Sightseeing Vienna Hop-On Hop-Off Tour and Audioguided Walking Tour

If it is your first time in Vienna, with this tour you can quickly get to know all of the most important and iconic landmarks, as well as learn a bit about their history and find out their locations. But even people who claim to know Vienna well are bound to discover something new by hopping aboard our bus, thanks to the eloquent narrations of the city’s history that are packed with fun historical facts and other trivia. Our state-of-the-art tour buses are comfortable and offer a perfect city view. As a special service, we provide free Wi-Fi on board.

The advantages of a Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour are endless, but without a shadow of a doubt, the most special one is the advantage that gives it a name: its hop-on hop-off nature. Our Hop-On Hop-Off tickets are available in three categories: 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours.

24-hour ticket option:

Highlights

3 routes through the city

Free download for the App-guided Walk

Short waiting times at the stops

Free WIFI on all buses

Audio guide in 19 languages

Extra kids' channel in German & English

Included

Hop-on Hop-off city highlights (Red, Yellow and Blue lines)

Audio guide on the bus

48-hour ticket option:

Highlights

Up to 4 routes through the city

Free download for the App-guided Walk

Short waiting times at the stops

Free WIFI on all buses

Audio guide in 19 languages

Extra kids' channel in German & English

Included

Hop-on Hop-off city highlights (Red, Yellow, Green and Blue lines)

Audio guide on the bus

72-hour ticket option:

Highlights

Up to 4 routes

Free download for the App-guided Walk

Short waiting times at the stops

Free WIFI on all buses

Audio guide in 19 languages

Extra kids' channel in German & English

Included

Hop-on Hop-off city highlights (Red, Yellow, Green and Blue lines)

Audio guide on the bus

4 routes that you can combine as you wish:

Red Line: Explore Ringstrasse

Along the Ringstrasse, you will find the most important sights of Vienna. For example the impressive State Opera from where you can stroll through the pedestrian zone of the Kärntner Strasse to the famous St. Stephan's Cathedral.

A special highlight is the grand Hofburg Palace which takes you back to imperial times. Visit the residences of former emperors and see the Sisi Museum too. In the Imperial Treasury, you can admire the crown of the Holy Roman Empire and many other precious items.

Also located on the Ringstrasse is the beautiful building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. It is the home of priceless art treasures, such as the world's largest collection of Bruegel paintings. Other highlights on this popular Hop-On Hop-Off tour include the Austrian Parliament, the City Hall and the National Theatre.

Yellow Line: Explore Schönbrunn and Belvedere Palace

This line gets you to Schönbrunn Palace, the most popular tourist attraction in Austria and a World Heritage Site. Take a look at the imperial private apartments, stroll through the palace gardens or take your kids to the nearby zoo.

Another culturally interesting stop on this Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour: Belvedere Palace, the former summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy, in which the world-famous painting "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt is exhibited.

*The Schwarzenbergplatz stop takes you to some of the stops on the “Viennese Waltz” self-guided tour.

Blue Line: Explore along the Danube

This line leads you among other things to the Danube Tower and Kunst Haus Wien, home of the Hundertwasser Museum. It houses a permanent exhibition of the surrealistic works of the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

A visit to the Prater is a must during a stay in Vienna. Stroll through this big leisure park with 250 attractions. There you will find one of the city’s landmarks, the Giant Ferris Wheel. Also on the Blue Line, you will see the 252 metres high Danube Tower. Its observation deck and restaurant, which slowly rotate 360°, provide you with an unforgettable view of Vienna. At the nearby Old Danube, you can have a picnic or take a romantic boat ride during summertime.

Green Line: Discover nature and wine

Discover the countryside around Vienna. This bus tour takes you to the wine village of Grinzing, a picturesque district full of wine taverns called "Heuriger". Winemakers offer their self-produced wine, which grows in the surrounding vineyards. Go in and taste a glass of home-grown wine and listen to traditional Viennese music.

Travel with the Green Line to Cobenzl, where beautiful hiking trails await you. Take a break from the city and enjoy a gorgeous panoramic view of Vienna.

Self-Guided Walking Tour App

You will also receive the audio files in English and German for the Self-Guided Music Walk Light free of charge. Discover interesting places around the musical greats Beethoven, Schubert, Strauß and Mozart. You can get more information and access data in our Service Centre and on the buses.

Languages

Audio guides available in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Polish, Korean, Serbian. Extra kids' channel in German and English.

Important information – There may be restrictions

The Green line, which runs from the Votive Church to Cobenzl, started operating on April 1 this year and will also stop at the House of Strauss on Döblinger Hauptstraße from May onwards. (runs in high season only!)

The Green line is included in the 48h and 72h tickets.

From April 1, the Yellow line towards Schönbrunn will once again stop at Westbahnhof.

For detailed information on the schedule, frequency, stops, and duration of each route, please go to the following link: http://media.activitiesbank.com/30978/ENG/HOHOSchedule%20_ENG.pdf.