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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Vienna at Christmas Art and architecture in the Habsburg capital

Opera in Vienna S. Strauss, J. Strauss, Rossini, Wagner

Mozart in Salzburg The annual winter festival

" I learnt so much that I would love to return to Vienna as soon as possible in order to deepen my knowledge of this fascinating city. " Vienna at Christmas - Art and architecture in the Habsburg capital

" The itinerary was exciting, providing much of interest in Vienna coupled with four very different operas. " Opera in Vienna - S. Strauss, J. Strauss, Rossini, Wagner

" 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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