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Culinary Vienna Small Group Tour - 4 hours
- From $150.00
Schönbrunn Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
- From $155.00
Vienna Introduction Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
- From $155.00
Vienna Music Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
- From $155.00
Private Schönbrunn Tour - 3 hours
- From $490.00
Private Vienna Introduction Tour - 3 hours
- From $490.00
Private Vienna Music Tour - 3 hours
- From $490.00
Vienna for Children Private Tour - 3 hours
- From $490.00
Private Culinary Vienna - 4 hours
- From $530.00
From $150.00
Culinary Vienna Small Group Tour - 4 hours
Best of Culinary Vienna
4-Hour Tour
Classic Austrian Delicacies in Historic Settings [fork and knife]
Personal Stories of Austrian Culinary Culture [key]
Special content:
Experience scrumptious authentic Austrian cuisine on this Vienna food tour led by an expert historian guide and passionate foodie. Indulging your way through Austrian culinary culture, you discover the traditions, customs and flavors that are classically Viennese while taking in some of Vienna’s most beautiful historic institutions for dining and drinking, including the Palais Todesco built in 1861 on the Ringstrasse, Zum Shwarzen Kameel (Black Camel) founded in 1619 and rebuilt in art nouveau in 1901, and the atmospheric Loos American Bar from 1908.
Highlights:
Begin with delicious homemade cakes at Vollpension Bakery, the startup offering work and community for the retired Viennese and gemütlichkeit (the famed German coziness) for its customers.
Journey to the Naschmarkt, Vienna’s vibrant outdoor food market with stalls filled with local and international cheeses, wines, oils, vinegar, meats and other produce (closed on Sundays).
Stop at Bitzinger’s near Albertina and try the most famous sausage in Vienna, with the option to check out Leberkas-Pepi, a legendary snack stall selling “liver cheese”! Wash it down with a glass of Neufeldner “Hopferl-Pils” from the Mühlviertel (also a product of Upper Austria).
Taste a digestive from the iconic K.u.K. Hoflieferanten Gerstner and Schlumberger, located in the beautiful 1861 Palais Todesco, with tantalizing treats and splendid sparkling wines.
Walk along Kärnter Straße to Loos American Bar for a cocktail surrounded by arresting art nouveau design. Step back into Adolf Loos’ Vienna and see why it’s a protected historic monument.
Reach Cafe Demel with its show bakery and small museum of famous pastries and specialties, before ending at the legendary Zum Schwarzen Kameel. Choose between an enormous variety of sandwiches and an even bigger variety of local and international wines.
Trip details:
Small groups: 2-8 persons
Meeting point: Vollpension Bakery and Cafe, Schleifmühlgasse 16, 1040 Wien, Austria
Participation requirements
As this is a culinary walking tour, please contact us if you have any dietary requirements, mobility issues, or questions
Overview of the tour
We begin our Vienna food tour at the Vollpension Bakery, a 2015 startup providing work and community for retired Viennese people. Grandmothers (and a few grandfathers) are the only staff baking and serving delicious cakes, using their own recipes, that are sold by the slice!
Except on Sundays, we continue our culinary journey nearby with Vienna’s colorful outdoor food market, Naschmarkt (literally translated as “Nibble Market”) with its wonderful specialty stalls full of Austrian and international cheeses, wine, oil, vinegar, meats and produce.
Next, we may stop at Bitzinger's near Albertina, to enjoy the most famous sausage stand in Vienna. If the group likes, we can visit the legendary snack stall Leberkas-Pepi that began in Upper Austria. “Leberkas” literally means “liver cheese,” and consists of several varieties, corned beef, pork, bacon, spinach, cheese, and onions ground very finely and then baked as a loaf with a crunchy brown crust. Accompany the Leberkas with a glass of Neufeldner “Hopferl-Pils” from the Mühlviertel (also a product of Upper Austria).
After that relatively rich snack, we may decide to have a digestive at the iconic K.u.K. Hoflieferanten Gerstner and Schlumberger, located in the beautiful 1861 Palais Todesco on the Ringstrasse. Both shops were former purveyors to the Imperial Court. Gerstner provides more unforgettable cakes and sweets and Schlumberger’s splendid sparkling wines will cleanse the palate.
