Self-guided walking tour
Vienna Walking Tour: Stephansdom to the Hofburg (1 hour, 5 stops)
5 stops in walking order through Vienna, from Hofburg to Kaisergruft: 1.5 km on foot, about 18 min of walking, 1 h in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 1 h
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Walking
- 18 min
- Stops
- 5
The stops, in walking order
Hofburg
A vast imperial palace complex that served as the Habsburgs’ winter residence.
5 min walk · 400 m
Michaelerkirche
A church dedicated to the Archangel Michael and an uncommon Romanesque survivor in Vienna.
3 min walk · 290 m
Pestsäule
Vienna’s Holy Trinity column on the Graben, erected after the plague epidemic of 1679 and consecrated in 1693.
4 min walk · 350 m
Stephansdom
Vienna’s Roman Catholic cathedral, combining Romanesque remains with later Gothic construction.
6 min walk · 470 m
Kaisergruft
A burial crypt beneath the Capuchin church and monastery, serving as the principal resting place of the Habsburg family since 1633.
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