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Vienna City Highlights Private Tour

4.7125 reviewsHofburg Imperial Palace (Hofburg Wien)

  • 6 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 2 languages
  • Private tour

Highlights

Get to know Vienna on your choice of a 3-hour, 4-hour or 6-hour private tour of the city! With an expert local guide at your side, discover the city’s rich history and culture while seeing showstoppers like Schönbrunn Palace, Hundertwasserhaus and the monuments of the Ringstrasse, like Vienna Rathaus. If you opt to book the 4-hour tour, enjoy a walking tour of Vienna’s historical center, too; or alternatively, see all these sights and more on the 6-hour tour, which includes a trip to Belvedere Palace and the village of Grinzig!

Inclusions

What's included

  • Transport by Mercedes minivan
  • Private guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (for the 3-hour tour only)

What's not

  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel drop off for the 4-hour and 6-hour tour

Itinerary

  1. Get to know the glory of Imperial Vienna – once the center of the powerful Habsburg Empire – on a route around the city’s famous Ringstrasse. Home to palatial monuments a plenty, the ring road boasts grandiose buildings like Vienna Rathaus, the city’s beautiful town hall.

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  2. Vienna City Hall is Vienna's most important non-religious building in the Neo-Gothic style located along the Ring road (Ringstrasse).

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  3. Travel through Vienna’s chic Vorstadt Lanstrasse neighborhood, seeing quirky sights like Hundertwasserhaus – a funky apartment building designed by the radical Viennese designer Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

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  4. The Belvedere is not only a magnificent Baroque palace but also houses some of Austria's most valuable art collections.

    20 min

  5. Discover the Schönbrunn Palace, one of Europe's most beautiful Baroque complexes which has been in the possession of the Habsburg family since 1569.

    1 h

  6. In the historic city center, you will get to admire the St. Stephen's Cathedral. As one of the most important Gothic structures in Austria, it is truly the symbol of Vienna.

    20 min

  7. In the city center, you will also discover St Peter’s Church, Vienna’s Baroque masterpiece.

    30 min

  8. As the oldest Romanesque church of Vienna, St Rupert´s church is one of the hidden treasures of the city.

    20 min

  9. Your private guide will lead you through the heart of the city center to see attractions like Hofburg Imperial Palace, where the Habsburgs ruled for centuries.

    30 min

  10. Drive through the expansive green trees of the Vienna wood, one of the Vienneses´ favorite place for outdoor activities.

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  11. Stroll around, learning about the country’s wine production, and then hop back into your minivan for a drive to Kahlenberg – the city’s highest hill – to admire picture-perfect vistas of beautiful Vienna.

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Cancellation

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

Reviews

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Vienna Explorer
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The tour can be tailored to your wishes. Please list any special interests in the 'special requirements' field on booking

How it compares in Vienna

  • Its from-price is 90% above the median of the 1219 experiences we list in Vienna.
  • It is longer than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 90 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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