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.

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.

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Habsburg Austria Castles & churches, houses & palaces, town & country

Opera in Vienna Gassmann, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini

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

" A good combination of towns and more peaceful rural spots. " Habsburg Austria - Castles & churches, houses & palaces, town & country

" The itinerary was exciting, providing much of interest in Vienna coupled with four very different operas. " Opera in Vienna - Gassmann, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini

" 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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