Easter Markets of Vienna a Private Walking Tour

Easter Markets of Vienna a Private Walking Tour

For just two weeks in spring (March 28 to April 13.) we modify our “Hidden Gems” to capture the Easter Spirit with its markets, special foods and rituals. This year we pay homage to Ludwig van Beethoven, commemorating his 250. Birthday.
Traditional Easter decorations and artfully decorated eggs, culinary treats and a program of music await you at Vienna's Easter markets. There’re all sorts of entertainment for young visitors to the markets.
The Am Hof Easter Market is also fully dedicated to Easter customs with skillfully decorated eggs and flower arrangements and offers pretty handicrafts as well as hearty food.
Every year, at the Old Viennese Easter market on Freyung, a pretty old square in the Old City, the tower of eggs is built with around 40,000 painted Easter eggs. There are also numerous Easter specialties ranging from the Osterpinze Easter bread to the roast Easter lamb, handicrafts, floristry and for the very little ones a creative Easter workshop and a puppet theater.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Beethovenplatz, Beethovenpl., 1010 Wien, Austria

To honor Ludwig’s 250. birthday, we start at his two monuments next to metro U4.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Stadtpark, Parkring 1, Vienna 1010 Austria

Art classic Art Nouveau entrance leads into the Stadtpark.

Pass By: Johann Strauss Monument, Stadtpark, Vienna Austria

The gilded King of Waltzes rules the "Voices of Spring".

Pass By: Franziskanerplatz, Franziskanerpl., 1010 Wien, Austria

One of Vienna’s most intimate squares is ducked away just steps form busy Stephansplatz and the Cathedral.

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

Understand some of the outside details and find time for a look inside.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Plague Column (Pestsaule), Graben 26, Vienna 1010 Austria

The Plague Column is one of the most ambitious and innovative sculptural Baroque ensembles anywhere in Europe.

Stop At: Peterskirche, Peterplatz, Vienna 1010 Austria

The first domed structure in baroque Vienna. Due to the confinement of available space, it was built in a very compact form and the interior makes an overwhelming impression on the visitor with its surprisingly rich interior filled with golden stucco. In 1970 it was transferred to the priests of the Opus Dei.

Duration: 10 minutes

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

Embedded in one of the city’s most atmospheric neighborhood this square tells the story of Jewish Christioan interaction over a span of seven hundred years.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Am Hof, Vienna Austria

The largest of the Inner City has its tradition as a market place and hosts one of the Easter Markets. Se the iconic “Speck Standl”.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: The Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, Vienna 1010 Austria

Austria’s center of power for more than 700 years it features courtyards and architecture of different periods, museums, the Spanish Riding School, the Treasury and the infamous “Hitler Balcony”.

Stop At: Freyung Passage, Strauchgasse 4 Palais Ferstel, Vienna 1010 Austria

Passing Café Central find out where Trotsky and Stalin did not become friends – and the stylish Ferstel Passage we reach Freyung, with its “Old Vienna Easter-Market” with its supposedly up to 40.000 painted eggs.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Freyung, Vienna Austria

The tour ends at the “Old Vienna Easter-Market”