Things to do in Austria
Museums33 optionsDay Trips from Vienna14 optionsVienna City Tour10 optionsEagle's Nest Tours19 optionsVienna Airport Transfer13 optionsVienna Walking Tour54 optionsSisi Museum Guided Tour11 optionsBike Tour Vienna9 optionsFood Tour Vienna37 optionsBoat Tour Vienna10 optionsCooking Classes8 optionsWine Tasting Vienna19 options
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Vienna Wine Tasting Tour: Austrian Wines & HamA three-hour wine tasting tour in Vienna where you taste five Austrian wines — Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Blaufränkisch and Burgenland red among them — paired with local ham and traditional spreads across multiple stops in the city's wine cellars. The tour runs Tuesday to Saturday at 5:30 p.m., led by a guide in English or German, and includes all tastings, food and bottled water.Is it for me?Book this tour if you want to taste how Austrian wine regions differ — the three-hour format and the guide's knowledge make the differences stick, and the ham and spreads keep the evening grounded instead of abstract.
Vienna to Prague Private Transfer & Sightseeing StopYou're picked up at your Vienna hotel or airport and driven directly to Prague with an optional sightseeing stop—Kutna Hora, Brno, Mikulov, or another town of your choice—where you spend one or two hours exploring. The driver is a local English speaker who knows the route and the region, handles all your luggage, and the price is agreed upfront. No public transport, no luggage stress, no timing to coordinate.Is it for me?Best for travelers moving between Vienna and Prague who want to skip the train station and add a sightseeing stop without arranging separate transport or timing it themselves—the driver handles the route and the luggage, and you choose where to pause along the way.
Salzburg: Eagle's Nest & Berchtesgaden Private TourYou're picked up at your Salzburg hotel and driven in a luxury private vehicle to the Eagle's Nest, where you spend two hours at the summit with views of the Bavarian Alps and King's Lake. Along the way, your English-speaking guide takes you through the Obersalzberg historical sites and the Dokumentation museum. Entry fees are included, lines are skipped, and you're dropped back at your hotel after eight hours.Is it for me?Book this if you want the Eagle's Nest and Obersalzberg in one day without arranging your own transport, tickets, or timing—the private vehicle and guide mean you move at your own pace and never wait in a queue.
Vienna Private Bike Tour: St. Stephen's & Danube CanalYou ride through Vienna's center on a private bike tour with a guide who adjusts the route to your interests. The three-hour route covers St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Danube Canal, Hundertwasser House, the State Opera, and the city's main landmarks, with stops for photos and history at each one. Bikes and water are included; the itinerary is yours to shape.Is it for me?Right for travelers who want to see Vienna's main sights in a few hours without navigating alone or following a fixed group schedule — the private guide and flexible route let you move at your own pace and skip what doesn't interest you.
Vienna: Belvedere Palace Private Tour with Art Historian & Skip-the-LineYou arrive at Belvedere Palace's main entrance where your art historian guide is waiting with skip-the-line tickets already secured. You move directly into the galleries and spend the afternoon tracing Vienna's identity through works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, and Waldmüller, from medieval altars to 20th-century paintings. The guide connects the palace's baroque architecture to the darker, more modern artworks inside, showing you why this city became obsessed with psychoanalysis and female sexuality. You leave understanding what the paintings reveal about Vienna that the postcards don't.Is it for me?Book this if you want to understand Vienna through its art and architecture rather than just see the famous paintings—the guide connects Klimt's gold to the city's obsession with psychoanalysis, and the skip-the-line entry means you move straight into the galleries instead of waiting outside.
Vienna to Salzburg: Private Transfer & 2-Hour Sightseeing StopYou're picked up at your Vienna accommodation and driven to Salzburg in a private vehicle with an English-speaking driver. Along the way, you stop for two hours at one of five locations — Hallstatt, Melk, Durnstein, Sankt Gilgen, or Mauthausen — to explore on your own. Hotel drop-off in Salzburg is included, as are all fees, taxes, and luggage handling. Book your stop and pickup time when you reserve.Is it for me?Book this if you're traveling between Vienna and Salzburg anyway and want to break up the drive with a real stop instead of a rest area — the two-hour window is built around seeing one place properly without rushing, and the driver takes care of navigation and timing so you can focus on the stop itself.
