SIGHTSEEING TOURS

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Vienna hosted numerous musicians who lived and worked in this city. On our tour we will pass by the residences of Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven to mention just a few. From the Michaelerplatz cross the Augustinerstrasse we walk to the Vienna State Opera one of the most famous Opera houses in the world. Along the Kärntnerstrasse, Rauhensteingasse and Domgasse we reach the St Stephen’s Cathedral where we visit the Chappell where Mozart’s body was blessed. Passing through small alleys we get to the Heiligenkreuzerhof a picturesque baroque inner courtyard (quad). Passing the Baseliskenhaus we continue our walk cross the Postgasse and Riemergasse to the Seilerstätte. Finally you visit the house of music where you can enjoy all conveniences an interactive museum has to offer.
 

To provide you with a first impression of the city, we start our tour at Ringstrasse. This boulevard with an approximate length of 4 km was created in the course of the city’s first expansion in the middle of the 19th century on the area of the former Glacis. We will see buildings like the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Natural History, the City Hall, the Burgtheater, the Parliament, the University, and many more. The highlight of our excursion is a tour through Schönbrunn Palace, the summer residence of the former Imperial House of Austria.
 

We start our tour per bus to Wachau, the romantic Danube valley situated before Vienna. Our first destination is Melk, where we visit the magnificent Baroque monastery and admire the breathtaking view of the Danube. After lunch we go on a boat trip on the Danube, which takes us from Melk to Spitz. Past the picturesque town of Dürnstein with its Kuenringer castle, where 800 years ago King Richard I Lionheart was held prisoner, we continue by bus to Krems. In Krems, in the course of a short walk, you will have the opportunity to take a look at the medieval town center with the Sgraffito-houses. After that, we will return to Vienna.
 

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In the course of this city walk we will show you some extraordinarily beautiful Art Nouveau buildings, the highlight being a guided tour through the Secession, which was created by architect Joseph Olbrich and features the “Beethovenfries” of Egon Schiele. The most renowned representatives of the Art Nouveau style are the architects Otto Wagner, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Olbrich. In terms of architecture, Otto Wagner (1841-1918) ranks among Vienna’s most important and noteworthy Art Nouveau architects at the turn of the century. His masterpieces, like, for example, the Karlsplatz subway station or the building of the Post Office Savings Bank brought a major change to the townscape of Vienna.

We start our tour in the typical Viennese manner, by Hotel Sacher, where you will hear the first stories about the various methods of coffee making. Across Albertinaplatz we then continue on to Michaelerplatz, where we reach our next coffee house – Café Griensteidl, renowned for its art and cultural scene at the end of the 19th century. Traversing the Kohlmarkt square, we proceed to the royal imperial court confectionery Demel, Hotel Sacher’s greatest competitor regarding the world-renowned Sacher cake. Our tour’s final destination is the famous Café Braeunerhof, which was patronized by a plethora of artists and politicians, where enjoying a piece of fabulous cake and a cup of coffee.

The MuseumsQuartier (MQ) is one of the ten largest cultural quarters in the world. Located at the border of the old city in the former imperial stables, it combines institutions of different art fields, restaurants, cafés and shops in an area of over 640,000 square feet in a post-modern ambiance, a combination of baroque buildings and modern architecture. We will visit the Leopoldmuseum, were hundreds of masterworks of Austrian modern art collected by the passionate art lover Dr. Rudolf Leopold are shown. The absolute highlight is the collection of works by Egon Schiele – about 200 – and his artist colleagues Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Kuba etc.

A half-day excursion which shows you the most beautiful sights of the southern part of the Vienna Woods. Passing the Roman City of Baden which is famous for its thermal springs, we drive through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, (visit of memorial chapel), where Crown Prince Rudolph together with Baronesse Vetsera died tragically in 1889. In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger.  We then pass the Höldrichsmühle and arrive at the Seegrotte. After a boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in  Europe you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna.

The purpose of this walk is to present parts of old Vienna that cannot be shown to the visitor in the course of a regular sightseeing tour. Starting at Josefsplatz, our walk takes us past the Imperial Palace, the winter residence of the Imperial family. After a walk through the Volksgarten we reach Beethoven-Pasqualatihouse where the famous composer lived for some time. Here, Beethoven composed his first bigger opus, the opera “Leonore”, afterwards renamed into “Fidelio”. Subsequently, our walk leads us over Herrengasse and Graben to St. Stephen’s Cathedrale. After a turn around with its numerous cultural and historical highlights we lead you through small lanes and yards, which really provide us an impression of the old Vienna.

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This city walk starts with a tour through the individual tracts of the Vienna Imperial Palace, the winter residence of the Imperial family. To get an impression of their daily life, you will be shown the former office and private apartments of Emperor Franz Josef and his wife, Empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi. You will visit the newly built Sisi Museum and the Silver Chamber, where the valuable silver tableware and service is exhibited, which was used by the Imperial family on a daily basis.

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On this trip we will show you the world of wine by traveling to Vienna’s outrageous wine center, the Loisium, in Langenlois in the Weinviertel. Discover Lower Austrian wine with all five senses - you can touch, see, experience and taste everything to do with wine. From the wine press through the labyrinth of the cellar world to the monument-protected winegrower house “Zehnerhaus” you will expire the making of wine. Experience then the art of wine tasting, the fun of intensifying your senses, and the amusement to be had exploring the many exquisite types of wine in an exceptional setting.