Vienna Christmas Tour

Highlights

Inclusions

Itinerary

1. This festive walking tour begins when you make your way to Graben Street - wonderful decorated with giant Christmas chandeliers. Greet your professional guide and the rest of your small group, and set off on foot to walk past some of Vienna's most important landmarks. Ask your guide plenty of questions; the small group size ensures personal service.

   10 min

2. The Freyung Passage is an architectural jewel with a marble columns, friezes and ironwork. Great also for window-shopping.

   10 min

3. The markets on the Freyung are among the most traditional in Vienna, inspiring with traditional craftsmanship and a festive, quiet atmosphere – away from the usual hustle and bustle of many other markets.

   10 min

4. Christmas market Am Hof is located at one of the oldest and most beautiful squares of Vienna. Famous for its "Zirbenpunsch" and big variety of local food stalls. Austrian Post is also represented here and offers visitors a very special highlights.

   15 min

5. The Burgtheater is Austrian National Theatre and the most important German language theatre worldwide.

   Passes by

6. Minorien Church presents most impressive nativity of Vienna. The sight of this nativity scene can undoubtedly put the viewer in a meditative mood. Of course, this is partly due to the beauty of the figures, but also to the landscaping and the ingenuity in the presentation and characterisation of various types of people.

   5 min

7. The traditional Christmas market with around 150 stalls offers Christmas presents, Christmas tree ornaments, handicrafts, culinary delicacies, sweets and warming drinks. The trees in the Rathauspark and along the Ringstraße shine in festive splendor.

   20 min

8. Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) is the seat of Vienna’s government

   Passes by

9. Wiener State Opera is one of the leading opera houses in the world.

   Passes by

10. The tour ends at Art Advent Karlsplatz Christmas market; where you can continue to enjoy the colourful atmosphere, traditional Austrian food, and mulled wine as you browse the stalls of handicraft items and vintage-style Christmas decorations.

    20 min

11. Oe of the most impressive baroque churches in Vienna

    5 min

Cancellation

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

Reviews

Ratings come from 20 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

Know before you go

How it compares in Vienna

• Its from-price is 71% below the median of the 243 city tours we list in Vienna.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 42 of 243.
• 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.

See all 1219 experiences in Vienna