August 2017

Prater

Vienna has a permanent amusement park located in the inner city, which is called Prater. It is surrounded by a park with the same name. There is no entrance fee to get into the park, you only pay for individual rides at the amusement park. You can buy a combi ticket which gets you to try out all rides but we only wanted the Ferris wheel which is one of the famous sights associated with the city. It costs 10€ per person for the ride once around. It was really warm in Vienna when we were there, so there was no queue and we got into our gondola quickly. There is seating in the middle of the gondola but can also walk around. It goes slowly and you have time to enjoy the views and take lots of pictures. My last ride in this Ferris wheel is over 25 years ago and I loved being back... a must-do in my opinion if you are a tourist in Austria's capital and not scared of heights.