{"id":50618,"date":"2022-08-15T07:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=50618"},"modified":"2025-12-04T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:54:22","slug":"walking-tour-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking tour: city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/womanwalking1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walking\" class=\"wp-image-50401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/womanwalking1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/womanwalking1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The final part of my suggested self-guided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">walking tour of Vienna<\/a> moves away from the Ring to go back through the old town to Stephansdom cathedral via a couple of historical squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the route outlined below and discover bonus tips on locations, as well as links to detailed information on what you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The entire 4-part walk takes some 1\u00bd hours without too many pauses and breaks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alternatively, book a short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_WalkingTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">guided walking tour<\/a>* of the city<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/tours-overview\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"59926\">Vienna tours overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Down to the cathedral<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour-ring\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50555\">Part 3 of the tour<\/a> ended outside the Burgtheater on the Ring boulevard. You&#8217;re going to move back into the old town through one or two locations that feel like they stepped right out of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Route map<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This article covers the black icons below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qJGBKILfYAdnZwGiooPsLG39Jjf_C6U&#038;ehbc=2E312F&#038;noprof=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The university<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First walk just a little further around the Ring past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-landtmann\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20500\">Caf\u00e9 Landtmann<\/a>. This is one of Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7689\">traditional coffee houses<\/a> and well placed for those visiting or working in the Burgtheater or nearby city hall.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouruniversity.jpg\" alt=\"The University of Vienna\" class=\"wp-image-50629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouruniversity.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtouruniversity-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The University of Vienna building)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brings you to the 1890 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/liebenberg-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60009\">memorial to Johann Andreas von Liebenberg<\/a> (1627-1683), who was mayor of Vienna during the seminal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/the-1683-siege-of-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29264\">1683 siege<\/a> of the city. He played a pivotal role in keeping the invaders at bay until the relief army arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposite Johann on the other side of the road you see the main entrance to the University of Vienna. Though built in 1884, the institution within dates back through the centuries to its founding in 1365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might recognise the entrance (and reading room inside) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/sachertorte-movie-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58231\">Sachertorte movie<\/a> and the building also appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/woman-in-gold-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"67389\">The Woman in Gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university&#8217;s arched Hogwarts-like courtyard offers a home to numerous small busts and similar of famous academics of the past, including recognisable names like Freud, Popper, or Schr\u00f6dinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Into the 1800s<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourpasqualatihaus.jpg\" alt=\"The Pasqualatihaus and M\u00f6lkerbastei\" class=\"wp-image-50630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourpasqualatihaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourpasqualatihaus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Beethoven once looked out of those windows)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Liebenberg memorial, turn off right down Schreyvogelgasse, keeping the large brick wall on your left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The house you see perched on top of that wall is the late 18th century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven-pasqualatihaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4500\">Pasqualatihaus<\/a>, once home to a certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2056\">Ludwig van Beethoven<\/a>. The composer spent his time there admiring the view, drinking coffee, and writing the likes of <em>Fidelio<\/em> or <em>F\u00fcr Elise<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s no ordinary wall, but one of the few remains of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/city-walls\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9943\">old city fortifications<\/a> I mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour-ring\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50555\">Part 3<\/a> of the walk as coming down to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/history-of-the-ringstrassen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68027\">make way<\/a> for real estate and the Ring boulevard you&#8217;ve been walking along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you reach the end of Schreyvogelgasse, go up a small street on your left (M\u00f6lker Steig) that slopes up and back toward the Pasqualatihaus.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourschreyvogelgasse.jpg\" alt=\"Schreyvogelgasse\" class=\"wp-image-50632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourschreyvogelgasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourschreyvogelgasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Walk up here to enjoy the historical ambience)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to avoid slopes and some steps, continue down Schreyvogelgasse, turn left onto Teinfaltstra\u00dfe, and rejoin the tour at the part marked Freyung below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people miss this part of Vienna, which has such a genuine 1800s feel to it that you may find your way blocked by film crews using the location as a set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/third-man-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31222\">Third Man territory<\/a>. A significant character in that movie once hid in the shadows of the doorway at No.8 on the rising road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro1104328,pro1035177\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_walkingbus\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Go up the slope and follow it round to the right and enjoy the dip into the past until you emerge at some steps that takes us back down into more modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walk down the steps and turn right to continue down Schottengasse until it reaches an open area with a church on your left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Tip: you pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-diglas-schottenstift\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"54085\">Caf\u00e9 Diglas<\/a> on Schottengasse. Go through and outside the back to find its open-air seating with tree shade...right in the middle of what is actually the Schottenstift abbey complex. Great for avoiding the crowds.