We pass by the Vienna State Opera and walk along Kärnter Straße to the most beautiful bar in the city, the American Bar, for a cocktail. Today, it is also called Loos Bar and protected as a historic monument because it was designed by the Austrian pioneer of modern architecture, Adolf Loos, in 1908. Moving along Kohlmarkt, we reach Cafe Demel with its show bakery and a small museum. Its famous pastries and specialties include candied violets and homemade ice cream with unique varieties, like punch cake or Katzenzungen (cat tongue). Ending at Zum Schwarzen Kameel, Vienna’s classic family-run delicatessen founded in 1621 and rebuilt in elegant art nouveau style in 1901. We can choose from an enormous variety of sandwiches while selecting a glass from 1,000 superb Austrian and international wines on their list.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 2 Up To 8
From $155.00
Schönbrunn Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
We begin our encounter with the astonishing High Baroque Schönbrunn Palace (built to rival Versailles) with a stroll through the magnificent formal gardens, exploring the Baroque landscaping principle of interlaced nature and architecture that is illustrated everywhere in the layout of the grounds. Approaching the Gloriette, a huge triumphal arch situated on a hilltop with panoramic views of Vienna’s woods, we recall the military victories that made Empress Maria Theresa’s reign (1740-1780) a highpoint of the Hapsburg dynasty’s political and cultural dominance in Europe. The park was opened not only to the court but to the general public from 1779, a populist gesture that reveals Maria Theresa’s canny charm offensive towards her subjects. Indeed, it was under Maria Theresa’s direction that Schönbrunn Palace became the focal point of Austria’s imperial policy and the centre of court life, in addition to functioning as the summer residence of a reigning family counting not less than 16 children! Several of this teaming brood of young royals did not survive to adulthood but the palace preserves the memory of their infancy, childhood summer activities, illnesses and early loss.
For example, Maria Theresa’s music room was the setting of acoustical delights attended by the imperial family in a glittering Rococo ambiance of gilt mirrors and lavish chandeliers. The six year old Mozart performed here for the family. The Hapsburgs’ devotion to the development of classical music did not end at their support of brilliant professional composers; many of the children were trained themselves as advanced musicians and expected to exhibit their skills in private entertainments held in this space. The Empress herself acted in plays in the private theater.
The next generation of Hapsburg rulers also put their stamp on Schönbrunn. The Franz-Joseph & Elisabeth Apartments tell the story of a couple torn apart by the burdens of state. In 1854, Emperor Franz Joseph married the Bavarian princess Elizabeth (known better under the affectionate nickname Sisi) who despised the rituals of court life and the ornate environment of the summer palace. Sisi commissioned a spiral staircase leading from her official rooms to a private entry from which she could flee the palace to the gardens. Visiting one lavish room after another gives us an ample sense of the opulence which country-reared Sisi fled: The dining room with precious tableware and “imperial napkins” in the form of a “fleur de lys” witnessed countless state dinners; the Hall of Ceremonies records the pompous Baroque celebrations it hosted, such as the wedding of Crown Prince Joseph, depicted in a series of scenes by court painter Martin van Meytens; the so-called “Porcelain Room” (office of Maria Theresa), completely done in imitation of precious china with orientalist drawings drafted by the imperial children. The unique “Millions Room” owes its name to a fabulous price in gold ducats paid for it: antiquated Indo-Persian miniatures with rococo-frames, wall hangings manufactured of carved rosewood from the Antilles make the “Millions chamber” one of the most accomplished combinations of Oriental and European decorative art from the Rococo era.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 2 Up To 8
From $155.00
Vienna Introduction Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
Vienna is a city bursting with history, dating back as far as when it was a Roman legionary fort to its hundreds of years as an imperial capital and seat of the Habsburg’s Monarchy . This walking tour of Vienna City, led by a local historian , helps you gain a rich overview of the I nnere Stadt’s major sites and a grasp of Viennese culture from waltzes and pastries to unrivaled music heritage and world-class museum collections . Along the way, you’ll gain a solid feel for Vienna’s past and present from its centuries as the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s ruling city through the dark chapters of Anschluss and WWII , concluding with the social and political makeup of Vienna today.s of Austria and its capital.
