Fodor's Expert Review Kurpark Baden

One of the biggest draws to Baden, outside of the spa, is the vast, lovely, sloping Kurpark almost smack in the middle of town. It was created back in 1792 for Austria’s beloved Empress Maria Theresa. But as her highness only occasionally made her way to this Vienna outpost, the locals were free to enjoy it themselves, and they’ve been doing so ever since. In summer the park is in full flush: concerts are held each weekend afternoon under the hundred-year-old music pavilion, and operettas are performed at the arena (it's fitted with a glass dome, which comes out when it rains.)