Vienna, Karlskirche, early-20th-century etching.
Cultural tours in Austria
Our cultural tours of Austria embrace both the country’s rich musical traditions and its former status as the cradle of the Habsburg empire.
The capital features prominently on several itineraries – its art treasures and Baroque palaces as well as outstanding musical and operatic productions – but we also offer a festival of Haydn’s work in the small town where it was first heard, the annual Schubertiade in the mountain villages of the Vorarlberg, and a glorious Mozart immersion in Salzburg of works written and first performed there.
As always, private visits figure prominently and the performing artists – including Ian Bostridge, Anne Sofie von Otter and Igor Levit – and tour lecturers, such as Dr Jarl Kremeier, are top-class. A medley of tours to strike a chord with all lovers of music and culture.
Featured tours and events in Austria
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Very well-conceived itinerary. Excellent coverage of the period from early Greek settlement to Roman Empire. "
Pompeii & Herculaneum - Antiquities of the Bay of Naples
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There was a lot of laughter and some serious scholarship to be absorbed. "
Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity - Archaeology, history, art and landscape
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This exceeded my expectations. There was so much variety in every sense. The whole trip was intellectually stimulating. "
Frank Lloyd Wright - and the Chicago School