Self-guided free tour
Innere Stadt: Imperial Vienna on foot
Free · no booking Loop route
- Duration
- 1 h 55 min approx.
- Distance
- 3.2 km on foot
- Stops
- 11 stops
A loop through the heart of Vienna: from Saint Stephen's Cathedral to the Graben, the Judenplatz memorial, the Demel pastry shop, the Hofburg imperial palace, the State Opera and the crypt where the Habsburgs lie. Eleven stops, about three kilometres and about two hours, not counting time inside the buildings.
Start and end Stephansplatz and the Cathedral
Get thereThe route
The 1 marks where the tour starts and ends.
The 11 stops
At each one, a story of about two minutes.
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1
Stephansplatz and the Cathedral Start
240 m · 3 min on foot
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2
Graben and the Plague Column
110 m · 2 min on foot
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3
Peterskirche
330 m · 5 min on foot
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4
Judenplatz
160 m · 2 min on foot
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5
Am Hof
360 m · 5 min on foot
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6
Kohlmarkt and Demel
70 m · 1 min on foot
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7
Michaelerplatz
290 m · 4 min on foot
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8
Hofburg and Heldenplatz
800 m · 11 min on foot
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9
State Opera
260 m · 4 min on foot
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10
Albertinaplatz
170 m · 2 min on foot
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11
Neuer Markt and the Imperial Crypt
420 m · 6 min back to the start
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Back at Stephansplatz and the Cathedral
The tour ends where it started.
How it works
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1. Get to the start
Head to the starting point and tap “Start the tour”.
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2. Listen
At each stop, tap “I'm here” and listen to the story.
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3. Follow the map
Follow the map to the next stop. No rush.
Before you set off
Bring headphones and a charged phone: audio and map use up battery.
- It is a loop: you finish where you started.
- Stop whenever you like. Your progress is saved on this phone.
- The route and the texts load when you start, so it keeps working with patchy coverage.
- The walk stays outdoors. The time does not include going inside the buildings.
- Available in Spanish and English.
Use it offline
Save the audio, photos and route on this phone to do the tour with no data. Do it on wifi before you set off.
The download stopped halfway. What was already saved is still on this phone.
You can start the tour or leave this page: the download carries on.
Available offline
There is a new version. The one you have saved still works.
Photo credits
- 1. Stephansplatz and the Cathedral: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 2. Graben and the Plague Column: Thomas Ledl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
- 3. Peterskirche: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 4. Judenplatz: Zyance · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- 5. Am Hof: Gugerell · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 6. Kohlmarkt and Demel: Johann Werfring · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 7. Michaelerplatz: Gugerell · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 8. Hofburg and Heldenplatz: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 9. State Opera: P e z i · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
- 10. Albertinaplatz: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- 11. Neuer Markt and the Imperial Crypt: Gugerell · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons