Highlights of Vienna City Center Walking Tour

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Duration:2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Vienna, Austria

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Vienna is home to a number of gorgeous landmarks, from the Hofburg Palace and Town Hall to the Austrian Parliament Building and St. Stephen's Cathedral. Discover these classical sights, as well as some of the city’s hidden gems, on this approximately 2,5-3 hour, walking tour. As you wander around the city center, your guide will regale you with stories about the city’s history, architecture, and the many famous residents who have called Vienna home.

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1. Maria Theresien Square
Maria-Theresien-Platz is a large public square between Ringstrasse and the Museumsquartier. Facing each other from the sides of the square are two twin buildings, the Natural History Museum and the Art History Museum. Square is decorated by the grand statue of empress Maria Theresa.
2. Maria Theresia Denkmal
The most impressive monument on Ringstrasse with grand Empress Maria Theresia and many another figures including W.A.Mozart.
3. Ringstrasse
The Ringstrasse is a circular grand boulevard that serves as a road around the historic central part of Vienna. Ringstrasse replaced the medieval city fortifications in the second half of 19th century. Today it is a beautiful complex of grand buildings including City Hall, Parliament, Burgtheater, Vienna State University, State Opera and many more. Historic Ring Road style is using elements of Classical, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Ringstrasse is designated by UNESCO as a part of Vienna’s World Heritage Site.
4. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Royal art collection , this tour is beginning just next to this wonderful building.
5. Burgtor
Neoclassical main castle gate built after napoleonic wars.
6. Neue Burg
The New Castle houses several museums like Austrian History Museum, World Museum, Imperial Armoury and National Library. Also Hofburg Congress Centre is located here. From balcony of the Neu Castle Adolf Hitler proclaimed the "Anschluss" of Austria into the Third Reich.
7. Heldenplatz
Heroes Square is a large open, green area attached to city after the old bastion adjacent to the palace was demolished during the Napoleonic Wars.
8. Sisi Museum
Perfect place to explore the tragic personality and life of fascinating Habsburg empress
9. The Hofburg
From 13th century until 1918 the grand royal palace complex in historic part of Vienna was the political centre of the Habsburg monarchy. Today Hofburg houses Austrian Federal President Office and several museums
10. Bundeskanzleramt Oesterreich
Office of Federal Chancellor of Austria
11. Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek
the Austrian National Library is one of the most important libraries in the world
12. Spanish Riding School
Baroque Winter Riding School at Hofburg Palace is the famous location where the elegant white Lipizzan Stallions are performing and training regularly.
13. St. Michael's Church
St. Michael’s Church dates back to year 1220. One of the most fascinating Vienna's churches with a very special atmosphere.
14. Historic Center of Vienna
Historic center of Vienna is main subject of this tour. We will discover main attractions of old historic part of Vienna.
15. Rathaus
Beautiful neo gothic City Hall is an excellent event location and the seat of Vienna’s government.
16. Burgtheater
One of the best theaters in the world.
17. Beethoven Pasqualatihaus
A former residence of Ludwig van Beethoven, located in an exposed position on the ramp of the former town fortifications.
18.
Some of the greatest writers and composers, architects and painters, psychoanalysts and revolutionaries have met here once- over coffee, cake and a cigar - in Vienna's most beautiful coffee house.
19. Volksgarten
Volksgarten At the center of the park stands the Theseus Temple- small replica of Hephaisteion In Athens- was originally designed to present Antonio Canova’s sculpture. The Cortisches coffee house in Volksgarten was a popular place where even Austrian composer Johann Strauss used to play his waltzes.
20. Freyung Passage
The Palais Ferstel originally housed the Austro-Hungarian National Bank and the Stock Exchange.
21. Freyung
This square is one of the oldest in Vienna's city center and impresses with its intimate and picturesque atmosphere.
22. Graben and Kohlmarkt
Most elegant pedestrian street in Vienna
23. Stephansplatz
Heart and soul of Vienna, most central square
24. St. Stephen's Cathedral
Cathedral and symbol of Vienna

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Posted By : Liz G
Dace’s tour was excellent! I was just thinking how thankful I was that I joined her tour; otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to see the places she took us. I feel like her tour was not the standard walking tour. Typically you see other tour groups but this time we didn’t so I think her tour is unique. She also pointed us to best spots to take photos and that was great for us. She also didn’t rush anything. I will definitely recommend her.
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 05:20:19

Posted By : Marcia_V
We love the walking tour, it was very insightful and charming about Viennas history. Our guide was great, she answered all our questions, was very knowledgeable and pleasant. This was worth the walk and one of the highlights was seeing the Lipizzans. Would recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 03:27:46

Posted By : Rick_O
The tour was very informative with both history and scenic attractions. The guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 02:43:09

Posted By : Safari49238958667
Today we had Highlights of Vienna City Center Walking Tour w/Dace Scharf.
She was amazing: very knowledgeable, very pleasant and a lot of patience.
I will recommend
Her to all my friends back in USA.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 17:37:25

Posted By : Martin_H
The historic part of the city and our guide was very knowledgeable indeed & covered a wide variety of topics.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 13:20:46

Posted By : BarryK_H
We loved hearing about all of the history of Vienna. There was quite a lot of information to take in and by the end of the tour we were a bit tired. The guide was very informative.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 14:25:44

Posted By : FalguniM
We had a wonderful tour of Vienna. Dace was very informative and I loved her sense of humor. We were lucky to have had the opportunity to see an original Gustav Klimt in one of the palaces. I loved how she brought a binder with pictures to enhance our experience. Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14 16:46:16

Posted By : AlaviAamir
A great way to quickly see the key highlights in Vienna’s city center.

The tour started exactly on time and our group wasn’t too big (14 individuals).

The guide (Dace) was clearly very knowledgable and very experienced and made sure the pace of the tour was never too fast or too slow with the group being invited to ask as many questions as we wanted.

We even ended up eating dinner afterwards at a restaurant recommended by her (which was great).

It’s exactly what it’s advertised to be and I would highly recommend it.
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Posted On : 2024-05-13 06:21:48

Posted By : Bill_I
Giselle was wonderful ... warm, welcoming, very educational and a nice sense of humor. Strongly recommend. Thank you.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12 14:31:43

Posted By : Stewart_M
Great tour, guide was very knowledgeable and so funny in a droll deadpan way - brilliant.
I would highly recommend.
We covered only a short distance geographically, but I was wrecked by the end of it - I advise good walking shoes and beer / strudel afterwards
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Posted On : 2024-05-12 13:07:20