An Introduction to Vienna Walking Tour

At the unique Secession building, learn of the city’s turn-of-century avant-gardism, including figures like Klimt and Mahler.

See the national architectural icon of Austria: Stephansdom.

See the Hofburg – the Habsburg’s imperial palace and the seat of power since the 13th century

Pass by the Viennese Naschmarkt, the colorful traditional food market where the Viennese meet to mingle and shop.

Kohlmarkt and the Graben – currently one of the city’s most fashionable shopping districts, and home to such varied sights as a plague column commemorating the 17th-century outbreak of bubonic plague

Our tour begins at Michaelerplatz, where the Hofburg – the Habsburg’s imperial palace and the seat of power since the 13th century – dominates the square.

We stroll along the Ringstraße, a grand boulevard built in the middle of the 19th century, where most of Vienna’s luxury hotels have been established within the walls of old palaces.

Clockwise from the Hofburg is the green and gray Loos House, designed by Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933).

Maria-Theresien-Platz, home to the city’s largest concentration of museums.