Tour description:
Vienna is often portrayed as a romantic city with charming streets and effortless beauty, but it’s only a part of the complete, much darker picture. Come and hear the baffling tales and the lesser-known stories of the city’s past, designed for the curious traveler. As you follow our guide, you will see the city in a different light and embrace the darkness which is an inseparable part of Vienna’s history. So, are you ready to join the dark side? Then come to our dark side of Vienna walking tour.
Tour highlights
- Minoritenplatz and the forgotten cemetery
- Heldenplatz and the natural history museum
- Hofburg palace
- Josefsplatz
- Michaelerplatz
And much much more!
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Why book this dark tour?
This tour is perfect for dark tourism lovers and history enthusiasts who want to see Vienna for what it really is- an eery and mysterious city. More often than not, history defies imagination and some of the stories you’ll hear will be truly surprising and interesting. Instead of taking an ordinary and generic walking tour, how about exploring the dark side of Vienna?
Important details:
Tour type: This tour is currently available as a private tour.
Duration: The tour lasts approximately 2 hours.
Guide: One of our awesome guides is looking forward to meeting you.
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Children: This tour isn’t designed for children below the age of 13.
Accessibility: This tour is wheelchair accessible.
What to wear: Comfortable shoes! Also, always check the weather forecast to bring the right clothes.
Interested in a public tour?
Upon request we can publish a public tour to reduce the tour’s price per person. A public tour costs 25 euros per participant and requires a minimum of 6 participants.
Tour conditions:
Minimum number of participants: The tour takes place as a private tour but can also be opened as a public tour upon request. It will take place as a public tour if at least 6 people are registered. In case there aren’t enough participants, we will unfortunately cancel the tour and issue you a full refund.
Cancellation policy: You can cancel your booking up to 48 hours in advance. If you cancel your booking less than 48 hours before the tour we won’t be able to issue a refund. Certain exceptions apply such as emergency situations. Please note, we reserve the right to cancel the tour up to 48 hours in advance too. We will do so if our guide is unavailable due to a sudden change or if we do not have the minimum number of participants required for the tour.
Pictures and videos: Please be aware that we might take photos and videos during the tour. If you don’t want to appear in any Secret Vienna promotional pictures, please let us know by sending us a message.
Copyrights: The content of the tour is produced by our hard working team of licensed guides. Therefore, recording the tour or taking pictures of artefacts and material used by the guide is strictly forbidden.
