The Ring is famous. It's monumental. It's grand. It's wide. It's... sort of boring. The neo-historical, massive buildings are fine to look at, but sort of sad when one imagines that most of the best architects of the day were either Viennese, Viennese-trained, or Viennese-connected and yet the developers were so conservative that only one truly great building (the massive... More

Take the tram round the ring but don't pay for the special ring tram. Change at Schwedenplatz between the 1 and 2 trams. Lots of nice cafes around the tram stop.

Most of things you'd want to see in Vienna are in Ringstrasse. Parliament building, Opera house, great hotels ( such as Imperial where Lady Gaga stayed or Sacher where you can buy a piece of original Sacher cake ) and lots of other cool and interesting things. If you're visiting Vienna make sure to see all 6.5 km of Ringstrasse.... More

As the name suggests, it is a ring shaped area in Vienna. High end places can be seen, but the typical Viennese architecture like anywhere else in Vienna can be seen. A visit is recommended, however I would place the Kartner Strase above the ring, as the Kartner street is a really posh area for everyone to enjoy

With only one day and a half days in Vienna which did not start well, we could only manage a bit of a walk about in this area. I do not doubt that with some time in one's hands one can see more.

this is viennas most characteristic road of its great imperial heritage doing tours there (being a local guide here in vienna I pass there almost every day and still like it

This is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights. It is typical of the historical style called Ringstraßenstil (Ringstraße Style) of the 1860s to 1890s. It is amazing all the different types of architecture in the Ringstasse, so take a drive around it to see all the amazing buildings.

The most interesting parts (like the Museum Quarter, Rathaus areas) it is better to walk around rather than pass on a tram and others are not worth the hype. Also, if you want to save some Euros, I would recommend just taking tram 1 and then tram 2. Together they follow the Ringstrasse circle.

We did this after visiting all the attracation so it was not much to see for us. But if you do it as first, you may get an idea where all the attractions are. It is beautiful in the evening after lisghts on.