Full Day Walking Tour Vienna

My private Full Day Walking Tour Vienna is suitable for individual travelers or small groups of good walkers, who wish to see the main sights in Vienna in a day and get a better understanding of Austria’s capital. Appropriate for First-Time-Visitors.

You will see:

• Ringstrasse and the majestic buildings of the Parliament, Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre), City Hall, University, Vienna State Opera, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History) and others;
• Hofburg, with its squares and courtyards (stables of the Lipizzans, Spanish Riding School, Imperial Library);
• Graben with the Pestsäule (Plague Column);
• Stephen’s cathedral, the city’s landmark;
• Belvedere Palace, the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy in baroque style, with a beautiful view over the city from the park;
• the baroque church Karlskirche and Musikverein, the concert hall where the New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra takes place.

AND visit to the

• Schönbrunn Palace, the summer residence of the Habsburgs and the beautiful park in the afternoon. Admission fee: 27 EUR/person.

There will be a possibility to take a light lunch or to try the typical Viennese pastries.

Variations of this itinerary are possible upon agreement. 

Individual tourists, who like it the comfortable way or those who have difficulties walking might like my Private City Tour Vienna by minivan.

Private City Tour, additional information…

The Ringstrasse (ring road) was built in the second half of the 19th century instead of the old city walls. Emperor Franz Joseph had the idea to construct a wide and elegant boulevard like the boulevards in Paris. Majestic public buildings and magnificent city palaces were to adorn the street. The Vienna Ringstrasse is one of the most beautiful streets in Europe.

Hofburg was the imperial residence of the Habsburgs. It is a complex of buildings from different periods of time. Today the Federal President of the Republic of Austria works in the Leopoldine wing. The Spanish Riding School is also located there. You can observe the white Lipizzaners in their stables.

Belvedere Palace is one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in Austria. It is the former summer residence of the famous general Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736). Today the Austrian Gallery is located there. It houses one of the most important collections of paintings from the Biedermeier period. You can admire also the works of numerous Austrian artists from around 1900. The most popular painting there is Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) Kiss.

Schönbrunn Palace, the No. 1 attraction in Vienna
The former summer residence of the Habsburgs was originally built by Emperor Leopold I in the 17th century according to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Maria Theresa, Emperor Franz Joseph, Empress Elisabeth, also known as Sisi and the last Emperor of Austria Karl I, resided in the palace. In the originally furnished imperial state rooms you get an insight into how the Habsburgs once presented themselves to the world.

With me, your private city guide in Vienna, you will be able to visit rooms in the palace that are not accessible to the general touristic stream.

Schönbrunn Palace is surrounded by an enormous park with flowers, lawns, statues, fountains, an obelisk and artificial ruins. The Gloriette on the hill stands majestically and offers a beautiful view over the city.