Self-guided walking tour
Vienna Walking Tour: The Essentials (about 3.5 hours, 9 stops)
9 stops in walking order through Vienna, from Albertina to Rathaus: 3.5 km on foot, about 41 min of walking, 3 h 35 min 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 “Vienna Essentials”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 3 h 35 min
- Distance
- 3.5 km
- Walking
- 41 min
- Stops
- 9
The stops, in walking order
Albertina
An art museum housed in Palais Erzherzog Albrecht, a former Habsburg residence beside Vienna’s Hofburg.
2 min walk · 190 m
Wiener Staatsoper
A Vienna opera house and opera company designed by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll.
9 min walk · 760 m
Stephansdom
Vienna’s Roman Catholic cathedral, combining Romanesque remains with later Gothic construction.
4 min walk · 350 m
Pestsäule
Vienna’s Holy Trinity column on the Graben, erected after the plague epidemic of 1679 and consecrated in 1693.
3 min walk · 290 m
Michaelerkirche
A church dedicated to the Archangel Michael and an uncommon Romanesque survivor in Vienna.
4 min walk · 340 m
Hofburg
A vast imperial palace complex that served as the Habsburgs’ winter residence.
6 min walk · 460 m
Kunsthistorisches Museum
An art museum in a palatial building beneath an octagonal dome.
7 min walk · 580 m
Parlament
Austria’s national parliament building and the meeting place of the National Council and Federal Council.
6 min walk · 490 m
Rathaus
Vienna’s city hall, designed by Friedrich von Schmidt and built between 1872 and 1883.
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