Austrian Cooking Class in Vienna: Make Schnitzel & StrudelThis 3-hour cooking class in Austria teaches you to make traditional schnitzel, apple strudel and potato soup from family recipes passed down through generations. You cook most of the dishes yourself in a home kitchen, then sit down to eat what you've made. Groups run 2 to 12 people, the guide speaks English and German, and vegetarian, lactose-free and gluten-free versions are available.Is it for me?The 3-hour time slot means you can fit this into a morning or afternoon without losing the rest of your day, and the hands-on format—where you do most of the cooking yourself—is what makes it possible to actually recreate these dishes in your own kitchen afterward, not just taste them.
Salzburg: Eagle's Nest & Hallstatt Private Tour with PickupYou're picked up from your Salzburg hotel and driven to Eagle's Nest, where you ride a mountain bus up a steep grade, walk through a tunnel, and take the original WWII elevator to a 6,000-foot mountaintop with panoramic views. After descending, you drive through the Salzkammergut lake region to Hallstatt, where you have 2 hours to explore the 7,000-year-old village, visit its museums and viewpoints, and eat lunch at a lakeside restaurant. On the return, you stop at Gosausee to see the Dachstein glacier. Hotel pickup and drop-off, local guide, and air-conditioned transport are included; the tour takes about 10 hours total.Is it for me?Choose this tour if you want to see two major Alpine landmarks in a single day without renting a car or arranging separate guides and transport — the fixed itinerary and private vehicle mean you move between sites on schedule and don't spend time figuring out logistics.
Vienna: Belvedere Palace Klimt & Guided TourYou enter the Upper Belvedere with a live guide who walks you through the world's largest Klimt collection, including The Kiss with its real gold leaf, plus original works by van Gogh, Monet, and Rodin across medieval to Modernist galleries. The audio system ensures you hear every detail in crowded rooms, admission and the guide are included, and the palace is fully accessible with elevators and ramps throughout.Is it for me?Book this if you want to see Klimt's The Kiss and the palace's other major works without spending hours figuring out which rooms matter or what you're actually looking at — the guide handles the context, and the audio keeps you connected even when the halls fill up.
Private tours in Vienna Austria: 3 to 8 hoursYou travel by private car with a licensed guide, skip ticket lines at Schönbrunn and Belvedere, and see Vienna's palaces, cathedrals, and Ringstrasse monuments without arranging transport or timing yourself. Choose three, seven, or eight hours depending on whether you want the drive-through highlights or full palace access with art collections. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.Is it for me?Right for travelers who want Vienna's main palaces and Old Town without arranging transport, tickets, or timing themselves. The car handles the distance between sites, and skip-the-line access means no morning queues—what matters is that you choose the hours that fit your schedule.
Vienna: Klimt's Kiss, Beethoven Frieze & Leopold Museum Skip-the-LineYou visit three museums in one morning with an art historian guide who contextualizes each painting before you see it. Entry tickets to Belvedere, Secession, and Leopold Museum are included, as is the taxi transfer between the first two stops. You stand inside the Beethoven Frieze rather than viewing it from outside, and you finish with Klimt's landscapes to see how his work evolved. Meet at the main entrance of Belvedere Palace (Upper Belvedere, or Lower Belvedere from March 2027 during renovation) and plan for a moderate pace across three locations.Is it for me?Book this if you want to understand Klimt's work across his career rather than see isolated paintings in separate visits — the guide connects the pieces, and skip-the-line access means you spend your time looking, not waiting.
Sound of Music Tour & Cooking Class Salzburg: Make StrudelThis combined tour and cooking class in Salzburg pairs a 4-hour guided Sound of Music tour with a 1.5-hour hands-on class where you make crisp apple strudel from scratch. The morning takes you to Schloss Leopoldskron, the Mondsee Wedding Chapel, and the original Gazebo where Liesl sang "16 going on 17"; the afternoon puts you in the kitchen with traditional goulash soup and lunch, then the strudel you baked. Live guide in English, air-conditioned vehicle, suitable for all fitness levels, children welcome from age 4.Is it for me?This works best for Sound of Music fans who want to see the actual filming locations and then do something with their hands—the cooking class means you're not just photographing the Gazebo, you're also making the dessert the film made famous. If you prefer a tour without the class component, or a cooking class without the morning drive, look for those as separate bookings.
Private Vienna Wine Tour: Austrian Wines & SchnitzelA private wine tour in Vienna pairs nine Austrian wines with Viennese food at four stops: tapas and white wines to start, lunch classics like wiener schnitzel at Judenplatz, the Grüner Veltliner Federspiel at a wine bar Anthony Bourdain visited, and homemade pastries with sweet wine at a coffeehouse that employs seniors. A local English-speaking guide leads the group of up to 12, with hotel pickup included and the route built around Vienna's own vineyards and wine-making traditions.Is it for me?Book this tour if you want a small private group—up to 12 people—and a local guide who knows Vienna's wine scene and can point you toward places worth returning to. The fixed four-hour route and included meals mean the day is built for you; you show up and taste, without arranging stops or timing yourself.
