The Vienna Prater


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Hotel Praterstern

Hotel Franzenshof

Hotel Cristall

Suite Hotel 200 m
zum Prater

Hotel Resonanz

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Wiener Riesenrad  The Giant Ferris Wheel

An oasis of pleasure

Many people regard the Vienna Prater as just another fun-fair. But itīs much more than that: itīs a Viennese institution, like the coffee houses or the Heuriger (wine taverns). Its landmark, and one of Viennaīs too, is the 65 metre high Giant Ferris Wheel. It towers over the 200 booths in the Prater, the ghost train, go-karts and grotto railways, the merry-go-rounds and fruit-machine halls, throwing and shooting galleries.

The Prater has something to offer for the whole family: take a ride with the children on the fairy-tale railway, the childrenīs dodgems and the scenic railway. Plummet down the extra-long slides, laugh yourselves crooked, bent, fat or thin in the hall of mirrors, savour the romantic nostalgia of an old merry-go-round or the great variety on offer from the Prater caterers: from pickled gherkins to boiled beef.

The wonders of the heavens await you in the Planetarium. And in the Prater Museum you can re-live the greatest moments of this fun-fair. Incidentally: each booth in the Vienna Prater is an independent enterprise - which is why you donīt have to pay an admission charge to enter the Prater, and also why the various attractions in the Prater donīt have uniform opening times.

Opening times for most of the attractions in the Prater are from the beginning of March to the end of October - from morning to midnight. Some attractions (ghost trains and grotto railways, dodgems, cafes and restaurants) are open throughout the year. The Giant Ferris Wheel is open from February to November and around New Yearīs.

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Amusements at the Vienna Prater

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