10 Mozart sites of Vienna

Schonbrunn Palace. Photo: Sandip Hor

The Austrian capital city of Vienna is often touted as the “City of Music”. Legendary musicians like Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Strauss lived, composed and played in this imperial city. But Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart appears to dominate the scene. There are several sites in the city associated with the maestro who was born in 1756 in nearby Salzburg, but spent much of his short and eventful life in Vienna.

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be a wonderful experience (especially when heading on vacation), it sure can play havoc on our nutrition and diet plans.  High quality food choices out there in the big world can be hard to find, the servings are enormous, and it is often a giant pile of fat and salt!

But there are lots of ways to stay focused and keep on track!

The rise of the 'free' city tour

'Free' or pay-what-you-want tours have become a popular way to see cities in recent years. Vicky Baker looks at the rise of the homespun phenomenon and selects six from around the world

A Free Sofia Tour guide holds a sign to bring the group together. Photograph: Free Sofia Tour

When is a free tour not a free tour? When it is, more accurately speaking, a pay-what-you-want tour. The concept of a city tour where there is no set charge and tourists show their appreciation by leaving a tip is becoming increasingly popular across Europe and beyond. An increase in budget-conscious travel, a growth of savvy operators, and the ease of word-of-mouth internet marketing is helping drive the trend.

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Top 10 guided city tours: readers' tips

Guided walking tours around the world's great cities offer a memorable way to broaden holiday horizons, mixing education and exercise. Guardian readers pick their favourites …

• To add a tip for next week and to be in with a chance of winning a prize, go to guardianwitness

A walking tour of Sarajevo. Neno is on the left

Winning tip: Sarajevo Walking Tour, Bosnia

A free two-hour tour from Neno gave us an excellent insight into the siege of Sarajevo from the perspective of someone who lived through it, as well as information about the country's complex history. We saw sights from restored Austro-Hungarian buildings to "Sarajevo roses" – scars on the pavement caused by shelling, since filled with red resin.

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