Historic Center of Vienna Tours
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The Historic Center of Vienna is the beating heart of Austria, and the home of top attractions such as Vienna’s city hall, Parliament, and the lively Museum Quarter. Also known as the First District or Inner City and preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the area is rich with baroque castles and gardens, as well as the 19th-century Ringstrasse, a beltway of grand buildings, monuments, and parks that encircles most of the inner city. There are enough landmark sites here to keep you snapping photos all day long.
The Basics
Visitors can shop along Karntnerstrasse or Kohlmarkt, sip coffee in one of Vienna’s famed coffeehouses, and peruse the area’s rich architecture and numerous museums. For a closer look into the storied history of attractions such as Hofburg Palace and St. Stephen’s Cathedral, explore the maze-like alleyways of Vienna’s First District on a small-group walking tour with an expert guide. Alternately, a 3.5-hour coach tour can give you an overview of city highlights, plus skip-the-line access to Schönbrunn Palace and discounted entry to Belvedere Palace, home of Gustav Klimt’s famous painting, The Kiss.
Things to Know Before You Go
- The streets of Vienna’s First District are narrow and mostly one-way, making car travel difficult. Luckily, the city’s excellent public transport system can take you within a few minutes walk of most attractions.
- Bring a pair of comfortable shoes if you plan to explore the area on foot.
- Credit cards aren’t as common here as in Northern Europe, especially in restaurants, so you may want to carry cash.
How to Get There
Vienna International Airport is located just outside the city limits of Vienna, roughly 12 miles (20 kilometers) or 20 minutes by road from the Historic Center. If you’re arriving by train, the Vienna Central Train Station is just a 10-minute subway ride from the First District. A slew of international bus services arrive at the Vienna International Bus Terminal, also a 10-minute subway ride from the city center.
When to Get There
Summer is the most popular time to visit, so if you’re visiting between June and August, make sure to book accommodations ahead of time. Spring and fall bring mild weather and fewer crowds. Although winter can be cold, with temperatures around 32°F (0°C), Christmas markets abound in Vienna’s holiday season (think cheerful lights, seasonal treats, and handcrafted goods).
Architectural Marvels in Vienna
The Historic Center of Vienna is characterized by its intricate architecture, from medieval remnants like St. Stephen's Cathedral to the grand Imperial Palace, which represents the golden age of the Habsburg Empire. The 19th-century Ringstrasse is also lined with iconic buildings, including City Hall’s Gothic towers, the neoclassical columns of Vienna’s Parliament, and the Renaissance-inspired Vienna State Opera House (Wiener Staatsoper).
Address: Vienna, Vienna Region, Austria
43 Tours and Activities to Experience Historic Center of Vienna
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Gourmet Food Tour Vienna
Discover the best of Austrian food and drink on a 4-hour small-group tour. Your palate enjoys only the best on the well-rounded culinary tour. Follow your guide to the opulent Palais Ferstel, an iconic rooftop bar, and famous Kipferlhaus. Learn the secrets behind high-end Austrian cuisine as you taste a Viennese truffle dish, pralines, and chocolates. Wash everything down with local champagne and various wines.
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Private Tour: Vienna City Segway Tour
See Vienna by Segway on this 3-hour private sightseeing tour of the city. Led by a private guide, see top attractions including City Hall, the Ringstrasse and the Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since your tour is private, you can customize your route to best suit your interests, learning about the city’s history, architecture and culture as you go.
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$234.09
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$234.09
Price varies by group size
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas

Best of Food Tour Vienna
Make sure you come hungry to the culinary walking tour around Vienna. Over the course of 2.5 hours, you you’ll sample all of the best food to be found in the Austrian capital, including Viennese breads, chocolate pralines, and ham. Your private guide will show you the culinary secrets that you would otherwise miss. Novice gourmands will also enjoy a private wine tasting at the famous Kipferlhaus.
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$105.15
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Hidden Gems in Vienna Inner City Private Walking Tour
Explore Vienna on a private 3-hour walking tour with your own private guide. Customize your itinerary with your private guide, and discover sights around Vienna’s old artisan district. Pass by the Jesuit Church and Basilisk House on Schönlaterngasse; learn about Mozart’s connections to St Stephen's Cathedral; and take in views over the city from the rooftops. Stop at the Judenplatz and the Holocaust Memorial, then stroll around the University and City Hall — a part of Vienna that retains characteristics from previous centuries.
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$247.40
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Private Jewish Walking Tour Vienna
The Jewish community of Vienna is a culture rich in history and goes back hundreds of years— from the first Jewish person in Austria, Salomon also known as Schlom, to the artists, doctors and scientists who shaped Viennese culture in 1900, to the Holocaust, to the present-day Jewish community in Vienna.
Our Jewish Walking Tour emphasizes the intellectual, cultural and artistic flowerings of this remarkable community, as well as the dark periods wherein this community was banished from Vienna.
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Hidden wine cellars of Vienna - on the tracks of the Viennese wines
Did you know? Vienna is the only capital city in the world that is cultivating wine directly within the city. On this tour, you will go to the bottom of the famous Viennese wine in the literally sense of the word...We take you to a special kind of tasting! Find out everything about Viennese wine and discover hidden & secret wine cellar of Vienna's city centre on your tour. On several stops at exclusively for you opened wine cellars, you will taste selected wines - and since we don't want you to leave us hungry, there will also be typical Viennese snacks at every stop.
The tour includes three different stops/cellars:
1. STOP - "Haas & Haas":
Glass of wine incl. small snack at the Roman wine cellar "Porta Dextra"
2. STOP - "Restaurant Ofenloch":
Glass of wine incl. Viennese snack in the old, exclusively opened wine cellar
3. STOP - "Wine Bank Vienna with wine shop St. Stephan":
Glass of wine incl. small snack at the secret, underground wine-club
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Explore the cultural heart of Vienna on an audio walking tour
Explore the capital of Austria at your own pace with this self-guided audio tour. Venture across the city and see key landmarks such as the Vienna State Opera House, Albertina Art Museum, Capuchin Church, and more while listening to commentary through your headphones. Pause the tour at any time if you’d like to take a break, have a snack, or simply stop to take photos.
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$5.20
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Classic Food Tour of Vienna
Eat your way around Vienna on this Classic Food Tour. When visiting a new city, it can be a gamble to choose a good place to eat. Eliminate any risk by having a guide to show you where to find Vienna’s best food and wine. You’ll enjoy a great variety of dishes such as cheese, chocolate, baked goods, meat, and coffee. A highlight is trying three local wines in an atmospheric old cellar.
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Private Vienna City Tour
Don’t waste a moment of your precious vacation time. Discover Vienna your way on a private 4-hour sightseeing tour. Let your chauffeur cum guide create an itinerary to match your unique interests. Climb the spire at St. Stephen's Cathedral, discover the city's hidden gems, and more. Wherever you go, do so comfortably and efficiently in a luxury class Mercedes. Feel free to pause the tour at anytime to stop and take photos.
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$395.85
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$395.85
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers

Authentic Experience: When in Vienna, do as the Viennese do!
Dig deep into the Viennese culture and discover the city with a private local guide. Following the lead of locals, you’ll travel around Vienna by underground train, stopping to sample legendary Austrian sausages and sightsee along the way. Gaze down at the city from the Reisenrad Ferris wheel in Vienna Prater park, and visit the UNESCO-listed Schönbrunn Palace along with some tucked-away treasures. You’ll leave armed with tips for other must-see places to check out in Vienna.
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$621.69
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$621.69
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Wine Tasting Tour
Sample the finest wines of Vienna on a 3-hour small-group tour. With maximum 12 people per group, you enjoy a more personalized and intimate tour experience. Follow your guide to three premier locations, including Palais Ferstel and Kipferlhaus, and enjoy tastings at each. At the end of the tour, get insider tips on things to see, eat, and do during the rest of your time in the Austrian capital.
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$105.15
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$105.15

Private Vienna Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, members of the Habsburg family, one of the most distinguished royal houses of Europe for 600 years, Ludwig van Beethoven, Adolf Hitler, and many more on this broad-reaching, informative and fun historical tour through the cobblestoned streets and alleys of Vienna’s inner city.
This tour traces Vienna’s historical roots, from the Celts and Romans, to its modern day inhabitants, and brings its rich history to life!
Stops include:
• St. Stephen’s Cathedral
• Vienna State Opera
• Heldenplatz
• Hofburg Imperial Palace
• The Graben and Plague Column
• Jewish Square
• the Burggarten and Volksgarten
and many more!
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$406.00
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$406.00
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( Night Tour ) With Private Guide + wine or prosecco
We exist to offer our customers the real Viennese experience exclusively. Begin your adventure with our Night tour where you will discover iconic Vienna at night with it’s famous attractions
sparkling after dark. witness the fascinating history which will bring you back in time to the Habsburg Empire. make it a moment to remember.
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$160.81
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Private tour: Vienna with a Viennese
Get a local’s perspective on Vienna and see so much more than you would by public transport on this door-to-door private guided tour. Ride around the Ring, the grand boulevard that encircles Vienna’s old town; take a stroll through the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; capture classic photos from Kahlenberg viewpoint; and visit a traditional “heuriger” wine tavern. One convenient flat fee covers groups of up to four.
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$139.17
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$139.17
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Vienna: Self-Guided City Experience
Download a guide of Vienna to your smartphone for completely independent, self-guided tours of Austria's capital. Move at your own pace through a variety of provided walking, tram, and bus tours that make use of Vienna's great public transportation system. Enjoy high-quality audio narration and offline mapping (saves data usage) of more than 100 points of interest throughout the city.
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Social distancing enforced throughout experience

