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Vienna, Europe’s most underrated cultural capital, is marking the centenaries of the deaths of two of its great artists – Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele – and its finest architect, the modernist Otto Wagner. Exhibitions have just opened: Klimt and co in the Lower Belvedere Palace (until Aug 26, belvedere.at/ en), Wagner in the Wien Museum (until Oct 7, wienmuseum.at/en), and Schiele in the Leopold Museum (until Nov 4, leopoldmuseum.org/en). BA (ba.com), easyJet (easyjet. com), flybe (flybe.com) and Austrian Airlines (austrian. com) offer links from the UK.

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west towards the Belvedere Palace (4). You now have an easy walk down through the fountains and formal gardens, with wonderful views of the city. It takes in the key central sites: jink left to pass the Lower Belvedere and Schwarzenberg palaces and you can then cross the Ringstrasse (5) and head into the old town to finish at the great 14th-century Stephansdom (6) cathedral.

shops, so browse at your leisure, and don’t miss Meinl am Graben (8), arguably Vienna’s best delicatessen and wine shop, and the perfect place to buy local delicacies (meinlamgraben.at).