*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.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 2 Up To 10
From $155.00
Vienna Music Small Group Tour - 2.5 hours
Short Description
Listen to highlights of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones along with expert commentary from your music historian guide all along the way of a walking tour that helps you discover the world’s most famous composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven among others. This three-hour Vienna music tour takes you on a journey by the major sites where these legends lived and performed. You’ll explore the monuments built to honor them in the “City of Music.” As an essential counterpart, we examine the powerful impact of the Habsburg family’s enthusiasm and patronage on Vienna’s development into the world capital of classical music.
Highlights:
Visit Stephansdom, an important performance venue in previous centuries for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi.
Stroll by Figaro House (or Mozarthaus) where Mozart resided from 1784 to 1787, writing many of his most famous operas and instrumental pieces.
Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty different apartments throughout Vienna.
Finish at the residence where Archduke Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven, and to whom Beethoven dedicated his Missa Solemnis for his support.
Consider the continued musical dominance of Vienna today outside the legendary State Opera House, one of the great contemporary opera stages and the Musikverein concert hall, home to world-famous Vienna Philharmonic.
Overview of the tour
Throughout this 3-hour Vienna Music tour, we pause to listen to selections of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones while exploring the major sites. Vienna is rightly named the “City of Music” as home to the most famous composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, among others. But what made Vienna so attractive for young musicians seeking their fortune? Surprisingly, the most important answer is the ruling Habsburg family itself.
During the second half of the 17th century, the Emperor ventured to lead not only politics but also the artistic life of the Austrian Empire. Ferdinand III (1608-1657), led by his court-scholar Athanasius Kircher, became a composer in his own right. This tradition was sustained for three generations to Charles VI, the father of Maria Theresia (1717-1780). Even while Maria Theresia herself did not write music, she and her many children participated in opera rehearsals and chamber music sessions held at the Imperial Court.
In those days, music was an essential part of the general education within the circles of high aristocracy, functioning as a crucial mode of courtly status and socialization. The most renowned musicians of their time were invited to perform at Palace Schönbrunn. The young Amadeus Mozart was a famous attraction improvising on the piano while blindfolded at the young age of six. Over centuries, the Habsburgs served not only as patrons of music but also as performers and even as creators of it. The fascinating story about this connection will be unraveled while walking through the site of the magnificent Hofburg, the Habsburg Palace.
We delve deeply into the era of classical music with its iconic representatives: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Whereas Haydn spent a long period of his life in the service of the prosperous, Hungarian Esterházy family at their palace in Eisenstadt, Mozart arrived in Vienna in 1781. After quitting his service at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Mozart became one of the first freelancers to try to make his own living by teaching daughters of high aristocrats, performing at public subscribers concertos and, of course, by composing. This city walk will lead to the ancient inner city in the vicinity of St. Stephan’s Cathedral and to the so-called “Figaro” house, where Mozart lived from 1784 to 1787 and wrote many of his most important operas and instrumental works.
Next, we head to one of Beethoven’s many flats, to the Pasqualati-House at the Mölker-Bastei, which is located directly opposite of the University of Vienna. Beethoven had a restless life in Vienna, changing residence almost sixty times. His music symbolizes the apex of the Classic and heralded many important developments of the Romantic era. Though his relationship with the high aristocracy was often strained, he called Archduke Rudolph, the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II, one of his best friends. The circuit of the walk is completed at the residence where Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven, one of his most profound supporters and patrons. Among other compositions, Beethoven dedicated his Missa Solemnis to Archduke Rudolph, a piece that represents the profound interaction between the Habsburg family and the most important musicians in Vienna during the 18th and 19th centuries.
