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Vienna Christmas Tour: Festive Market Walk
4.7
15 Ratings
Wien
Join a festive walking tour of Vienna’s Christmas markets. Explore historic squares, savor gingerbread, and enjoy hot spiced wine. Book your holiday adventure now.
Join a festive walking tour of Vienna’s Christmas markets. Explore historic squares, savor gingerbread, and enjoy hot spiced wine. Book your holiday adventure now.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Graben and Kohlmarkt - This festive walking tour begins when you make your way to Graben Street - wonderful decorated with giant Christmas chandeliers. Greet your professional guide and the rest of your small group, and set off on foot to walk past some of Vienna’s most important landmarks. Ask your guide plenty of questions; the small group size…
- Graben and Kohlmarkt - This festive walking tour begins when you make your way to Graben Street - wonderful decorated with giant Christmas chandeliers. Greet your professional guide and the rest of your small group, and set off on foot to walk past some of Vienna’s most important landmarks. Ask your guide plenty of questions; the small group size ensures personal service. - Freyung Passage - The Freyung Passage is an architectural jewel with a marble columns, friezes and ironwork. Great also for window-shopping. - Freyung - The markets on the Freyung are among the most traditional in Vienna, inspiring with traditional craftsmanship and a festive, quiet atmosphere – away from the usual hustle and bustle of many other markets. - Am Hof - Christmas market Am Hof is located at one of the oldest and most beautiful squares of Vienna. Famous for its “Zirbenpunsch” and big variety of local food stalls. Austrian Post is also represented here and offers visitors a very special highlights. - Burgtheater - The Burgtheater is Austrian National Theatre and the most important German language theatre worldwide. - Minoritenkirche - Minorien Church presents most impressive nativity of Vienna. The sight of this nativity scene can undoubtedly put the viewer in a meditative mood. Of course, this is partly due to the beauty of the figures, but also to the landscaping and the ingenuity in the presentation and characterisation of various types of people. - Christmas Market on Rathausplatz - The traditional Christmas market with around 150 stalls offers Christmas presents, Christmas tree ornaments, handicrafts, culinary delicacies, sweets and warming drinks. The trees in the Rathauspark and along the Ringstraße shine in festive splendor. - Rathaus - Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) is the seat of Vienna’s government - Wiener Staatsoper - Wiener State Opera is one of the leading opera houses in the world. - Karlsplatz Christmas Market - The tour ends at Art Advent Karlsplatz Christmas market; where you can continue to enjoy the colourful atmosphere, traditional Austrian food, and mulled wine as you browse the stalls of handicraft items and vintage-style Christmas decorations. - Karlskirche - Oe of the most impressive baroque churches in Vienna
What's Included
- Professional licensed local guide
- Professional licensed local guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks (available to purchase)
- Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information
Get into the Christmas spirit during this walking tour of Vienna. Together with your friendly local guide breathe in the spicy aromas of gingerbread as you wend your way through the traditional Viennese Christmas markets held one of the oldest squares in Vienna - Am Hof, most popular Christmas Market at Town Hall Square (Rathaus) and the last stop is…
Get into the Christmas spirit during this walking tour of Vienna. Together with your friendly local guide breathe in the spicy aromas of gingerbread as you wend your way through the traditional Viennese Christmas markets held one of the oldest squares in Vienna - Am Hof, most popular Christmas Market at Town Hall Square (Rathaus) and the last stop is Charles Square Christmas market (Karlsplatz). Marvel at the city’s beautiful architecture during stops at Graben and the Rathaus, then finish your tour with a mug of hot spiced wine (at your own cost)
- A medium amount of walking is involved
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. November and December can be quite cold in Vienna. I case of strong rain, tour will be cancelled. You will get a full refund in that case.
Location
Graben 13
Graben
Meeting point is next to the entrance of Knize Store in central Vienna. Guide will hold a green sign saying "Vienna Christmas Tour". If you have any difficulties to find your guide, please call +4369917063593.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(15 Ratings)
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Jeroeng928
Feb 18, 2022
City walk in Vienna - Very nice tour, we learned a lot about Vienna we never knew. History of the city but also about the rich families who lived here and made the city what it is nowadays. If you have planned a trip to Vienna, book this tour as well.
