Vienna Tours

Best of Vienna Austria Tours

The best Vienna tours programme starts on the surface and then goes down to show you the real Vienna. You can do those on foot, by bike, bus or segway, within a group or in private. Alternatively, wrap up a few things you want to get out from a day in Vienna and get a tour package. Here is my guide.

Guided Vienna tours are available as public and private tours. They cover walking and jogging tours, bike and segway tours; tours for first time visitors, for children, for busy people, and themed walks.

My tip: Consider booking Vienna tours early on during your city break. Vienna guides usually provide tips on what else to see and do.

Vienna Walking Tours

Austria Vienna walks, Vienna tours through city centre

Vienna's city centre lays out most of the must-sees in a historic pedestrian area. General walking tours for first time visitors therefore take place there.

Themed walks for those who want to dive deeper into certain aspects, for example Jewish Vienna, Eros in Vienna, and History of Medicine, tend to go out into the neighbourhoods. Vienna Walking Tours

Vienna Tours By Bike

The city is largely flat, has more than 1,000 km of bike paths and lush green surroundings. Guided bike tours in Vienna cover the highlights of the historic old town as well as the Vienna Prater and the Danube Island. Extend your radius and sign up for a wine tasting tour at UNESCO world heritage site Wachau Valley, cycle along the popular Danube bike path, and visit the national park around Lake Neusiedl (our little 'seaside'). You can even bike to other nearby European cities such as Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, and Krakow on a guided tour. Vienna Tours By Bike

Vienna Tours By Segway

Vienna's bike paths are increasingly humming with Segways. They are mostly used by small groups of visitors and a few locals who want to give it a try. (It took me and most other group members 15 minutes to work it out.) Segway tour operators usually accept children from 12 years of age.

You can choose between booking a tour with a proper tour guide to see the inner city, going on a nature trail through the woodlands of the Vienna Prater or touring the Danube island. Learn more in my review. Vienna Tours By Segway

Vienna Tour Packages

Vienna tour packages wrap up sightseeing with palace and museum visits, classical concerts, lunches or dinners, or a visit to a Vienna coffeehouse. Some even come with a Vienna Card discount ticket that you can use for your self guided visits.

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Private Vienna Tours

Window detail of Otto Wagner's Majolika house in Vienna, Austria

There are loads of private tours and tour guides in Vienna but they are not easy to find. A savvy private tour guide can package Vienna according to your personal interests.

Private tours range from luxurious to down-to-earth. You can tour the city in a luxury limousine with private chauffeur, take themed walks and photo safaris in private or in small groups or do hiking tours in the surroundings. You can even team up with a passionate local for the ultimate sneak behind the surface of good old Vienna. Vienna Tours Private

Things To See And Do In Vienna

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Special Tours

There are a series of special tours through Vienna, either following a theme or discovering a specific part of Vienna. These are my favourite tours:

Third Man Movie Tour

Orson Welles in The Third Man, by Graham Greene

Discover a different Vienna by following in the footsteps of The Third Man, Graham Greene's 1949 cult film. The walking tour is fun as it references a lot of film production flaws and cheating on various of the original locations that you will visit. It is also highly informative as you get to know interesting parts of the city centre you probably wouldn't have visited. Third Man Movie Tour

Gasometer City Tour

Meter at the Gasometers in Vienna, Austria

French star architect Jean Nouvel and three other renowned Austrian architects have put their stamp on Vienna's most exciting urban re-design project, Gasometer City.

This tour will take you to experience contemporary Viennese architecture and design which transformed four giant 19th-century bricked community gas containers. Gasometer city is also a showcase for contemporary urban living: Vienna's closest knit community came into existence long before the Gasometers were finished. Gasometer City

Self-Guided Vienna Tours

tourist tramway Ringtram in Vienna, Austria

If you want to tour Vienna on your own, the best options are:

Taking a tour on the Vienna Ringtram. The tramways tour the Ringstrasse with all its state buildings and grand hotels, and are equipped with excellent audio guides and LCD screens.
Rent a bike with a bike rental firm. There are a few bike rental firms that supply you with tour maps and also deliver the bikes directly to your hotel.
Rent a Vienna Citybike. Vienna's public bike rental scheme has dozens of pick-up and drop-off points in town and is open to visitors.
Take a simple walk. I have mapped out a few of my favourite Vienna walks that may inspire you.

Learn more in Vienna Tours Self-Guided

by Barbara Cacao