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.

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.

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Connoisseur’s Vienna Art, architecture, music & private visits

The London Backstreet Walk Hyde Park to the Tower

Mozart in Salzburg The annual winter festival

" The combination of architecture, art and music, combined with with visits to places not open to the public made the itinerary excellent. " Connoisseur’s Vienna - Art, architecture, music & private visits

" The walk leader again lived up to every high expectation: outstanding background knowledge combined with the love of the subject. " The London Backstreet Walk - Hyde Park to the Tower

" Richard Wigmore transformed the experience for me – giving depth to my shallow knowledge. There was no musical subject on which he was unable to converse; he made his expertise accessible with enormous fluency and enthusiasm. His lectures flashed by, full of insights and jokes in equal measure. He was always friendly, cheerful and approachable. " Mozart in Salzburg - The annual winter festival

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