Salzburg: Eagle's Nest, Salt Mine & Obersalzberg Private TourYou're picked up at your Salzburg hotel at 10 AM and driven in a private luxury vehicle to the Salzburg Salt Mine, where you descend via wooden slides and take a boat across an underground salt lake. After lunch in Berchtesgaden (at your own expense), you visit Obersalzberg to learn about its WWII significance, then ascend to the Eagle's Nest for panoramic Alpine views. Your English-speaking guide handles all commentary and logistics, and you return to your hotel in the evening.Is it for me?Choose this tour if you want to cover the main Alpine and historical sites around Salzburg without arranging separate transport, tickets, and timing — the private vehicle and guide handle all the logistics, which is what makes a full-day itinerary across three countries' worth of scenery possible in one departure.
Vienna: 60-Min E-Carriage Tour & 35 Landmarks with DrinksYou ride through Vienna's imperial center in a private e-carriage for one hour, passing the Hofburg, Opera House, Parliament, and thirty other landmarks with a live guide narrating and drinks included. Hotel pickup saves you the walk to the starting point, and the fixed sixty-minute window means you know exactly when you'll be back.Is it for me?Right for travelers short on time or energy who want to see Vienna's main imperial landmarks without arranging transport or doing the walking themselves. Sixty minutes is exactly what it takes to hit the highlights and be back at your hotel.
Mauthausen from Linz: Private Memorial Tour & TransportYou get a private car or van from your Linz hotel to Mauthausen memorial, 20 kilometers away, with a driver who waits for you. An audio guide app on your phone takes you through the former concentration camp and quarry memorial at your own pace. The fixed package price covers up to eight travelers, and flexible return timing means you're not rushed.Is it for me?Book this if you're staying in Linz and want to visit Mauthausen without arranging a rental car or negotiating transport on the day — the private vehicle and waiting driver remove the logistics, leaving you free to spend as long as you need at the memorial.
Vienna Leopold Museum: Klimt & Schiele Private Art TourYou climb the Leopold Museum's main staircase with a private art historian guide who walks you through Klimt's portraits and psychological evolution, Schiele's provocative works and their connection to Freud's Vienna, and the broader circle of early twentieth-century Viennese artists who redefined what art could be. Entry to the museum and expert commentary are included; the tour is private to your group only, and your guide meets you at the entrance.Is it for me?Book this if you want to understand early twentieth-century Viennese art through someone who knows the artists' biographies and the historical moment that shaped them — the private format means your guide can slow down when a painting demands it, and entry is already included so you're not managing tickets.
Meet & Greet Airport Vienna: Private Transfer to City HotelsYou book a pickup time and vehicle type, land at Vienna airport, and find your driver waiting at arrivals with your name. The 45-minute grace period covers delays and slow customs, the price is fixed before you travel, and the car takes you straight to your hotel without stops or negotiation. You arrive knowing exactly what you paid and when you'll get there.Is it for me?Worth booking if you land with luggage and want to skip the taxi queue and negotiation at the curb — the fixed price and confirmed pickup time turn the airport run from a small stress into a non-event.
Vienna to Budapest & Bratislava: Danube Cruise & Castle Day TripYou travel in a premium car from Vienna to Budapest for a guided Danube cruise past Parliament and Buda Castle, then drive to Bratislava's Old Town and Main Square with free time to explore. The day includes local wine, snacks, bottled water, and a small group of up to five people. Hotel pickup and return are part of the package.Is it for me?This works well if you want to see two capitals and a river in one push from Vienna without renting a car or piecing together trains and tickets — the small group and fixed schedule handle the logistics, leaving you free to actually look around.
Salzburg Airport to City: Private Transfer with Meet & GreetYou get picked up by name at Salzburg Airport arrivals with your luggage handled, driven in an air-conditioned vehicle to your hotel at a fixed price with no hidden costs, and free waiting time if plans shift. The driver is multilingual and trained; child seats are available on request. Return transfers work the same way, with pickup from your hotel lobby at a time you choose.Is it for me?Right for travelers arriving at Salzburg Airport without a rental car or the energy to negotiate with a taxi driver. The fixed price and flat rate remove the uncertainty of airport transport, and the driver's punctuality means you can plan the rest of your day without waiting around.
