Getting to the city centre from the airport is really easy in Vienna. You have three main options (excluding taxis). The first is a direct train (CAT) that will take you to the central train station, the second and most budget friendly is the local train that stops along the way but still gets you to the central train station. At only 3 euros i would recommend this over the much more pricy direct train. The final option and the one that i chose was the bus. The bus is really easy to find and drops you off right in the centre of Vienna. Public transport in Vienna is really easy to use, reliable and budget friendly. I would advice using it over private transportation. Particularly as you can buy a 1,2 or 3 day pass that will allow you to use the busses, trains and metro as much as you like. If you use public transport more than around 3 times this will save you money and more then pay for itself. Once i arrived in the city centre it was a short 1 minute walk to my hotel for the next few nights. My hotel was the Alma boutique hotel, which is perfectly situated just off the main street and just a 10m minute walk from the famous St Stephan's cathedral. It is a small hotel, with incredibly helpful staff. After settling in i took a small walk of the area and grab some light lunch (there are many restaurants, cafes and street stalls in this area so i was spoiled for choice). When grabbing a bite to eat in Vienna don't overlook the sausage stands as you can get a quick tasty bite to eat. If you only try one sausage i would recommend that you try the kasekrainer. It is a local speciality of a sausage filled with chunks of cheese and really tasty, not to mention extremely budget friendly. After my little walk round i headed back to my hotel where i met up with a local guide i hired to show me some of the sights and provide me with some advice about Vienna. We started off the tour by seeing St Stephan's Cathedral, the city centre, the Jewish quarter (with it's modern holocaust memorial) and the Hofbeurg palace (one of my personal favourite sights). The tour also took me pass the famous Café Central (which my guide said wasn't really worth the 20min + wait time to get in) and the museum quarter. Vienna is a very walkable city with all of this being within a 15/20 minute walk from each other. My guide was very knowledgeable giving me the history of the sights i was seeing at the same time pointing out places where he would recommend to eat or grab and ice cream etc. We then stopped for dinner at Glacis Beislgut. Which was a lovely mid range restaurant that served up great local Viennese food. We were seated in it's lovely garden, where i enjoyed a lovely Schnizel (even though they were out of the traditional Veal one, the chicken was still good). Overall I would give the restaurant 4 starts as the food was great, but the staff were slow and did try adding their own tip onto my bill when i paid instead of letting me type my own amount in. After dinner the weather took a turn for the worst so my guide took me to Ocean sky bar, which offers a 360 degree view of the city, nice drinks (i had a very good mocktail) and i was told on a clear day you can see over to Bratislava. Once the weather had cleared up we walked through Naschmarket (which if i had more time i would have returned to to try some of the restaurants and food stalls), pass the Opera house and back to the city centre where my guide pointed out where their were some catacombs i could visit if i wanted to. It was then back to the hotel to rest up ready for my day trip to both Bratislava and Budapest the next day. After my day trip across the boarders i had one more day to spend in Vienna. Which i started off with a River cruise along the Duanube. Although the weather was dull and rainy, the cruise itself was very pleasant and relaxing. The perfect way to spend a few relaxing hours and see some of the countryside surrounding Vienna. After the cruise a grab some lunch at one of the cafes in the city centre before deciding to get on a hop on hop off bus. This turned out to be a good choice as the weather took a turn for the worst with the rain getting heavier. I did one complete route, which in addition to the sights i had seen on my first day also went by Prater, an amusement park which is home to the oldest fairest wheel in Europe. After this i decided to head to Café Demel to try Kaiserschmarren (i had herd that this was meant to be one of the best places to try it). Once i got there i was pleasantly surprised to find that there was no line to wait to get in, but there was quite a long line waiting at their takeaway window. Once i was seated i ordered my Kaiserschmarren (scrambled pancakes served with a plum compote) and a hot chocolate. The hot chocolate was really good 9/10, however i was a little disappointed with the Kaiserscmarren. It was a little too sweet for me and i felt that it was a bit over hyped. It was nice, just not as good as i was hoping, 7/10. After i took the few minutes walk to go to the Hofbeurg palace for a full walk round and explore, before heading back to the hotel and ending my trip. Overall Vienna is a great city for a short get away, with so much history, culture and food to offer. It is very easy to navigate and honestly i needed 3/4 days rather then 2/3. It can be more pricy then some other city breaks, but can easily be done on a budget, and certainly worth a visit.