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freyung<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schottenkirche.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schottenkirche.jpg\" alt=\"The Schottenkirche church\" class=\"wp-image-47588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schottenkirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/schottenkirche-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Schottenkirche. The exterior relief honours Heinrich II Jasomirgott, abbey founder and first Duke of Austria)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The church you see on your left as you reach the open area is the 13th-century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/schottenkirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27651\">Schottenkirche<\/a> (much changed since those days, though) and the square in front of it is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/freyung-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29646\">Freyung<\/a> with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/austriabrunnen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29810\">Austriabrunnen<\/a> fountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t follow the road to the left through the square. Instead, first walk down the right fork for a small detour into Herrengasse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Herrengasse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This route takes you past the gorgeous early 18th-century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/palais-kinsky\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29799\">Palais Kinsky<\/a>; continue until you reach a junction, where you turn left onto Strauchgasse to return to the Freyung.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourniederoesterreich.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Nieder\u00f6sterreich\" class=\"wp-image-50635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourniederoesterreich.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourniederoesterreich-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Palais Nieder\u00f6sterreich)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That junction has two particular highlights for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/palais-niederosterreich-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"14694\">Palais Nieder\u00f6sterreich<\/a> with 16th century origins and a history that includes hosting concerts by the likes of Beethoven and Liszt. They also have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmasmarkets\/palaisniederosterreich\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21173\">lovely weekend market<\/a> there at the start of the Advent period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-central\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10683\">Caf\u00e9 Central<\/a>, a coffee house with possibly the most impressive caf\u00e9 interior in all of Vienna. Trust me on this<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Tip: Caf\u00e9 Central nearly always has (long) queues. If you plan to stop here, make a reservation or go early morning as soon as it opens<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cafecentral.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe Central entrance\" class=\"wp-image-45034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cafecentral.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cafecentral-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Caf\u00e9 Central during the Christmas season and early enough that queues had yet to build)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strauchgasse takes you back to the bottom of the Freyung and a crossroads where you turn right to reach another historical square: Am Hof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, though, wander onto the Freyung to admire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/freyung-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29646\">the surrounds<\/a>. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 18th-century apothecary (still going at number 7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schottenstift-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22838\">abbey museum<\/a> (notable for its 15th-century altar panels)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Various townhouses erected by the nobility to ensure a shorter carriage ride to the Hofburg court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/freyungfrombelow.jpg\" alt=\"The Freyung from below\" class=\"wp-image-47716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/freyungfrombelow.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/freyungfrombelow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Freyung seen from the junction with Strauchgasse)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Am Hof<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave the Freyung at that crossroads to quickly reach Am Hof square, where Vienna&#8217;s history kind of began back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/vindobona\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32729\">Roman times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The column you see in the centre is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/marian-column\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34602\">Mariens\u00e4ule<\/a>, erected in 1667 to give thanks for Vienna escaping the attentions of rampaging Swedes (different times).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EmptyAmHofSquare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EmptyAmHofSquare.jpg\" alt=\"Empty Am Hof square\" class=\"wp-image-41407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EmptyAmHofSquare.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EmptyAmHofSquare-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Am Hof square with a Marian column in the middle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am Hof has various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/am-hof-square\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27637\">historical buildings<\/a> to consider, not least the giant 14th-century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/kirche-am-hof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29356\">Kirche am Hof<\/a> church with its baroque fa\u00e7ade. But take a peek at the unassuming building to the left of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 1762, guests at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/palais-collalto\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19530\">Palais Collalto<\/a> might have been rather irritated at having to sit through a musical performance given by some six-year-old boy from out west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"975002,1035993\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_hoponhopoff\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Except that kid was a certain Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart giving his first public performance in Vienna. Imagine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Tip: walk across Am Hof to the diagonal opposite of where you came in and slip through to find another historical square: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/judenplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31702\">Judenplatz<\/a> has, for example, the Holocaust memorial and a Jewish Museum exhibition site.