Austria, from the Golden Hall to Hallstatt.

A concert under a gilded ceiling, Schönbrunn before the coaches arrive, the lake village everyone photographs, and the day the hills genuinely are alive. Six days, and the best way to book each.

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Karlskirche for Vivaldi under Rottmayr’s dome, the Musikverein for the sound the city is famous for, Schönbrunn for the palace walk home afterwards. Same composers, three completely different evenings.

• 1Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concert in Karlskirchefrom $40
• 2Classical Concert in the World-Famous Musikvereinfrom $17
• 3Mozart Concert at the Musikverein – Golden Hallfrom $81

Under the dome

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Karlskirche

75 min· from $40· baroque church

Candles, a small ensemble and the piece you already know, played beneath the frescoed dome of Karl VI’s plague church.

The famous room

Mozart in the Musikverein’s Golden Hall

2 hours· from $81· gilded hall

The hall the New Year’s Concert comes from: gold caryatids, a flat wooden floor and an acoustic that flatters everything. Take a seat, not a standing place.

Palace setting

Mozart and Strauss at Schönbrunn

105 min· from $42· palace orangery

An evening in the Orangery where the court once judged Mozart against Salieri, then the walk out through the palace gates in the dark.

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The tours more travellers take than anything else in the country, and what each one actually gets you for the money.

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concert in Karlskirche

Hear Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Vienna’s Karlskirche with Orchestra 1756 on period instruments. 75 minutes, $40 per person.

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2 ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 · 9,281 reviews Spanish Riding School Training from $20 3 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 7,859 reviews Skip-the-cashier-desk-line Giant Ferris Wheel Ride from $17 4 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 7,739 reviews Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens Skip-the-Line Tour from $63 5 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 6,779 reviews Light of Creation Votive Church Immersive Light Show from $25 6 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 6,765 reviews Vienna Spanish Riding School Guided Tour from $28 7 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 6,673 reviews Classical Concert in the World-Famous Musikverein from $17 8 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 6,311 reviews Hallstatt Day Trip with Boat Ride Option from $108

Every tour on the site, sorted by what it charges. A cathedral concert costs less than lunch; a private day in the Tyrol costs what it costs.

Under $50

308 tours

Church concerts, museum entry, guided walks and the Ferris wheel. Most of central Vienna sits in this band.

• 1Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concert in Karlskirchefrom $40
• 2Spanish Riding School Trainingfrom $20
• 3Skip-the-cashier-desk-line Giant Ferris Wheel Ridefrom $17

$50–150

366 tours

Palace tours with a guide, the Golden Hall, and the long day trips to Hallstatt and the Wachau with the coach fare included.

• 1Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens Skip-the-Line Tourfrom $63
• 2Hallstatt Day Trip with Boat Ride Optionfrom $108
• 3The Original Sound of Music Tour in Salzburgfrom $90

$150 and up

569 tours

Private drivers, small-group Alpine days, and the dinner-and-concert evenings people book for an anniversary.

• 1Wachau Valley, Melk Abbey Tour with Danube Boat Tripfrom $151
• 2Vienna for Food Lovers: Cafés, Markets & Austrian Cuisinefrom $159
• 3Exclusive Evening at Schönbrunn Palace: After-Hours Audiotour, Dinner, Concertfrom $170

Old towns and baroque churches are all over Europe. White stallions working to Mozart, a mountain full of ice above Werfen and a film tour running since 1965 are not.

Since 1565

Lipizzaners and Fiaker

The Spanish Riding School’s stallions rehearse most mornings under the chandeliers of the Winter Riding School, and perform on a calendar published months ahead. Training costs a fraction of a performance and the horses work just as hard. Outside on Michaelerplatz the Fiaker drivers wait with the same two-horse carriages their grandfathers drove.

1. 1Secrets of the Fiaker & Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 743 reviews
2. 2Culinary Horse-Drawn Carriage Experience★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 291 reviews
3. 3Christmas Horse-Drawn Sleigh/Carriage Ride from Salzburg★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 154 reviews

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Still running

The Sound of Music tour

Salzburg has been driving visitors to the same gazebo, abbey gate and Mirabell steps since 1965, and the coaches still sing on the way out to Mondsee. Austrians largely ignore the film. The tour is aimed squarely at everyone else, and it is entirely unembarrassed about that.

1. 1The Original Sound of Music Tour in Salzburg★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 6,129 reviews
2. 2Original Sound of Music Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 5,059 reviews
3. 3Hallstatt and Sound of Music Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 522 reviews

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Above the Salzach

Eisriesenwelt

Forty kilometres of ice tunnel inside the Tennengebirge, high above Werfen: the largest ice cave anyone has surveyed. It opens from May to the start of November, takes a cable car, a walk and several hundred steps to reach, and stays below freezing while the valley below bakes.

1. 1Eagle’s Nest and ‘The Where Eagles Dare Castle’ of Werfen★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 32 reviews
2. 2Private Werfen Ice Cave and Golling Waterfall from Salzburg★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 15 reviews
3. 3Werfen World’s Largest Ice Caves and Golling Waterfalls Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 7 reviews

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