Walking Tour Vienna: Engaging Local Guides

This tour is exceptional due to the engaging local guides who vividly narrate Vienna’s history with fascinating stories and insights. Feel free to show your appreciation for the experience by tipping the guide.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Hofburg - You will pass by the Hofburg while guide tells you fascinating stories.
  • Heldenplatz - You’ll see impressive monuments and learn about the square’s interesting history.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Tips are not necessary but more than welcome :)
Location
Helmut Zilk Square
Albertinaplatz
The meeting point is right next to the "Memorial Against War and Fascism".
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(39 Ratings)
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Russell
Nov 25, 2024
Great Tour, good fun ! - What a beautiful city! The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour!! She kept us happy even though we were cold some times !! Some very dark days were had by the Viennese people, they were also extremely promiscuous!!! Really enjoyed it and would recommend !
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Juliemi9789yz
Nov 11, 2024
10/10 Experience - This tour was absolutely amazing. I was blown away how well it was organised and how knowledgeable Katrina our tour guide was. Even after an extremely long flight we were kept entertained and informed of the amazing architecture, history of Vienna. I highly recommend this tour.
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Mariazulaysantan2018
Nov 11, 2024
Supér!! - Marcos was a great guide, I explain everything great, and with his charisma made us not feel the cold, with every detail, he recommended that we see what not to miss, cafes, Christmas markets, taste, metro line. Anyway a great guide
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Anabel2202
Oct 29, 2024
Good idea to get to know the city - Ideal for locating yourself and getting to know the history of the city. Matias has made the visit very enjoyable. To suggest an improvement the group was too large
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Paola
Oct 12, 2024
Very basic bad spanish - The Guide arrived just 5 minutes before starting and his Spanish was not good so the tour was very basic plus the ungainly attitude of the same not helping starter behaved helpful but when asking a question he behaved very rough. We don't really enjoy the walking tour
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L2499mulidiag
Sep 27, 2024
Good guide, but many people. I wouldn't repeat - Guide very well, very historic tour. She explained very well and knew a lot. It is true that I like it better when they tell anecdotes and more curious facts, but without complaints about it the truth. Bad, LOTS OF PEOPLE. It seems excessive to me that there were 90 people, divided into groups of 45. It should be capped, not accepted by everyone. We couldn't get into the sites or anything because we were so many people, if I came back, I wouldn't repeat it because of this. The poor girl leads what she can.
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_r218em
Nov 20, 2024
Disappointing and Pushy Experience with Prime Tours Vienna - I was excited about joining a "free" walking tour with Prime Tours Vienna, but my experience was anything but enjoyable. Misleading Pricing and Pressure for Tips: The website states a suggested tip range of €15–€25, which already feels less "optional." After booking, I received an email with even more pushy "recommendations": Under €10: "Not amused but appreciate effort" €12–€25: "Great tour" €30–€50: "Amazing!" But it didn’t stop there. Our guide, Kateryna, started the tour with an unprofessional and uncomfortable speech. She emphasized how much she pays in taxes as a guide and, to quote her: "This free tour is not 'free'... I expect you to pay me at the end of the tour. The walking tours in Vienna start from €25— you decide by yourself what to do with this information." I was completely taken aback. The tour hadn't even begun, and she was already demanding tips! What if I didn’t enjoy the tour? This approach felt manipulative and ruined the experience for me before it even started. For the price they clearly expect you to pay, you’re better off booking a service like Big Bus Tours, where €44 gets you a 48-hour ticket, hop-on-hop-off buses, and additional walking tours—all without the guilt trip. This felt like a scam disguised as a "free tour." I wouldn't recommend Prime Tours Vienna to anyone.
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Raquel
Oct 12, 2024
Day ruined in Vienna - We were on holiday in Budapest and decided to spend a day in Vienna doing a tour to get to know the city. Two hours before the start of the tour we received an email saying that if the weather conditions worsened, we would be advised to suspend the tour. Problem is, it was raining, but I don't think that's a reason to cancel. I received no further notices so at 16:20 we were at the meeting point. The Guide arrived quietly at 16:40 to tell us that it was suspended because “the city was flooded and in half an hour it was going to rain”. Neither turned out to be true, but I had to hang around Vienna until 9 o'clock the night I had the train back. I have toured cities with rain and snow, with worse conditions than in this case. Lack of respect, education and consideration with the clients, which by the way, we were all there, Nobody cracked more than the Guide, amazing, the never seen
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A4592ihsilviaa
Oct 11, 2024
Lousy. They left us lying. - They didn't show up. They simply left in a group of more than 14 people without a tour and without warning. I don't recommend it to anyone. In addition no one contacted us or gave us alternatives.
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Pablo
Oct 10, 2024
A company embarrassment - We had October 10th today. A free tour of Vienna with this company that we booked with civitatis for 17:30. And they didn't show up, they didn't warn or anything. With the problem that there is no longer any tour with places available on the days we are. So if you plan to book someone with this company who does not
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