Description
Vienna Woods - Mayerling
Heiligenkreuz - Subterranean Lake
A half-day excursion which shows you the most
beautiful sights of the southern part of Vienna
Woods. Passing the Roman City of Baden which is
famous for its thermal springs, we drive through the
romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling
hunting lodge, today a commemorative chapel, where
Crown Prince Rudolph together with Baronesse Vetsera
died tragically in 1889. In the Cistercian Abbey of
Heiligenkreuz (1133) you visit the medieval cloister
which houses the remains of last the Babenberger. We
then pass the Höldrichsmühle and arrive at the
Seegrotte. After a boatride on the largest
subterranean lake in Europe you leave the Vienna
Woods and return to Vienna finishing at the Opera
House.