We can conclude discussing the Habsburg legacy today outside the legendary Vienna Opera House, one of the great contemporary opera stages and the Musikverein concert hall, home to world-famous Vienna Philharmonic.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 2 Up To 15
From $490.00
Private Schönbrunn Tour - 3 hours
We begin our encounter with the astonishing High Baroque Schönbrunn Palace (built to rival Versailles) with a stroll through the magnificent formal gardens, exploring the Baroque landscaping principle of interlaced nature and architecture that is illustrated everywhere in the layout of the grounds. Approaching the Gloriette, a huge triumphal arch situated on a hilltop with panoramic views of Vienna’s woods, we recall the military victories that made Empress Maria Theresa’s reign (1740-1780) a highpoint of the Hapsburg dynasty’s political and cultural dominance in Europe. The park was opened not only to the court but to the general public from 1779, a populist gesture that reveals Maria Theresa’s canny charm offensive towards her subjects. Indeed, it was under Maria Theresa’s direction that Schönbrunn Palace became the focal point of Austria’s imperial policy and the centre of court life, in addition to functioning as the summer residence of a reigning family counting not less than 16 children! Several of this teaming brood of young royals did not survive to adulthood but the palace preserves the memory of their infancy, childhood summer activities, illnesses and early loss.
For example, Maria Theresa’s music room was the setting of acoustical delights attended by the imperial family in a glittering Rococo ambiance of gilt mirrors and lavish chandeliers. The six year old Mozart performed here for the family. The Hapsburgs’ devotion to the development of classical music did not end at their support of brilliant professional composers; many of the children were trained themselves as advanced musicians and expected to exhibit their skills in private entertainments held in this space. The Empress herself acted in plays in the private theater.
The next generation of Hapsburg rulers also put their stamp on Schönbrunn. The Franz-Joseph & Elisabeth Apartments tell the story of a couple torn apart by the burdens of state. In 1854, Emperor Franz Joseph married the Bavarian princess Elizabeth (known better under the affectionate nickname Sisi) who despised the rituals of court life and the ornate environment of the summer palace. Sisi commissioned a spiral staircase leading from her official rooms to a private entry from which she could flee the palace to the gardens. Visiting one lavish room after another gives us an ample sense of the opulence which country-reared Sisi fled: The dining room with precious tableware and “imperial napkins” in the form of a “fleur de lys” witnessed countless state dinners; the Hall of Ceremonies records the pompous Baroque celebrations it hosted, such as the wedding of Crown Prince Joseph, depicted in a series of scenes by court painter Martin van Meytens; the so-called “Porcelain Room” (office of Maria Theresa), completely done in imitation of precious china with orientalist drawings drafted by the imperial children. The unique “Millions Room” owes its name to a fabulous price in gold ducats paid for it: antiquated Indo-Persian miniatures with rococo-frames, wall hangings manufactured of carved rosewood from the Antilles make the “Millions chamber” one of the most accomplished combinations of Oriental and European decorative art from the Rococo era.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 8
From $490.00
Private Vienna Introduction Tour - 3 hours
Vienna is a city bursting with history, dating back as far as when it was a Roman legionary fort to its hundreds of years as an imperial capital and seat of the Habsburg’s Monarchy . This walking tour of Vienna City, led by a local historian , helps you gain a rich overview of the I nnere Stadt’s major sites and a grasp of Viennese culture from waltzes and pastries to unrivaled music heritage and world-class museum collections . Along the way, you’ll gain a solid feel for Vienna’s past and present from its centuries as the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s ruling city through the dark chapters of Anschluss and WWII , concluding with the social and political makeup of Vienna today.s of Austria and its capital.
*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.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 30
From $490.00
Private Vienna Music Tour - 3 hours
Short Description
Listen to highlights of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones along with expert commentary from your music historian guide all along the way of a walking tour that helps you discover the world’s most famous composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven among others. This three-hour Vienna music tour takes you on a journey by the major sites where these legends lived and performed. You’ll explore the monuments built to honor them in the “City of Music.” As an essential counterpart, we examine the powerful impact of the Habsburg family’s enthusiasm and patronage on Vienna’s development into the world capital of classical music.
Highlights:
Visit Stephansdom, an important performance venue in previous centuries for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi.
