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Explore Vienna's Central Cemetery: Private 2.5-hour Guided Tour

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  • 2h 30m
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation
  • Private tour

Highlights

Enjoy a private 2.5-hour tour of Vienna's Central Cemetery, including transportation throughout the tour that will facilitate exploring the vast Zentralfriedhof. Vienna's Central Cemetery, also known as Zentralfriedhof, is the largest cemetery in the city, and one of the largest cemeteries in Europe covering an area of 495 acres with over 330,000 graves and tombs. You will be picked up in a private vehicle, where your guide will take you on a panoramic tour of Vienna along the Danube Canal, including a short photo stop at the Hundertwasser House. As you arrive at Vienna's Central Cemetery, you will discover its ground on a guided tour of the main highlights, including the tombs and memorials of Vienna’s famous composers and impressive works of Architecture too. Afterwards, you will enjoy a hassle-free panoramic trip to central Vienna, where your tour ends.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Private transportation including hotel pickup & drop-off if centrally located
  • A friendly, professional English Speaking tour guide for your own private group
  • Vienna's Central Cemetery admission fee for the vehicle
  • Plenty of time to take photos of your favourite places

What's not

  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Food and drink not included

Itinerary

  1. Depart from central Vienna on a panoramic drive towards the Central Cemetery. During your drive, pass along the Danube Canal and hold for a quick photo stop at the Hundertwasser House. After visiting the Cemetery, you will head back to Old town on another scenic drive along the Ring Road's iconic buildings: The Musikverein, Karlskirche, the Secession, the State Opera, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Natural History and the City Hall.

    2 h

  2. Visit the Central Cemetery of Vienna, one of the largest in Europe, and see the final resting places of several notable musicians, including Brahms, Strauss, and Beethoven, and Mozart's Memorial. Get to admire the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, the Cemetery's central architectural feature opened in 1911, and learn the history of the Presidential Tomb located just at the feet of the Church.

    30 minAdmission included

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Know before you go

Meeting point
Hotel pick-up is available upon request. If we do not receive your hotel information, your guide will meet you in front of the Wien Museum Mozart apartment, Mozarthaus, Domgasse 5, 1010 Vienna.
Pickup
Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Vienna

  • Its from-price is 29% above the median of the 243 city tours we list in Vienna.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 100 of 243.

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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