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Bartell2016
Dec 12, 2018
what an experience - one of the nicest Christmas markets I"ve visited lately its so nice full of magic ,the decorations are amazing you feel like a child again .
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Beverly_w
Dec 2, 2018
bevandmarktrip - We thoroughly enjoyed this trip on our first day. WE WERE VERY LUCKY as 2 people cancelled and the guide continued kindly with us like a private tour! We had a brief look at the cathedral while waiting for the others who never came. We then enjoyed a walking tour in the sun, but chilly! a great introduction to the city centre plus a few Christmas markets. As the light faded the Christmas lights/markets had atmosphere, very festive!Our friendly guide even showed us a great café to get the Viennese coffee and cake.
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Elke
Jan 6, 2018
Our Christmas Tour was really... - <p>Our Christmas Tour was really amazing! We enjoyed it very much, because our guide new about everything we asked and showed us all the nice Christmas markets around.</p>
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Paul
Dec 27, 2017
Fab Christmas Market Tour - Spending an afternoon with Dace is fantastic. Despite the cold we moved from one interesting site to the next, with Dace pouring out even more interesting facts about each destination. Having been on many guided tours some guides whisk through with snippets of information, but with Dace, she really goes the extra mile.
Highly recommended for a great tour of Vienna.
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Lawrence
Dec 21, 2017
This was a wonderful tour. Guide was... - <p>This was a wonderful tour. Guide was very knowledgeable about Vienna. She was very personable and talked almost the entire time. <br/>
Answered all of our questions and took us to all the normal tourist places and the out of the way places too. <br/>
Would highly recommend this tour.</p>
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Annemarie_m
Jan 15, 2017
You need to do this tour to get the... - <p>You need to do this tour to get the best view of Vienna possible! Nothing is better than walking around town with a guide! It's better than a bus tour! I wouldn't have known where to visit but she showed me more than I ever could have imagined!! Even if you aren't a big fan of Christmas markets, it's worth the city tour that's included. The architecture is so incredible! I was also excited when she pointed out the stand that created the first snowglobe and traditional gifts and food at the markets! We even rode the rail car to the Belvedere which was so fun!! I'd recommend this for anyone who wants to really see Vienna!!</p>
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Daryl
Mar 8, 2018
This was an interesting tour which... - <p>This was an interesting tour which gave us a good insight into the city of Vienna. One problem was having to wait 40 minutes for a tram to take us from the city to the Belvedere Palace which was far too long. Another issue, which was not the fault of the tour, was the rude and aggressive nature of the female attendant at the bathroom at the Belvedere Palace. This woman ruins the visit for all tourists and should be relieved of her position. The markets were beautiful and interesting and the tour involved a lot of walking. I do recommend this tour.</p>
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William
Dec 30, 2017
Dace was outstanding and gave a lot... - <p>Dace was outstanding and gave a lot of information. I'm sure the tour without the Christmas markets would be even more interesting. If you go at Christmas make sure to do the Karlplatz Christmas market as it is much more traditional than the other markets which have a lot of commercial factory made things as opposed to Karlplatz which is clearly a lot of local crafts. Dace does like to show the churches which were all different and interesting but if churches are not your thing....</p>
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Sara
Nov 25, 2017
This tour is a solid introduction to... - <p>This tour is a solid introduction to major sites, and if it's your first time in Vienna, it's a great way to cover a lot of ground. Dace was our guide, and she was better than other guides that we've had in Vienna. At times, it was difficult to hear her no radios or headphones, and I didn't feel like we got a lot of history about Vienna. She did provide some commentary about the various Christmas markets that we visited, but there was not much discussion about tradition or the significance of them. Overall, it's a great introduction to Vienna though, so I think it's a good tour to do, especially if it's your first trip.</p>
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