Stroll by Figaro House (or Mozarthaus) where Mozart resided from 1784 to 1787, writing many of his most famous operas and instrumental pieces.
Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty different apartments throughout Vienna.
Finish at the residence where Archduke Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven, and to whom Beethoven dedicated his Missa Solemnis for his support.
Consider the continued musical dominance of Vienna today outside the legendary State Opera House, one of the great contemporary opera stages and the Musikverein concert hall, home to world-famous Vienna Philharmonic.
Overview of the tour
Throughout this 3-hour Vienna Music tour, we pause to listen to selections of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones while exploring the major sites. Vienna is rightly named the “City of Music” as home to the most famous composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, among others. But what made Vienna so attractive for young musicians seeking their fortune? Surprisingly, the most important answer is the ruling Habsburg family itself.
During the second half of the 17th century, the Emperor ventured to lead not only politics but also the artistic life of the Austrian Empire. Ferdinand III (1608-1657), led by his court-scholar Athanasius Kircher, became a composer in his own right. This tradition was sustained for three generations to Charles VI, the father of Maria Theresia (1717-1780). Even while Maria Theresia herself did not write music, she and her many children participated in opera rehearsals and chamber music sessions held at the Imperial Court.
In those days, music was an essential part of the general education within the circles of high aristocracy, functioning as a crucial mode of courtly status and socialization. The most renowned musicians of their time were invited to perform at Palace Schönbrunn. The young Amadeus Mozart was a famous attraction improvising on the piano while blindfolded at the young age of six. Over centuries, the Habsburgs served not only as patrons of music but also as performers and even as creators of it. The fascinating story about this connection will be unraveled while walking through the site of the magnificent Hofburg, the Habsburg Palace.
We delve deeply into the era of classical music with its iconic representatives: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Whereas Haydn spent a long period of his life in the service of the prosperous, Hungarian Esterházy family at their palace in Eisenstadt, Mozart arrived in Vienna in 1781. After quitting his service at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Mozart became one of the first freelancers to try to make his own living by teaching daughters of high aristocrats, performing at public subscribers concertos and, of course, by composing. This city walk will lead to the ancient inner city in the vicinity of St. Stephan’s Cathedral and to the so-called “Figaro” house, where Mozart lived from 1784 to 1787 and wrote many of his most important operas and instrumental works.
Next, we head to one of Beethoven’s many flats, to the Pasqualati-House at the Mölker-Bastei, which is located directly opposite of the University of Vienna. Beethoven had a restless life in Vienna, changing residence almost sixty times. His music symbolizes the apex of the Classic and heralded many important developments of the Romantic era. Though his relationship with the high aristocracy was often strained, he called Archduke Rudolph, the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II, one of his best friends. The circuit of the walk is completed at the residence where Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven, one of his most profound supporters and patrons. Among other compositions, Beethoven dedicated his Missa Solemnis to Archduke Rudolph, a piece that represents the profound interaction between the Habsburg family and the most important musicians in Vienna during the 18th and 19th centuries.
We can conclude discussing the Habsburg legacy today outside the legendary Vienna Opera House, one of the great contemporary opera stages and the Musikverein concert hall, home to world-famous Vienna Philharmonic.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 10
From $490.00
Vienna for Children Private Tour - 3 hours
Vienna for Children: Tales of Dragons & Saints
3-Hour Tour
Mythical Creatures and Heroic Knights of Medieval Vienna
Family-Focused Tour with Traditional Cakes
The statues and facades of Vienna’s Old City are filled with noblemen and peasants as well as mythical creatures and demons who were vanquished by knights and saints. This 3-hour Vienna for Children tour explores the images of legendary animals and heros in the art of Stephansdom and other iconic Innere Stadt sites, offering stories that bring bygone eras to life. Your historian guide is a specialist in making tours captivating for kids but still gripping and interesting for their adults. The perfect option if you’ll be visiting the Imperial City with children.
Highlights:
Take in the Roman ruins that reveal Vienna’s beginnings as a soldiers’ outpost on the Danube.
Experience the soaring medieval cathedral of Stephansdom and its statuary of mythical saints and creatures, while learning the history of its construction.
