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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.

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Exploring Austria on a cultural tour

Vienna 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.

Our most popular cultural tours in Austria

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Habsburg Austria
Habsburg Austria - Castles & churches, houses & palaces, town & country
6th October 2025
Dr Jarl Kremeier

Outstanding range of castles, abbeys, churches, houses, palaces and excellent art collections. Picturesque towns and villages, and consistently beautiful scenery. Led by an art historian... Read more

8 days from
$5,330 Book today from $799.50
Vienna at Christmas
Vienna at Christmas - Art and architecture in the Habsburg capital
20th December 2025
Dr Jarl Kremeier

One of the world’s most beautiful cities – grand boulevards and picturesque alleys, great architecture and outstanding art. The Kunsthistorisches Museum, one of Europe’s greatest... Read more

8 days from
$6,890 Book today from $1,033.50
Mozart in Salzburg
Mozart in Salzburg - The annual winter festival
26th January 2026
Mr Richard Wigmore

Daily attendance at the Mozartwoche, the annual festival celebrating the composer’s work in his natal city. Seven concerts performed by leading orchestras, chamber groups and... Read more

7 days from
$7,010 Book today from $1,051.50
Opera in Vienna
Opera in Vienna - Gassmann, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini
10th March 2026
Dr John Allison

Four operas – L’opera seria (Gassmann), The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), Don Pasquale (Donizetti) and Madame Butterfly (Puccini). Productions of the highest quality at the Staatsoper,... Read more

6 days from
$5,240 Book today from $786.00
Viennese Modernism
Viennese Modernism - Klimt, Wagner, Schiele, Moser
23rd March 2026
Mr Gavin Plumley

Focus on the key figures in Viennese Modernism: Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser and Otto Wagner. Intensive study of architecture, design and art of the Vienna Secession, Art... Read more

5 days from
$3,720 Book today from $558.00
Cruise: History & Art on the Danube
Cruise: History & Art on the Danube - Highlights of the Habsburg Empire by river cruise
6th July 2026
Dr Philipp Blom, Mr Gavin Plumley, Ms Veronica Buckley

Cruise in comfort along the Danube, Europe’s most captivating river. Central Europe’s most glorious capitals: Vienna, Budapest & Bratislava. Exclusive charter of a small ship, with... Read more

8 days from
$5,280 Book today from $792.00
Opera in Vienna
The Schubertiade
Connoisseur’s Vienna
" The lecturer was, truly, a reference in musical knowledge and the tour manager managed the reservations everywhere in a wonderful and efficient way. " Opera in Vienna - Gassmann, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini
" Wonderful. I cannot think of any way it could be improved. " The Schubertiade - Music and mountains in the Vorarlberg
" Very elegant hotel, very erudite tours of museums, art galleries, churches and private palaces, very entertaining lecturer and helpful tour manager, and, not least, interesting fellow travellers. " Connoisseur’s Vienna - Art, architecture, music & private visits
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