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Exclusive Vienna Old Town Highlights Walking Tour (max. 6 persons)

4.8260 reviewsHofburg Imperial Palace (Hofburg Wien)

  • 2h 30m
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

Become a local for a day! The tour will take you through the historical center of Vienna. Let our experienced guides bring history back to life whilst exploring the main attractions, monuments, and hidden gems of the old town. The tour offers an insight into the history, architecture, culinary and daily Viennese life. Your walk will begin at our meeting point at the Albertinaplatz, close by the Opera. From there, your guide will take you to through the hidden alleyways in the eldest part of the city, where Mozart and Beethoven used to live. Touch history in its original locations! Continue the walk to the St. Stephen's Cathedral, and from there travel back to the imperial times crossing the courtyards of the Hofburg Imperial Palace. There, hear about life, gossip and anecdotes about the Habsburg imperial family, as well as about Austria’s darkest times in the 20th century. The tour will finish close by the Vienna State Opera. This is a small group tour with max.6 persons on tour.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Professional guide

What's not

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. At Albertinaplatz, you will meet the guide, just look out to the guide with the green umbrella

    5 min

  2. Today it is one of the most important opera houses internationally, the Vienna State Opera looks back on a past rich in tradition It opened on May 25, 1869 with Mozart's Don Juan, as well as a versatile present.

    10 min

  3. Pass by the Imperial Crypta, where the Habsburg Emperors are still buried till today

    10 min

  4. Explore the eldest part of town, where culinary Vienna meets history!

    10 min

  5. Admire the stunning Saint Stephen's Cathedral

    10 min

  6. Hear about the Habsburg family anecdotes and their empire!

    10 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
Good Vienna Tours meeting point on the street level, next to the fountain and the hot dog stand, behind the opera and opposite the tourist information - just look for our guide with the green umbrella!
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 6 travellers
Operated by
Good Vienna Tour GMBH
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible; if help is needed, please make a note in the 'Special Requirements' box when you book

How it compares in Vienna

  • Its from-price is 37% below the median of the 1219 experiences we list in Vienna.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 55 of 1219.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Vienna

Vienna is Austria's elegant capital on the Danube, a city of imperial palaces, grand coffeehouses and a musical heritage known the world over.

The Ringstrasse circles the old centre with monumental buildings: the State Opera, the Parliament, the City Hall and the Burgtheater. Inside the ring, St Stephen's Cathedral, with its patterned tile roof, rises above lanes of shops and cafés, and the Hofburg palace complex holds the imperial apartments, the Spanish Riding School and a museum devoted to Empress Elisabeth.

Top-ranked sights in Vienna: Hofburg Imperial Palace (Hofburg Wien) , Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn), Rathaus.

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