Discover the Franciscan Monastery Kapuziner Kloster where Monks guard the graves of the Habsburg Emperors and pray for their souls.
Learn about daily life in Vienna in the 15th century, the struggles of peasants, the organization of craft guilds, and the luxuries of the noblemen, and the life of children.
Find out fun facts for kids all along the way: the inbred, oversized chin of the Imperial family represented in Plague columns, the 16 inch-size waist of the image-conscious Empress Sisi, eccentricities of the child-prodigy Mozart and more.
Enjoy a break midway for legendary Viennese cakes and confections at a historic cafe.
Trip details:
Price
Private tours – $390 USD (2-10 people)
Private tours – daily at 9:30 AM and 2:00 PM
Private tours include a pick-up at your central hotel or flat.
Or if you prefer a central meeting point: Gelateria Caffe Castelletto, Rotenturmstraße 24, 1010 Wien, Austria.
Groups of over 10 should contact us at info@insightcities.com in order to get a special rate for their party.
Participation requirements
As this is a walking tour, please contact us if you have any mobility issues or concerns
Entrance to St. Stephen’s Cathedral:
Adults € 7
Children 6 - 14 years € 2.50
Children 0 - 6 years free of charge
Your choice of Vienna cakes and drinks at our cafe stop are self-paid but your guide helps you make excellent traditional selections!
What to bring
Comfortable walking shoes
Money for entrance fees and our cafe stop
Overview of the tour
This Vienna for Children tour is perfect for families visiting the Imperial City. Moving through the Innere Stadt, we explore the city’s legends of brave knights and fearful dragons, while passing churches, monasteries, noble and humble residences.
For starters, we help kids to discover the central cathedral of Stephansdom, the landmark of Vienna. We explore the history of the building’s construction and how it influenced the entire city landscape around it. Walking through the huge church, we consider the decorations favored in Gothic buildings as well as the craftsmanship needed to create such a structure in the Medieval period. To this day, a large group of people are working constantly to maintain the building. They each have special jobs which we explain. We will also see several religious figures and consider the mythic powers that were believed to be connected with them. An example is Zahnwehherrgott – “The Toothache Jesus” – who clearly is in agony but he has strong powers, so it is best not to laugh at him.
Daily life in Vienna in the 15th century was difficult. As we move along the narrow, old streets with their mix of noble palaces and common houses, we help kids to imagine how different their lives would be if they were a part of the Medieval Viennese nobility or peasant classes. How were craft guilds (or associations) structured? What were the city’s traditions? How did children live? How could you find someone living in Vienna using the old style of house numbers? All along the way, we encounter mythical figures of people and animals that have left their legends scattered on the cobbled streets of Old Vienna.
LIke every typical Christian city of the Middle Ages, Vienna was not only dominated by the main church in the city center but also by the many monasteries. We pass by two. The Franciscan Monastery Kapuziner Kloster was trusted to care for the graves of the Habsburg Family and pray for their souls while the Deutschorden were a knightly order devoted to running a hospital for the crusaders on their way to Jerusalem.
Your historian guide, who specializes in making tours captivating for kids and their families, also introduces the Habsburg Emperors, helping your children recognize the overgrown, inbred chins of the Imperial family, starting with Leopold I, whose image we ponder in the grand Plague Column built to thank the Holy Trinity for ending the Black Death in Vienna. All along the way, your kids encounter fun fact: the astonishing 16 inch waist size maintained by the image-conscious Empress Sisi, Vienna’s Roman origins, what it’s like to be a child and teen today in a city known for pastries and debutante balls. Midway, you can choose to enjoy a break at a historic cafe where we sample Vienna’s legendary scrumptious confections.
