Vienna: City of Music Private Walking Tour
Description
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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Itinerary
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.
Stroll by Figaro House (or Mozarthaus) where Mozart resided from 1784 to 1787, writing many of his most famous operas and instrumental pieces.
Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty different apartments throughout Vienna.
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.
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
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.
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.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
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.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(15)
Great insight into where the great composers in Vienna lived, worked, hung out and were affected by the geopolitics of their time. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and managed to fulfil all my expectations and then some. Fabulous three hours spent.
Thank you for taking the time to review. We're proud to work with such terrific guides. Hope to see you again on Insight Cities tours in Berlin, Prague, Vienna, and Salzburg. Please tell your friends!
We enjoyed how Annalie made the tour personal and helped us see the significance of music in Vienna. She answered all of our questions and was a delight! We highly recommend her tour!
Dear Jeff -- Thanks so much for your kind review! Annelie is a fantastic guide and we're so glad you had a great time exploring Vienna as the city of music with her.
The tour was wonderful, especially for someone who possesses little classical music training. The tour guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic.
Thanks so much for your review! We are so glad you enjoyed our tour.
Thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Annelie… she is extremely knowledgeable and can tailor the tour to your interests as well as your level of knowledge of the topic. Highly recommended! Next time, I will commission Annelie to recommend/ curate musical performances and special sights around Vienna. She’s fabulous!
Once you’ve checked all the Vienna must-do sights, and it’s time to truly make your Vienna visit special, take this tour with Annelie. She’ll provide extraordinary insights into musical Vienna, the players, their music, and sites. And her enthusiasm is infectious. Note: despite our family being somewhat classical music novices, we still enjoyed this tour tremendously. A truly memorable experience.
We're so glad you enjoyed your time in Vienna & the music tour with Annelie! Thank you for the kind words. -- Insight Cities
Our private Vienna music tour with Annelie was absolutely magnificent! Annelie was a thoroughly knowledgeable, friendly, and personable guide, who provided excellent information about the musicians who resided in Vienna, escorting us to key locations where they lived and made music. We loved how Annelie provided headsets so we could listen to various pieces of music that corresponded to the composers/locations, as well as a plethora of photos that enhanced the experience. She also willingly accommodated our requests. To top it all off, Annelie took us to a very special restaurant for our lunch at the conclusion of our tour. Do not hesitate to book this fabulous tour!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this wonderful note about Annelie and her tour. We are so glad you got a real music taste of Vienna and hope to see you on our other tours in Central Europe soon!
We are a music-loving family and we came to Vienna to immerse ourselves in the city which was the birthplace of classical music. Annelie was the perfect guide, incredibly knowledgeable about the city and the history of the many famous composers who worked here. Annelie prepared a well-researched walking tour to show us highlights and tell us stories of what happened at each place. She brought many props to bring the anecdotes to life: printed photos, video clips and music selections to enhance our experience. As a bonus, she was very patient with our young daughter who needed a bathroom or a short rest several times. The day was hot so when our tour ended, Annelie was able to negotiate a table for us inside a lovely, cool and comfortable cafe overlooking the opera house where we lingered over a delicious lunch. She attended our every need and we learned so much! We highly recommend Annelie!!
Dear Josette, Thank you so much for this beautiful review. We're so proud to have Annelie on our team -- she never disappoints! Hope to see you again on our tours in Vienna, or Sazburg, Prague, Berlin & Budapest. Kind regards, Elizabet at INSIGHT CITIES
The tour with Annelie was superb. She is so knowledgeable and was very flexible adapting the tour to my interests. She provided a wonderful overview of important moments in Vienna's music history together with relevant recordings and pictures. Playing an excerpt of Mozart's Requiem at the location of his memorial service brought me to tears. She even took me to the Philharmonic offices to see if there were any returns for a concert that week. The only two seats available - on the stage behind the orchestra - would not have happened without her - so she was also responsible for one of our most memorable musical experiences ever. This is a truly special tour with an outstanding guide - I cannot recommend her enough.
Thank you so much for reviewing and sharing your experience with the tour! Annelie is fantastic and always so keen to not just tour but also help people plan their stay in Vienna so it fits their interests and needs. We're so glad you enjoyed it! Hope to see you again on our other tours in Salzburg, Prague, Berlin, & Budapest! Elizabet, Insight Cities
Call Emily our tour guide-Annelie—was truly superb! our tour was centered on the music history of the area, and she surprised me with her in-depth knowledge of the history. As a professional musician, I was especially pleased with the insight and background she provided. I would heartily recommend her for anyone seeking a unique and enriching overview of the areas history.
That's music to our ears! We're so glad you found the tour informative. Hope to see you again on tours also in Berlin, Salzburg, Prague, and Budapest. Elizabet
Our private, three-hour walking tour with Annelie, an excellent guide with Insight Cities Vienna Tours, was the highlight of our visit to Vienna. Kind, knowledgeable, and friendly, Annelie escorted us to key places that connected us to Vienna's classical music heritage and was open to helping us exploring our stated interests. We enjoyed viewing Annelie's many photos/pictures that corresponded to the locations and listening to music of the composers we discussed. Annelie recommended a totally delightful restaurant for lunch at the end of our tour. We felt so fortunate to have Annelie as our guide, and she has our highest recommendation.
Thank you very much for coming back to leave a review. It's a privilege to have Annelie as a guide on our team. Please come back to any of our tours in Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Salzburg, and Budapest.
