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Hohe Warte: where the Alps meet Vienna

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Vienna

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

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Guru: Michael

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I am a certified tourist guide and tour manager, travel blogger and globetrotter. As a local I love to explore the city that inspires me with my guests. As a trainer, lecturer and former cabaret artist with stage experience, I stand for eloquence and punchlines. Follow me on a tour to the most important sights with exciting stories in a good and fun mood! For more information about me visit me on Instagram @michaelsrootsinvienna or www.michaelsrootsinvienna.at

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Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Do you know the Beverly Hills of Vienna? In the fin de siècle there was no place more popular then the Hohe Warte in Döbling! Follow me on a moving tour through a green oasis, the beginning of the Alps in the middle of Vienna!

We meet at the terminus of the underground line U4 (Heiligenstadt), easily accessible in a few minutes from downtown Vienna.

To start, we visit Karl-Marx-Hof, the longest contiguous residential building in the world and talk about the social movement and architecture of the beginning of the 20th century.

Next we move to Hohe Warte and visit the extraordinary villas of the richest and most influential personalities of the fin de siècle. At the Beethoven monument, we shed light on the city’s unique musical history which established Vienna as a cultural metropolis.

After around 2.5 hours our tour ends in Heiligenstadt and you will learn how wine and wine taverns shape Vienna to this day.

Some of the main stops of the tour:

Josef Hofmann’s artists colony
former Rothschild Park – once the richest family in the world
Hohe Warte Stadion the largest stadium in Europe of that time
ZAMG – how the weather is made in Austria
Japanese Garden – a hidden garden treasure in Vienna
Tips, recommendations, things to see and do

Quality is my top priority and therefore I guide in smaller groups only.

Hint: bring your camera

I am looking forward to meeting you!

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Heiligenstadt S+U, 1190 Wien, Austria

Exit U4 station Heiligenstadt - at the bus station Heiligenstadt

Outside visit

Karl-Marx-Hof

To start, we visit Karl-Marx-Hof, the longest contiguous residential building in the world and talk about the social movement and architecture of the beginning of the 20th century.

Outside visit

Setagaya Park

Japanese Garden – a hidden garden treasure in Vienna

Outside visit

Hohe Warte

Next we move to Hohe Warte and visit the extraordinary villas of the richest and most influential personalities of the fin de siècle.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).