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City Tours with Claudia Grill

"Vienna is a comfortable city and even those
who know it thoroughly always return
with anticipation;…"

Milena Jesenskà

CITY WALKS

Duration around 2 hours each

 

Highlights of the Old Town

We walk through the courtyards of the Hofburg, Imperial Winter Palace, to the Plague Column on the elegant pedestrian/shopping street Graben.

End of the tour at St. Stephens Cathedral, the historical and geographical centre of Vienna.

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 Ankeruhr Hoher Markt
The liberty style clock, Anker Uhr, on the Hoher Markt

And more

  • Every day at noon at the Hoher Markt, No. 10, a musical parade of 12 figurines can be viewed at the Anchor Clock (Anker Uhr)
  • Nearby, you can have one of the best snacks at a sausage booth: Würstelstand am Hohen Markt

 

Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi

At the Sisi Monument in the Volksgarten we get to know Elisabeth of Bavaria who, upon her marriage to Emperor Franz Josef, became the well beloved Empress Sisi.

We visit the Imperial Apartements in the Hofburg, its splendid halls and the private rooms of the imperal family, including the bath and exercise room of the beautiful weight conscious Empress (entrance fee to be paid).

In the adjoining Sisi Museum we will learn more about the tragic life of Sisi who was assassinated at the age of 61.

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 Kaiserin Elisabeth
"The soul never existed that was congenial to mine" (Empress Elisabeth). The myth of Sisi's everlasting beauty.

To follow her path

  • The original diamond Sisi stars can be bought at the former Imperial jeweller Köchert on the Neuer Markt square: Hofjuwelier Köchert
  • Try Sisi’s most favourite ice-cream (violet flavour) in an elegant setting at the former Imperial confectioner Demel on the Kohlmarkt: Hofzuckerbäcker Demel

 

For experts

During this walking tour through the city centre we will see well-known sights under not well-known aspects. Secrets, scandals and hushed up stories from the life of the imperial family.

 Wien Innenstadt
Mölkerbastei in the First District of Vienna

The unexpected

  • Afterwards take a guided tour in the Michaelergruft, a very unusual and somewhat macabre crypt: Michaelergruft
  • The Art Nouveau public restroom on the Graben might merit a stop attractive gifts and wonderful souvenirs at the museum shops: www.kunsthauswien.com, www.mak.at

 

Vienna, the capital of music

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss...are only a few of the most famous musicians who lived in Vienna.

Our city walk takes us to monuments, commemorative plaques and memorial sites, etc. (Interiors of memorial sites can be visited, entrance fee to be paid separately)

 Schloss Schönbrunn Wien
Mozart Monument in the Burggarten

Noch mehr Musik

  • Attend a free organ concert in the Peterskirche
  • Experience music in a new way and conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the Haus der Musik