There’s a huge amount to see in Vienna. It’s a Baroque city, a Medieval city, an Art Nouveau city, and a nineteenth century imperial capital. It’s a city of wine, a city of beer, a city of cafes. A weekend break gives you a terribly short time to get to know it – but it can be done.

Baroque and Secession Vienna

On Saturday morning, head for the Karlskirche (metro: Karlsplatz. Open 9-12.30 and 1=6pm Monday to Saturday, Sunday afternoons only; EUR 6 admission fee). This architecturally sophisticated work by Fischer von Erlach references Roman Classical and Baroque architecture such as the Pantheon and Trajan’s column to show Vienna as the new Rome – home of a new empire. Inside, a lift and scaffolds take you high up into the frescoed dome, which is being restored – a unique chance to see Rottmayr’s paintings up close.

This is the Baroque of High Imperial Vienna. But you don't have to go far to see the very different Vienna of the Secession – early twentieth century art nouveau style. The matching Karlsplatz pavilions were created by Otto Wagner for the metro – one is now a cafe, the other a museum; their style seems to mix a zen-like Japanese influence with delightful floral ornament. Just over the road is the Secession building, its ziggurat-like façade crowned by an openwork gilt dome that reflects the forms of foliage.

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