Austria · TOURS
Everything with a guide, a boat or a minibus attached, in one list. The 15 below are the ones worth a whole day, priced and timed, with the rest of the catalogue underneath.
Meet your guide beneath the green umbrella at the Ehrenhof Fountain. In two hours, you’ll tour 22 palace rooms, including the Great Gallery, then walk the gardens toward the Gloriette. Live guides such as Lisa, Inga, and Siri are praised for clear stories, humor, and warmth.
“The guide was very informative and friendly a good tour”
Spend 55 minutes with an English- or German-speaking guide inside Vienna’s Spanish Riding School. Visit the Baroque Winter Riding School, Summer Riding School, Stallburg stables, and tack room, while learning how Lipizzaner stallions are bred, trained, and cared for. Guides such as Natasha, Sisi, and Lorelei are known for lively, detailed talks.
“Lorelei, our guide was great- so enthusiastic! From photos I saw, I had thought we'd be far back from the stalls, but we were able to be up close and personal with the stallions - no photos or touching! But able to take photos of horses in their stalls from open air courtyard there. It was a wonderful experience- highly recommend!!”
Ride from central Salzburg to famous Sound of Music locations with a live English-speaking guide. See Mirabell Gardens, Leopoldskron, Hellbrunn, Nonnberg Abbey, Lake Wolfgang, and Mondsee Cathedral, with music, film stories, and about an hour to explore Mondsee.
“Excellent tour - our guide Bridget was first class and she provided many details about the Von Trapp family that we did not know . Her talks were very entertaining.”
Explore Vienna’s Hofburg with a licensed guide such as Alex, Mario, Nicole, or Mirko. You’ll visit the Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments, then walk through palace courtyards, Heldenplatz, the Spanish Riding School area, and Burggarten in a single language.
“Excellent communication from the tour provider before the tour to ensure the meeting point was easy for everyone to find. The tour guide, Mario, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and kept the tour running well. Plenty of opportunities to take photos.”
Join a licensed guide for 150 minutes at Schönbrunn Palace. Timed entry covers 22 rooms, followed by courtyards, gardens, fountains, and views toward the Gloriette. Guides such as Alex, Mario, Nicole, and Renato bring Habsburg court life to life in English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish.
“An excellent tour with Mario, in the palace and around, many interesting stories. thank you.”
Spend four hours tracing *The Sound of Music* around Salzburg with an English-speaking guide such as José, Kylie, Connor, or David. Expect movie clips, soundtrack sing-alongs, palace and abbey photo stops, Lake District views, and free time in Mondsee to see the wedding church.
“Lovely tour and lovely tour guide Bridgette. We had a great time on the coach with all the great facts and places pointed out and the locations are fantastic even in winter time. Brigitte is so helpful and sweet always offering to take photos. Video shown on the coach back home, feature the cast, was also a nice touch. Highly recommend this tour!”
Walk Vienna’s old center with a licensed English or German guide, passing the Hofburg, Spanish Riding School, famous coffee houses, Blutgasse, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Guides such as Alex, Sandra, Wolfgang, and Stephan add humor, local stories, and useful historical context.
“Sandra was lovely. the tour was exactly what we wanted as an introduction to the city with some history. Two hours is a good amount of time for the tour. Excellent!!”
Use Vienna’s largest hop-on hop-off network to see the Ring, Schönbrunn, Belvedere, Prater, the Danube, and more. Choose 24, 48, or 72 hours, listen in 19 languages, track buses by GPS, and follow a self-guided walking tour through central Vienna.
“We loved it, bus was nice and clean, all the tour guys were very nice, very informative, even the drivers were very helpful. Overall 10 of 10 :)”
Step into Vienna’s historic center for a one-hour journey through 2,000 years of city history. Moving through cellar rooms, you’ll encounter a portrait gallery, 5D cinema, imperial figures, VR music scenes, a wartime shelter, Chancellor Figl’s speech, and a virtual carriage flight.
“This was so much more than we expected/ an absolute must see if visiting Vienna and interested in its history.”
Travel by coach from Salzburg through the Salzkammergut to Hallstatt, with live commentary in English or German and 2.5 hours to explore alone. Walk beside the lake, see the Mullbach waterfall, and visit the Bone House if open. The Skywalk and salt mine require separate planning.
“The tour was so great - it was the perfect way to see Hallstatt and have transportation directly there to/from Salzburg. We loved it and would highly recommend. We hope to go back one day!”
See Vienna from an open-top double-decker bus on the City and Palace routes, with audio in eight languages. A 48-hour pass adds a guided walking tour at 11:30 AM, two self-guided Vox tours, and optional Viennese sausage plate.
“Just what I was looking for. Great overview of Vienna. Thank you.”
Walk Vienna Central Cemetery for two hours with an English- or German-speaking guide. See honor graves, Udo Jürgens and Falco’s graves, soldiers’ memorials, religious sections, and Luegerkirche while learning how this vast 330,000-grave site reflects Vienna.
“Imposant zu sehen! Sehr interessant gestaltet von unserem Guide Johann, der sein grosses Wissen mit Humor Preis gab!”
Start near the Vienna State Opera for a guided bus tour of the Ringstraße, Hofburg, museums, Parliament, and City Hall. Then use priority entry at Schönbrunn Palace for a guided visit to the Habsburgs’ summer home. English tours run daily, with Spanish and German on set days.
“It was a good tour. Very brief narration due to due language of English and German.”
Walk from Minoritenplatz to St. Stephen’s Cathedral with guides such as Michael, Petra, Max, and Celine. Expect imperial squares, the Hofburg, Spanish Riding School, Albertina, Opera, and a Last Supper mosaic, all from outside, with no museum entry.
“it was great, not just an ordinary tour but she really explained it well”
Go beneath central Vienna with a German-speaking guide such as Bella, using an optional English audio guide on your phone. Choose a 1, 1.5, or 2-hour route through private cellars linked to wartime relics, old medicine rooms, shelters, and refuge spaces.
Pick a palace, a lake or a concert hall.
