Sightseeing Tours Vienna

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Sightseeing Tours Vienna

City Tour with Schoenbrunn Palace Ring, Schönbrunn Palace (visit) & Belvedere
This tour will give you an overall impression of the most significant sights of Vienna. Along the Ringstrasse we show you numerous magnificant buildings, such as the State Opera House, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum, the cultural district, the Museums Quarter, the former Habsburg winter residence, the Hofburg, Parliament, City Hall and the Burgtheater.

The highlight of this tour will be a visit of the showrooms of Schönbrunn Palace. In this former summer residence of the Habsburg family lived, for example, Maria Theresia. On the way back to the opera we pass by the Belvedere Palace, the former summer residence of Prince Eugen. Here you can get off and walk for ten minutesto the city center. Or, free of charge, you can transfer with the Hop-On Hop-Off bus back to the Opera house.

Vienna Woods, Mayerling Heiligenkreuz, Subterranean Lake
This half-day excursion will show you the most beautiful sights of the southern part of Vienna Woods. Passing the Roman city of Baden, famous for its thermal springs, we drive through the romantic valley of Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, today a commemorative chapel where Crown Prince Rudolph and Baronesse Vetsera died tragically in 1889.

In the mornings we visit the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) with it medieval cloister and grave of last the Babenberger. In the afternoons we visit the amazing life-size figures Koryphäum. We then pass the Höldrichsmühle and arrive at the Seegrotte. After a boatride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna, finishing at the Opera House.

Romantic Danube Valley
A full-day excursion, which will show you the beauty of the Wachau. Through this romantic scenery full of history and legends the Danube winds its way past charming old villages and steep vineyards. The old castles tell us about the former importance of this trade and trafficway. One of them, Dürnstein, is especially famous because here King Richard Lionheart was imprisoned while waiting for his ransom to arrive from England, raised by his true minstrel Blondel.

During a romantic boat-trip the history comes alive. The heart of the Wachau is the old vine-merchants town Krems. To complete this day of highlights you will visit Melk, the "Cradle of Austria" , the magnificent Benedictine Abbey, a pearl of the Austrian baroque. In the winter we stop for lunch in the Abbey Restaurant at Melk. The tour finishes at the Opera House.

Daily until Nov. 1st, 2005, winter schedule Wednesday and Saturday only, until March 31st, 2006, thenafter daily again

SALZBURG - Mozart - Festival Town - Sound of Music
On our way to Mozart's town of birth you become acquainted with the beautiful Salzkammergut landscape with it's mountains and it's numerous lakes, where the Emperor Franz Joseph and his family used to spend their holidays. Skirting the Lake Fuschl and Lake Wolfgang you reach Salzburg, where you will have time for lunch. The afternoon will be dedicated to a stroll through the old city, showing you the most important sights of the ols Bishop's Seat. These are the Cathedral, the Festvall Hall, St.Peter's Abbey Church and it's graveyard (tomb of Mozart's sister Nannerl) Of course we will show you Mozart's birth place in the Getreidegasse. The Edelweiss-Song from the movie Sound of Music will come to your memory, while passing the horse-pond and from the gardens of Mirabell-Palace you will have a marvellous view of the Hohensalzburg Fortress. The tour ends at your hotel.
Duration: 1 day

Budapest One day trip to Budapest
A drive to the enchanting countryside of western Hungary will take you to Budapest, a city rich in traditions, situated on the banks of the Danube (time for lunch). In the afternoon during an extensive drive you will be able to appreciate the historical and cultural importance of this city. At 5:00 p.m. we start the return journey to Vienna. The tour ends at your hotel.
Duration: 1 day

Prague - The Golden City
After a drive through the characteristic landscape of Moravia you reach Praghe the golden city on the banks of the Moldavia, the economic and cultural centre of Bohemia. Possibility for lunch. Afterwards drive to Hradschin (Royal Palace). In the afternoon we take you on an extensive city tour, showing you the wonderful panorama of the city from Charles bridge, the National Theatre, the elegant residences on the Moldavien river banks, the Jewish cementary (individual visit possible), the Parisian street, the old town square and Wencels square. There will be certainly enough time for shopping or exploring the old quarters of Praghe. The tour ends at your hotel.
Duration: 1 day

Bratislava by Hydrofoil
An unforgetable Danube boat trip which unites both the untouched countryside and the flair of an old city. You see the Vienna skyline from the Danube River and then travel through the National Park Donauauen. After cruising through the naturally preserved Danube River landscape and forested wetlands, you see the first glimpse of Bratislava. Passing the castle of Bratislava you leave the boat in the center. Your guide will be waiting for you at the central boat station of Bratislava and on a walking tour, will present to you the historical town center. Lunch is included. You have the possibility to spend the afternoon individually visiting the numerous coffee houses, restaurants, shops and cultural sights - most important being the castle of Bratislava. At 5 pm (5.30 pm) the hydrofoil will leave to return to Vienna. Tour ends: Reichsbrücke

Tickets for these tours may be ordered via our secure order form. No additional fees do apply for sightseeing tours. For more information, please contact us at info@viennaticket.com.