Legends of Vienna /2 hours, from 200 euros.
An old and venerable city like Vienna has a lot behind the scenes. The Legends of Vienna walk is a very adequate one in order to the flip side of the classic Vienna covering the other part of the old town which is usually ''under the radar'' . Lack of top drawer sights might put some travelers off the scent, so to speak. Venturing there is a wonderful experience discovering hidden gems like serene picturesque back lanes, old courtyards, dazzling Baroque churches towering over elegant squares coming by surprise, addresses of the famous musicians a lot more. Consider all that paired with
some curious informational nuggets provided by your guide :) Consider it a spoiler:
– We will hear which role the devil played in building the main St. Stephen's church.
– Why and how Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was fired by his irascible employer.
– How the Gream Reaper was positively instrumental in the professional success of one of the top notch Viennese doctors back in the Middle Ages.
– What a scary beast used to poison wells in the medieval Vienna.
– How Vienna was saved from the Ottomans during the siege in the 16 century.
– And a lot more.
Max out your Viennese experience. The Legends of Vienna is a good opportunity to look into the minds of the people who made this city great.
Jewish Vienna 2 hrs/from 200 euros.
Vienna and its Jews. It is much more than your usual hate-love story, but a thousand year
history of an industrious people trying hard to find their well deserved place in this city,
experiencing periods of prosperity followed by most brutal persecutions imagined – a
recurring pattern in the history of Vienna. The Jewish community wiped out in Holocaust is
back, if not in numbers but in the vigorous spirit claiming their righteous part in the life of
the city. Vienna has always been and still remains a city of extremes. It is here where the
political Zionism took shape, but it's also a city where the scions of the racial anti-Semitic
hatred struck roots long before the Holocaust. It is a city of many famous Jewish names,
such as Mahler, Freud, Roth, Rothschild...Much of the scientific, cultural,economic,
political and intellectual elite of Vienna more than 100 years ago were Jews. The single
most defining event in the history of the Viennese Jewry was the Holocaust – some 65.000
were murdered in the concentration camps.
During our tour we will explore sites in the city centre, like the Great Synagogue or the Old
Jewish Quarter around the Jewish Square Judenplatz or the Imperial Palace, which was
built with some considerable Jewish financial support. We will touch upon the life of great
historical figures like Freud and get to know that the Jewish Vienna is not only something
preserved in aspic but a very lively affair. You will also hear a couple of interesting
historical facts peppered with some real life stories of the Viennese population in the past
and present. The Viennese Jewry is alive and kicking and I invite you to discover that
yourself.
The Ring Road Walking Tour/ 2 hrs, from 200 euros.
The Ring Road is the main drag of Vienna studded with key landmarks such as the Opera House, The Parliament, The City Hall, The Imperial Palace and the Museums. It is lined with a lot of elegant mansions of former nobility turned hotels and boasts a couple of awesome parks which draw crowds in summer. All those sites have some fascinating history - something we might want to explore during this tour:
– How come the two Opera House architects failed to show up at the housewarming party.
– Why did the city fathers want to have a statue on the spire of the City Hall?
– Why did Ludwig van Beethoven change lots of addresses during his life in Vienna?
– Why did a certain Hungarian tailor want to kill the Emperor Francis Josef?
– Why did they want to have military barracks right in the middle of the city?
– How did Johann Strauss Junior meet his first wife?
– Where did Sigmund Freud love hanging out? (a prompt: it is a coffeehouse).
– Why was Hitler fascinated by the Viennese architecture?
– And a lot more.
This tour provides us with a deeper insight of life in the Imperial Vienna coupled with a lot
of funny trivia7
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