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Live tours in Vienna

Explore Vienna, Austria, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past St Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Palace and Schönbrunn Palace on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

47 live tours From 13,00 €

Explore Vienna live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Innere Stadt is worth asking about: the walled old town, now the museum and shopping core.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • St Stephen's Cathedral The Gothic cathedral at the city's centre, its tiled roof visible across the rooftops.
  • Hofburg Palace The Habsburgs' winter residence for six centuries, now museums and the presidential offices.
  • Schönbrunn Palace The summer palace with 1,441 rooms and formal gardens running up to the Gloriette.
  • Belvedere Palace A Baroque palace holding Klimt's The Kiss and the country's finest art collection.
  • Naschmarkt The city's long open-air market, stalls of cheese, spice and street food running for over a kilometre.
  • Vienna State Opera One of the world's busiest opera houses, with standing tickets sold same-day for a few euros.
  • Prater The old amusement park and green space, home to the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel.
  • Ringstrasse The grand boulevard that replaced the old city walls, lined with museums and the parliament.

Neighbourhoods

  • Innere Stadt the walled old town, now the museum and shopping core
  • Leopoldstadt the island district with the Prater and a growing food scene
  • Neubau design shops, independent cafés and the MuseumsQuartier

Food to know

  • Wiener schnitzel
  • Sachertorte
  • Tafelspitz
  • Kaiserschmarrn
  • Apfelstrudel

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Good to know about Vienna

Do I need to be in Vienna to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Vienna, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 1 and 2 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English, German, French and Serbian; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.