Vienna, City of Many Pasts: guided city tour with a friendly historian
Art, culture and gastronomy
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Dive into Vienna's rich and varied past on this 3-hour walking tour. You'll start off at Michaelerplatz, outside the Hofburg.
Highlights
- Discover the Baroque Hofburg, the Habsburg’s imperial palace while taking in the modernist Loos House standing opposite, a perfect place to start exploring the eternal Viennese clash between tradition and innovation.
- Continue through narrow streets reminiscent of the old Vienna, passing places known by Mozart, Sigmund Freud, and Prince Eugene of Savoy.
- Take in the grand Vienna Opera House and Ringstraße, the imperial boulevard, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2015, while discussing the 19th-century rise of Vienna’s commercial and intellectual classes.
- Pass by the Viennese Naschmarkt (literally nibble market), the lively outdoor market where locals meet, shop, and partake!
- At the unique Secession building, learn of the city’s turn-of-century avant-gardism, including figures like Klimt and Mahler.
- Weave through the MuseumsQuartier, home to Vienna’s world-class concentration of museums, while discussing the present-day cultural and political orientations of Austria and its capital.
Description
The square has stood outside the Habsburg's imperial palace since the thirteenth century. The square also contains the Loos house, a green and gray building created by Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933).Your tour moves on to Kohlmarkt and the Graben, which are now one of the city’s most stylish shopping districts, but also contain a variety ...
What's Included
- 3-hour guided walk, Historian as live guide
Important informations
- Instant confirmation Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Where: Café Hawelka, Dorotheergasse, Vienna, Austria Meeting point: Meet at Café Hawelka. When: Monday and Friday at 9.30amWednesday and Saturday at 2.00pm
- It is the traveler's sole responsibility to have all the necessary documentation up to date, so research in advance everything that is required at the destination of your activity.
Care of Covid-19
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Oh, and don't forget to wear a mask, clean your hands often, and try to maintain social distance.