Walking Tours in Austria: Our 15 Favourites

1.Guided Walking Tour of City Center Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4,989 reviews · 2 hours · from $25Our pick

Review of Vienna’s 2-hour city-center walking tour, covering Hofburg, Spanish Riding School, coffee houses, Blutgasse, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

“An excellent guided tour with a very interesting and informative tour guide. We felt it was a very well designed tour with the guide using the time we had in a really productive manner, stopping at all the major points of interest and providing the key information about the history of Vienna and the Hapsburg dynasty that had produced most of the striking monuments, statues and magnificent palaces and buildings that dominate this wonderful city. It was an extremely well thought out and delivered tour.”

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2.Vienna Central Cemetery Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3,307 reviews · 2 hours

Explore Vienna Central Cemetery with a private two-hour walking tour covering famous graves, religious sections, soldiers’ memorials, and Luegerkirche.

“Imposant zu sehen! Sehr interessant gestaltet von unserem Guide Johann, der sein grosses Wissen mit Humor Preis gab!”

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3.Guided Walking Tour of City Highlights & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 2,180 reviews · 2 hours · from $27

See Vienna’s grand landmarks, hear imperial stories, and find your bearings on a lively two-hour walking tour for $27.

“Would really recommend, a really efficient and interesting way to explore the city centres best sites, our tour guide Marlene was really lovely and knowledgeable, also gave great recommendations.”

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4.Viennese Underworld Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,865 reviews · 1 - 2 hours · from $37

Explore Vienna’s underground cellars, wartime shelters, secret corridors, and unusual past on a guided small-group walking tour.

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5.World War II Historical Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,772 reviews · 2h 30m · from $31

Explore Vienna’s World War II past on a 2.5-hour walking tour covering Hitler, Jewish Vienna, bombing, liberation, and remembrance.

“Dieter made the tour extremely interesting and engaging. He had great depth and breadth of knowledge, and is a great communicator and storyteller. He was also conscious of the weather, and made sure to find warm places to pause and tell us about things. He was considerate of local rules and shared these kindly. The headsets for bigger groups were a stroke of genius! I think they would also be very helpful even for small groups. This tour is worth the time and money :)”

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6.Vienna Historic Center Small Group Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,746 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $72Top rated

Review of Vienna’s 2.5-hour small-group walk, covering imperial landmarks, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, guides, value, pace, and practical tips.

“Great introduction to Vienna, the Historical Centre is remarkably compact. Our guide, Dace, who spoke accent free English, showed us some behind the doors visits of some buildings Dace also has a fabulous sense of humour. We knew virtually nothing about Vienna and left the tour feeling equipped to choose how to spend the rest of our time and where to eat! We also passed the Spanish Riding school, which was a treat! Everything is expensive in Vienna but this tour was worth it.”

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7.Private Walking Tour with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,446 reviews · 2 - 6 hours · from $56

Review of Vienna’s private Lokafyer walking tour, with flexible routes, local guides, city tips, pricing, accessibility, and booking advice.

“Francisca was the perfect guide ! We requested a tour hour ovierview waking tour of old town Vienna and she did this perfectly! We wanted a brief orientation and she provided that in an orderly efficient and knowledgeable manner. She then left us at the large outdoor market for lunch and showed us which underground train to take to go to schonbrunn for the afternoon tour which we’d booked on get your guide- perfect!!”

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8.1.5-Hour Underground Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,146 reviews · 1h 40m · from $32

Explore Roman ruins, medieval cellars, and St. Michael’s mummies on Vienna’s German-language underground walking tour.

“A great tour, but would be better with some printed materials that participants can look at as the tour guide explains what they are talking about. Also, it would be wonderful if participants could be taken a little deeper into the tunnels, as the current tour just allows viewing in a couple of various rooms underground. However, I highly recommend this tour to anyone who is looking for something very different and interesting from a historical perspective.”

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9.Ghosts and Legends Guided Nighttime Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,088 reviews · 2 hours · from $20

Explore Vienna after dark on a two-hour ghost tour with legends, crimes, vampires, Hofburg Palace, Blutgasse, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

“We both enjoyed it; an interesting alternative tour of Vienna.”

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10.Vienna for Food Lovers: Cafés, Markets & Austrian Cuisine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,063 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $159

Taste Vienna through coffeehouses, markets, schnitzel, sausage, and local neighborhoods on a generous six-hour food tour by public transport.

“BEST FOOD TOUR, ever! Patrick was our guide on this small-group tour. He was considerate and entertaining through our tour! Food was abundant and delicious! Would do this one again in a heartbeat!”

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11.Salzburg 2.5-Hour Walking Tour: Mozart, Old Town & More

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 987 reviews · 2h 30m · from $53

See Salzburg’s Mirabell Palace, Mozart sites, Getreidegasse, churches, and Old Town on a practical 2.5-hour walking tour.

“Great walking tour with knowledgeable guide who brought the city to life! Would highly recommend!”

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12.Private Walking Tour with a Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 962 reviews · 2 - 8 hours · from $55

See Vienna your way on a private walking tour with a local guide, flexible timing, major sights, tucked-away places, and practical city tips.

“We learned so much history in suck a short amount of time and it makes us want to come back again.”

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13.Historical Hitler Walking Tour of Vienna

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 887 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $32

Explore Hitler’s Vienna on a thoughtful 2.5-hour walk linking art, antisemitism, Nazi history, Jewish memorials, and major city landmarks.

“This was an excellent tour that detailed Hitler’s relationship with Vienna and how it affected his thinking and beliefs. As a retired World History teacher Stefan provided great insight along with interesting and accurate historical detail throughout the tour. Besides the history that was presented, seeing some of the most beautiful parts of Vienna was a plus. In my opinion this tour is not to be missed.”

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14.Essential History Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 633 reviews · 2 hours · from $34

Explore Vienna’s imperial center in two hours, from Roman ruins and Hofburg courtyards to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, with an engaging local guide.

“Our guide, Herbert, was very knowledgeable about the history of Vienna. He kept the dialogue interesting so the experience was far from being a dry history lesson. I recommend this tour as a good foundation for a first time visit to Vienna. And even better if you’re lucky enough to have Herbert as your guide.”

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15.Small Group Guided Walking Tour of City Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 540 reviews · from $40

See Vienna’s grandest sights in two hours with Maria, a local guide who adds history, coffeehouse tales, photo stops, and useful tips.

“Maria was so knowledgeable, personable and made this tour very interesting and enjoyable. She's the best guide we've ever had and we can't recommend her highly enough!”

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