Private Tour: One Perfect Day in Vienna

Private Tour: One Perfect Day in Vienna

The tour starts at 09:00am at any accommodation within city limits.

A comprehensive Van & Walk combination to see all Highlights and get lots of ideas how to explore more of this beautiful city.

This tour combines an Inner City Walking Tour and a Suburban Discovery Van-Tour.

Your expert local guide is with you all day. For the driving section we provide a chauffeur driven, air-conditioned sedan or van. This way we make sure you get as close as possible to all sights and still get all the guidance and information needed to optimize your visit.

The tour ends at 04:30pm at St. Stephens Cathedral

Itinerary
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Pass By: Wiener Staatsoper, Opernring 2, Vienna 1010 Austria

Staatsoper

One of the world’s 4 leading opera houses, open for tours but best appreciated at a performance.

The Sacher-hotel built with the profits brought with the famous “Sacher-Torte”, the world’s first chocolate cake.


Stop At: Ringstrasse, Vienna Austria

The “Golden Mile” of the Ring between Staatsoper and Votivkirche is lined with Vienna’s most stunning monumental buildings.


Duration: 45 minutes

Pass By: Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Schillerplatz 3, Vienna 1010 Austria

Young Hitler was not admitted as a student at the fine arts academy – so he did not become a painter.

Stop At: Heldenplatz, Volksgarten Hofburg Palace, Vienna 1010 Austria

The most monumental courtyard of the Hofburg Palace features the infamous balcony Hitler used for his “Anschluss-Speech”.


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Prater 7/1 Riesenradplatz 1, Vienna 1020 Austria

The Ferris Wheel operates for more than 120 years and is one of Vienna's five major landmarks.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Hundertwasserhaus, Kegelgasse 36-38, Vienna 1030 Austria

A public housing project full of eco-fantasy


Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Flakturm, Aurgarten, Vienna 1020 Austria

Anti-aircraft artillery towers – WWII monsters.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Jauresgasse 2, Vienna 1030 Austria

The Moscow-style church is part of the Russian embassy – a surprising photo-op.


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Belvedere Schlossgarten, Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Vienna 1030 Austria

The best baroque garden-palace in town. No admission for garden and view.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Schonbrunner Gardens, Maxingstrasse 13b, Vienna 1130 Austria

Entering the gardens and enjoy the vistas is free – for Showrooms, Carriage Museum, Zoo etc. different admissions apply.


Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Vienna Naschmarkt, Kettenbruckengasse Kettenbrückengasse, Vienna 1040 Austria

Naschmarkt

Vienna’s “belly” features a mix of market and eateries in historic (1915) market stalls.


Pass By: Secession Building (Secessionsgebaude), Friedrichstrasse 12, Vienna 1010 Austria

Iconic Arte Nouveau building seen also on the back of the 50 €cent coin minted in Austria.

Stop At: Rathausplatz, Vienna Austria

Around the Rathausplatz the Ring culminates in buildings like the Parliament, Burgtheater and Rathaus. From End of June to Beginning of September it’s the location of the city’s food fair. In the evenings the huge open air theatre features music-movies.

The nearby Café Landtmann was Freud’s favorite!

We stop there for lunch!


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Volksgarten, Burgring 1, Vienna 1010 Austria

Now our Walking Segment starts!

Surrounded by the city’s rose-collection the temple of Theseus celebrates the Greek liberation in the 1820ies.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna 1010 Austria

The center of political power for more than 700 years now also features different museums, the Treasury and the Spanish Riding-school.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Demel Museum, Kohlmarkt 14, Vienna 1010 Austria

While the nearby Café Central is overrun by tourists the Demel Museum is a well kept secret unveiled only to private guests.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, Judenplatz 8, Vienna 1010 Austria

Amidst Vienna’s most elegant neighborhood the Holocaust Memorial at Judenplatz invites to reflect on the Jewish-Christian interaction over centuries (optional).


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Plague Column (Pestsaule), Graben 26, Vienna 1010 Austria

In the center of the Graben-boulevard this baroque monument dates back to the violent conflicts between Catholics and Lutherans.


Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Stephansplatz 3, Vienna 1010 Austria

For close to six hundred years this mountain of faith is holding the center of town and is dominating the cities skyline even in the 21st century.


Duration: 15 minutes