Vienna Self Guided Walking Tour: Royal traditions & Cafe Culture
- 1.5–2.5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 9 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
In 1869, two architects unveiled Vienna’s State Opera House—and the public backlash was so devastating that one took his own life before the building was even finished. Beneath a Capuchin church, over 100 Habsburg rulers lie in an imperial crypt, where a haunting ‘Three Knocks’ ritual was performed as recently as 2011. This self-guided audio tour takes you through such stories in 12 stops across Vienna’s historic first district, from the grand Ringstrasse to St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Hear stories about Empress Sisi’s secret chocolate obsession and how Ottoman coffee beans left behind after a siege gave birth to Vienna’s legendary café culture. This tour is the perfect orientation for those who are first time visitors to Vienna and want to view the main attractions and discover stories they would otherwise miss You can start this tour at anytime and pause whenever you want. Listen to stories at the café over a Sachertorte, or walk the full 4km route in about 2 hours.
Inclusions
What's included
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
- Audio and written guide included
- Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
- Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
- 1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
- Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
What's not
- Entry fees to monuments or food and drink
- Any physical devices or headphones
- Human tour guide at location
- Transport
Itinerary
Start off by learning about the Ringstrasse and how Emperor Franz Joseph demolished medieval walls to build Europe’s most ambitious boulevard. Then look upon masterpiece with a tragic backstory
Discover a haunting war memorial, a world-class art collection, and Vienna’s most beloved sausage stand
Pause in front of this lesser known church with 100+ Habsburg tombs and the eerie ‘Three Knocks’ burial ritual
Learn about the palace, its 2,500 rooms, Lipizzaner horses, and the building that made an emperor boycott a gate
Learn about the cafe culture in Vienna and some famous people who lived in the city
Hear about the a monument born from 70,000 death
Discover an Art Nouveau masterpiece where 12 historical figures parade at noon
End at the Cathedral with Ottoman cannonballs still embedded in the walls, catacombs below, and the square where a young Hitler once stood
Home of the famous Sachertorte and the legal battle that made it legendary
Find out why a prudish empress with 16 children ordered these statues removed
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 6 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
- Meeting point
- This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Tourific
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The total tour duration includes the time spent at the stop, listening to audios and time required to walk through all the stops.
How it compares in Vienna
- Its from-price is 97% below the median of the 1219 experiences we list in Vienna.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 367 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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