Restrictions
- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 10
From $530.00
Private Culinary Vienna - 4 hours
Best of Culinary Vienna
4-Hour Tour
Classic Austrian Delicacies in Historic Settings [fork and knife]
Personal Stories of Austrian Culinary Culture [key]
Special content:
Experience scrumptious authentic Austrian cuisine on this Vienna food tour led by an expert historian guide and passionate foodie. Indulging your way through Austrian culinary culture, you discover the traditions, customs and flavors that are classically Viennese while taking in some of Vienna’s most beautiful historic institutions for dining and drinking, including the Palais Todesco built in 1861 on the Ringstrasse, Zum Shwarzen Kameel (Black Camel) founded in 1619 and rebuilt in art nouveau in 1901, and the atmospheric Loos American Bar from 1908.
Highlights:
Begin with delicious homemade cakes at Vollpension Bakery, the startup offering work and community for the retired Viennese and gemütlichkeit (the famed German coziness) for its customers.
Journey to the Naschmarkt, Vienna’s vibrant outdoor food market with stalls filled with local and international cheeses, wines, oils, vinegar, meats and other produce (closed on Sundays).
Stop at Bitzinger’s near Albertina and try the most famous sausage in Vienna, with the option to check out Leberkas-Pepi, a legendary snack stall selling “liver cheese”! Wash it down with a glass of Neufeldner “Hopferl-Pils” from the Mühlviertel (also a product of Upper Austria).
Taste a digestive from the iconic K.u.K. Hoflieferanten Gerstner and Schlumberger, located in the beautiful 1861 Palais Todesco, with tantalizing treats and splendid sparkling wines.
Walk along Kärnter Straße to Loos American Bar for a cocktail surrounded by arresting art nouveau design. Step back into Adolf Loos’ Vienna and see why it’s a protected historic monument.
Reach Cafe Demel with its show bakery and small museum of famous pastries and specialties, before ending at the legendary Zum Schwarzen Kameel. Choose between an enormous variety of sandwiches and an even bigger variety of local and international wines.
Trip details:
Small groups: 2-8 persons
Meeting point: Vollpension Bakery and Cafe, Schleifmühlgasse 16, 1040 Wien, Austria
Participation requirements
As this is a culinary walking tour, please contact us if you have any dietary requirements, mobility issues, or questions
Overview of the tour
We begin our Vienna food tour at the Vollpension Bakery, a 2015 startup providing work and community for retired Viennese people. Grandmothers (and a few grandfathers) are the only staff baking and serving delicious cakes, using their own recipes, that are sold by the slice!
Except on Sundays, we continue our culinary journey nearby with Vienna’s colorful outdoor food market, Naschmarkt (literally translated as “Nibble Market”) with its wonderful specialty stalls full of Austrian and international cheeses, wine, oil, vinegar, meats and produce.
Next, we may stop at Bitzinger's near Albertina, to enjoy the most famous sausage stand in Vienna. If the group likes, we can visit the legendary snack stall Leberkas-Pepi that began in Upper Austria. “Leberkas” literally means “liver cheese,” and consists of several varieties, corned beef, pork, bacon, spinach, cheese, and onions ground very finely and then baked as a loaf with a crunchy brown crust. Accompany the Leberkas with a glass of Neufeldner “Hopferl-Pils” from the Mühlviertel (also a product of Upper Austria).
After that relatively rich snack, we may decide to have a digestive at the iconic K.u.K. Hoflieferanten Gerstner and Schlumberger, located in the beautiful 1861 Palais Todesco on the Ringstrasse. Both shops were former purveyors to the Imperial Court. Gerstner provides more unforgettable cakes and sweets and Schlumberger’s splendid sparkling wines will cleanse the palate.
We pass by the Vienna State Opera and walk along Kärnter Straße to the most beautiful bar in the city, the American Bar, for a cocktail. Today, it is also called Loos Bar and protected as a historic monument because it was designed by the Austrian pioneer of modern architecture, Adolf Loos, in 1908. Moving along Kohlmarkt, we reach Cafe Demel with its show bakery and a small museum. Its famous pastries and specialties include candied violets and homemade ice cream with unique varieties, like punch cake or Katzenzungen (cat tongue). Ending at Zum Schwarzen Kameel, Vienna’s classic family-run delicatessen founded in 1621 and rebuilt in elegant art nouveau style in 1901. We can choose from an enormous variety of sandwiches while selecting a glass from 1,000 superb Austrian and international wines on their list.
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