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A tour for those that want to enjoy a different perspective in Vienna and find the time to spend an extra afternoon away from crowds.
Our guides Brigitte, Sabine and Walter are living in this neighborhood, so we take you for “our walk around the block”.
We suggest having a snack-lunch at Rochusmarkt (U3 stop) before the walk.
Richard the Lionheart was captured here shortly before Christmas 1192 – which created the opportunity for Robin of Locksley to become Robin Hood.
It was the quarter where tawers and tripe dressers performed their smelly business and where capital punishment by pyre, by quartering or breaking wheel was performed.
F. Hundertwasser, Z. Hadid and G.W. Ferris left their marks on this neighborhood and creative minds like R. Musil, F. Zinnemann, F. West, E. Fuchs and Wittgenstein lived here.
After a day “in the city” the Prater, an alluvial parkland the size of Central Park, makes a nice relaxing contrast – with a view, if you take ride on the one & only Ferris Wheel.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We meet our guests at the fountain in the center of Rochusmarkt, just in front of subway U3 station.
The tour open-ends around 5pm
Itinerary
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1
Rochusmarkt is more like an agora, a meeting place for an affluent neighborhood. We suggest to have a snack lunch there before we start at 2pm.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
An upper-middle-class neighborhood developed on the eve of WWI.
Admission ticket free -
2Hundertwasserhaus
An eco-fantastic apartment building commissioned by the city of Vienna with Friedensreich Hundertwasser in the early 1980ies
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
A former garage transformed into a colorful oasis full of souvenir options
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Prater (Pass by)
The Parter Haupt Allee is the spine of the green Prater lined with rows of horse chestnut trees blooming pink or white in late April
Admission ticket free -
Prater (Pass by)
Adjoining the green Prater, Viertel Zwei is a modern neighborhood still in the making next to Europe’s second largest trotting track.
Admission ticket free -
4
The new campus of Vienna’s Business and Economics University features contemporary architecture. Dominated by Zaha Hadid’s learning center.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
One of Europe’s oldest amusement parks the Wurstelprater features rides and attractions for all ages.
Admission ticket free -
5Wiener Riesenrad
The only surviving giant wheel featuring the original technology invented by George W. Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition/Chicago World's Fair, 1893
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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