Augarten

The sprawling Augarten is a park in the residential second district and is home of the Vienna Choir Boys. Comprising some 128 acres, the park also holds Vienna’s oldest Baroque gardens, open to the public, as well as the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory and the Augarten Contemporary, a sculpture park and exhibition space. History buffs should seek out the two crumbling Flaktürme, defense towers left over from World War II (a debate on what to do with these massive concrete structures has been ongoing for years; they are virtually indestructible, and the Architecture Center has called for their preservation as the most accessible anti-war memorials). Augarten porcelain may not be as famous as Meissen or Nymphenburg, but a visit to the factory, which is housed in an 18th-century palace, is interesting. English tours can be arranged. Afterwards, have lunch at Décor restaurant.