Vienna: City of Music Private Walking Tour

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About this activity

Listen to highlights of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones along with expert commentary from your music historian guide on a walking tour that helps you discover the world’s most famous composers: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven among others. This 3-hour Vienna music tour takes you by the major sites where these legends lived and performed. You’ll explore monuments built to honor them in the “City of Music.” As a counterpart, we examine the impact of the Habsburg family’s patronage on Vienna’s development into the world capital of classical music.

Visit Stephansdom, performance venue for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi. Stroll by Mozarthaus where Mozart wrote many of his famous operas and instrumentals. Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty apartments in Vienna. Pass by the palace where Archduke Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven. Consider the musical dominance of Vienna at the legendary State Opera House and Musikverein.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Insight Cities

What is included

Included

Included: Pick Up at Your Central Hotel or Flat
Included: Expert Licensed Guide

Itinerary

Stop 1

20 min

Visit Stephansdom, discovering how this Vienna's iconic cathredral served as an important performance venue in previous centuries for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi.
Mozarthaus Vienna

20 min Admission not included

Stroll by Figaro House (or Mozarthaus) where Mozart resided from 1784 to 1787, writing many of his most famous operas and instrumental pieces.
Beethoven Statue

20 min

Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty different apartments throughout Vienna.
Wiener Staatsoper

20 min Admission not included

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.
Molker Bastei

20 min Admission not included

Pass by 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
The Hofburg

20 min Admission not included

Though Beethoven's 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.
Inner City

45 min

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.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Hotel Pension Walzerstadt
Austria Trend Hotel Lassalle
Hotel Vienna
Senator Hotel Vienna
Arcotel Kaiserwasser
Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof
Alexander Hotel
Austria Trend Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg
Radisson Blu Style Hotel, Vienna
Ibis Wien Messe
Elaya city center
Hotel Furst Metternich

and 339 more pickup points

When you book your tour, we send you your historian guide's photo, phone number and bio. Your guide is delighted to meet you at your hotel or holiday flat. If you should need to use public transport to get to the tour sites, we do not include your tram or metro tickets but your guide will help you to purchase if you don't have a pass. If you prefer a central meeting point, your guide can meet you at Café Mozart, Albertinaplatz 2.