45 Minutes Trip--Carriage Ride by Fiaker Wien
STANDARD SIGHTSEEING TOUR THRU THE CENTER OF VIENNA
AND ALONG A PART OF THE RINGSTREET BY HORSE CARRIAGE
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Family Fun Package Vienna
Our popular family-fun package includes a fun-filled day for the whole family. Vienna is an extremely kid-friendly city, and the options abound with what you can do with your little ones (and teenage ones!).
We include up to 2 activities of your choice, a luxurious van to transport you to and from each activity, a licensed, private guide who accompanies you all day, and to finish the day, a wine tasting (led by our guide) at a local Austrian country tavern for the adults, where you can also try typical Austrian dishes where the real locals eat! The kids can either come along and have local apricot juice, or for an added fee, you can choose our hotel childcare package, where one of our American-trained licensed nannies comes straight to your hotel to watch your kiddos while you enjoy a night out on the town.
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Private Transfer from Vienna to Prague with a Stopover in Cesky Krumlov
Ready to move on from Vienna to Prague? Then you must stop in the colorful and picturesque Cesky Krumlov! This UNESCO inscribed town is conveniently located right in the middle of the journey. You will feel as if living in a fairy tale when visiting the Krumlov castle and strolling the cobblestoned lanes of this amazing medieval town nestled in the horseshoe bend of the Vltava river with our private guide.
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$683.86
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$683.86
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Gems of Vienna-Tour
Vienna has so much more to offer. Join this walking tour through Vienna and see more in the same time than on an ordinary tour.
Discover the hidden places in the old town, legends and gems only the locals know, while not missing out on the main sights.
Enter secret passages, find hidden paintings and enter unknown courtyards next to the main attractions.
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$37.11
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$37.11
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Guides required to regularly wash hands

Vienna Old Town - Private Tour
Known as the city of Music, City of Dreams, Vienna is not only the greatest city of Austria but also the home of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and many other personalities of the past. In this baroque atmosphere, you will have the chance to walk by the finest art and culture town. Visit some of the best historic sights from the old town along with a local and professional guide.
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$326.57
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$326.57
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Viennese Cuisine - a culinary journey through Vienna
On the tracks of the famous viennese cuisine...Vienna is known worldwide for its unique "Viennese cuisine" which is influenced by various countries. Whether if it's a typical Viennese "Beisl", wine-taverne or a traditional Viennese coffee house. Come with us, for a culinary walk through Vienna's city center and experience Vienna with all senses.
The tour includes three different stops/ restaurants:
1. STOP - "Porta Dextra - Haas & Haas":
Glass of Austrian wine incl. the famous fingerfood delicacies (ham and spreads)
2. STOP - "Bitzinger's Augustinerkellerr":
Small beer incl. classic Viennese "Goulash" (beef stew)
3. STOP - "Café Hofburg":
Coffee break with traditional hand crafted Viennese apple strudel, whipped cream
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$91.35
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$91.35

Private Tour: Vienna to Salzburg via Wachau heritage region
Travel from Vienna to Salzburg and enjoy a day of sightseeing at the same time. This transfer-come-tour experience includes a scenic journey through the World Heritage region Wachau. Explore the Austrian town Duernstein and the Legend of Robin Hood. Enjoy wonderful views of the Salzkammergut Lake Area and its beautiful lakes, valleys and mountain scenery. At the end of the tour get dropped off at your hotel in Salzburg.
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$628.04
Price varies by group size
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$628.04
Price varies by group size
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers

Private World War II Walking and Van Tour
On March 15, 1938, from the balcony at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, or Heroes Square, infamous dictator Adolf Hitler delivered his speech announcing the Anschluss to a crowd of more than 200,000 people. Thus, Austria became part of the Third Reich, and Nazi Germany.
Travel back in time, and join our World War II expert on a 5 hour private walk and van tour through the city of Vienna, where you will learn everything about Adolf Hitler’s youth spent in Vienna, the rise of the National Socialism, the war itself, its victims and perpetrators, Hitler’s eventual downfall, and the post war years where Vienna was occupied by the Allied powers. Your tour also includes entry into the army museum, where your certified guide will lead you through the World War II exhibit. Your tour includes a private van which will take you around the city including to the Flak towers and the army museum.
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$786.62
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