Vienna Architecture Tours: the 6 That Earn Their Price

1.Vienna: Tickets for Kunst Haus Wien: Museum Hundertwasser

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 651 reviews · 1 day · from $18Our pick

Spend a day at KunstHausWien, exploring Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s paintings, architecture, and ecological ideas. Your ticket covers the permanent museum and contemporary exhibitions, including the current Ecology, Sustainability & Urbanity display. Add time for the green courtyard and Café Friedlich.

“we paid 3 euros more for each ticket so not happy with that. We still had to queue and the cost should have been 12 euros not 15 for senior tickets”

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2.Vienna: Spanish Riding School Guided Architectural Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 333 reviews · 1h 20m · from $30Top rated

Explore Vienna’s Spanish Riding School with a live English or German guide. See the Lipizzaner stables, Late Baroque winter riding school, and an original 250-year-old roof structure. A ladder leads to a hidden window with Old Town views. The tour lasts 80 minutes and excludes a horse performance.

“Goee inkijk in de Spanisch Riding School, pracht gebouw”

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3.Concert at the Palais Schönborn-Batthyány by the Vienna Baroque Orchestra

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 168 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $71

Spend about 90 minutes with the Vienna Baroque Orchestra at Palais Schönborn-Batthyány, hearing familiar classical favorites, Austrian music, and opera selections in an intimate historic room. Expect skilled musicians, two singers, audience interaction, and a formal evening with a few practical quirks.

“Brilliant choice of music with brilliant artists, stylish evening, reminded us of the opera in Sicily”

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4.Entrance tickets for the KunstHausWien. Museum Hundertwasser

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 90 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $4Best value

Use your prepaid ticket at KunstHausWien to explore Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s paintings, prints, tapestries, architectural plans, and ecological ideas. Allow one to two hours, exchange your voucher at the cash desk, and add the €4 audioguide if you want more context.

“Opleve de originale billeder og arkitektur, samt filmen. Det var stort, et af Wiens highlights. Vi anbefaler virkelig dette museum.”

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5.Vienna: Concert by the Vienna Baroque Orchestra

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 56 reviews · 1h 30m · from $69

Spend 90 minutes with the Wiener Barockorchester in Palais Schönborn-Batthány. Expect familiar Austrian classics, a small ensemble of five strings and piano, and two opera singers in selected pieces. The host or greeter speaks English, French, or German.

“Das Konzert ist für Touristen konzipiert. Es werden "Schlager" der klassischen Musik von fünf Streichern und einem Pianisten präsentiert, dazu treten bei wenigen Stücken zwei Solosänger auf. Für Touristen ok, weniger für Musikkenner, die ein ansprechendes Konzert hören wollen.”

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6.Vienna Art Nouveau Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 33 reviews · 3 hours · from $176

Spend three hours with an English-speaking historian exploring Otto Wagner’s metro stations, Secession House, apartment buildings, and the imperial station at Hietzing. Guides such as Wolfgang, Peter, and Giuseppina bring Vienna’s Jugendstil and urban planning to life. Small-group and private options are available.

“Peter was extremely knowledgeable & accessible. Our group had a lot of questions about the history of Austria and Peter answered every question. We took the tour to learn about some of the architecture in the Old City & Peter taught us what exactly we were looking at (especially hidden houses of worship, like Jewish synagogues.) It was fascinating, we really enjoyed our time with him!”

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