience-viennese-cafes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2012\/09\/river-cruise-essential-experience-viennese-cafes\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cruise Essential Experience: Viennese Cafes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A popular staple of every Danube<\/strong>\u00a0River <\/strong>cruise<\/a>, the Austrian city of Vienna<\/strong><\/a> is packed with so many historic attractions, events, palaces and places of significance that you could spend a week here and never even scratch the surface. Fortunately, with many river cruises staying overnight, guests have the opportunity to experience Vienna by day and night. But regardless of how long you\u2019re in Vienna, there\u2019s one experience you must enjoy: a Viennese Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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A trip to a Viennese Cafe is a must on any visit to Vienna, or Wien, as it is known in Austria. Here, onlookers gather outside the shop window for the famous Cafe Demel. Photo \u00a9 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n

Coffee in Vienna is an entirely different experience than, say, a trip to your local Starbucks back home. In Viennese caf\u00e9 culture, you can spend hours \u2014 or the better part of the day \u2014 in a single caf\u00e9 reading, conducting business, socializing with friends and yes, enjoying some of the fine coffees, teas, and specialty coffees that are on the menu.<\/p>\n

Cafes commonly open for full breakfast and stay open well into the evening, meaning there\u2019s never a bad time to enjoy a relaxing caf\u00e9 experience. Some of the most popular Viennese cafes will take reservations \u2014 something we encourage you to do before leaving home if you are particular about visiting a specific caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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Inside the Cafe Demel gift shop; the Cafe itself is off to the right. Photo \u00a9 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n

While there are some famous cafes \u2014 like Caf\u00e9 Demel<\/strong> and Caf\u00e9 Central<\/strong>, the latter of which was a popular hangout of Sigmund Freud, Leon Trotsky and other important figures at the turn of the last century \u2014 you can hardly walk a block without coming upon a caf\u00e9 inset into one of Vienna\u2019s historic buildings.<\/p>\n

If you do intend to do the caf\u00e9 experience, plan on spending some time. Caf\u00e9 Demel\u2019s menu includes 12 different types of coffee beverages (some with alcohol), and ten different types of tea. It also serves up an extensive menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with items ranging from simple soups to filets of beef accompanied with green asparagus, creamy polenta and Madeira sauce.<\/p>\n

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Cafes in Vienna literally line nearly every street. Photo \u00a9 Aaron Saunders<\/p><\/div>\n

So on your next river cruise in Vienna, pop into one of the many caf\u00e9s for a true taste of Viennese culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A popular staple of every Danube\u00a0River cruise, the Austrian city of Vienna is packed with so many historic attractions, events, palaces and places of significance that you could spend a week here and never even scratch the surface. Fortunately, with many river cruises staying overnight, guests have the opportunity to experience Vienna by day and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,24,319,380,23,8,381],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}