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue walking with the Am Hof square on your left to enter Bognergasse and the final pedestrianised part of our walking tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graben<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/graben2023b.jpg\" alt=\"View down the Graben street\" class=\"wp-image-67461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/graben2023b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/graben2023b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Graben street)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bognergasse takes you past a couple of lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/jugendstil-graben\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33969\">Jugendstil buildings<\/a> (look for the Engel Apotheke and the Zum Schwarzen Kameel caf\u00e9 and restaurant). At the end, do a quick right and left to enter the Graben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This long broad avenue represents the very heart of the city and is lined with (luxury) stores and nice-looking buildings such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/grabenhof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5023\">Grabenhof<\/a>. Not so much a place to walk as to gently stroll. Though you likely won&#8217;t be alone unless you get up early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plague column &amp; Peterskirche<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peterskirche.jpg\" alt=\"Peterskirche from the Graben\" class=\"wp-image-42843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peterskirche.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peterskirche-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Peterskirche dome, modelled on the Vatican&#8217;s St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main feature on the Graben itself is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/plague-column-pestsaule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"432\">plague column<\/a>: another 17th-century monument put up out of gratitude, this time for the end of a bout of bubonic plague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before the plague column, though, look left to see the early 18th century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/peterskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3039\">Peterskirche church<\/a> set back a little from the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This working church gives new meaning to the phrase &#8220;decorative interior.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Tip: the Peterskirche provides a remarkable ambience for regular evening concerts of light classical music by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classic-ensemble-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61093\">Classic Ensemble Vienna<\/a>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1008299,1029872\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Concerts1\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the Graben turn left to enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stephansplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"83491\">Stephansplatz square<\/a> and its rather obvious highlight: Stephansdom cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(If you reach the end of the Graben and turn right, you find yourself on K\u00e4rntner Stra\u00dfe. Walk up to eventually reach the Staatsoper and thus go full circle back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">start of the tour route<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephansdom<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower.jpg\" alt=\"View of Stephansdom and south tower\" class=\"wp-image-42836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/stephansdomsouthtower-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The cathedral with the south tower on the right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna&#8217;s main landmark dates back seven or eight centuries, though the coloured mosaic roof is new thanks to WWII damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"294\">Stephansdom<\/a> has free public access to the first part of the interior, but you need a ticket for more. That includes a tour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stephansdom-catacombs\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5459\">catacombs<\/a> with a few sights that have an Indiana Jones feel to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can handle the stairs, a trip up the cathedral&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/south-tower-stephansdom\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5430\">south tower<\/a> ends in a remarkable view of Vienna and, particularly, the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Tip: the cathedral often hosts public classical concerts, particularly organ recitals (which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/stephansdom-organ-concerts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71451\">I can recommend<\/a>).<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mozarthaus.jpg\" alt=\"Mozarthaus front\" class=\"wp-image-42801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mozarthaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mozarthaus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Mozarthaus: Mozart composed <em>The Marriage of Figaro<\/em> inside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you to enjoy the cathedral as the final stop on our 4-part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">walking tour<\/a>. But pop behind the building for three other immediate highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5858\">Mozarthaus<\/a>, where Mozart once lived. Now an excellent museum to the musical genius. Like many historical locations, they also host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/bosendorfer-saal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11115\">concerts inside<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/dom-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5640\">Dom Museum<\/a> with its mix of ecclesiastical treasures along with modern and contemporary art<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/haasandhaas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22870\">Haas&amp;Haas tea rooms<\/a>, fighting the good fight against the all-powerful coffee houses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Final tip: for those intimidated by the prospect of all that walking, consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/sightseeing-bus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3789\">hop on hop off bus tour<\/a> instead!<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final part of my suggested self-guided walking tour of Vienna moves away from the Ring to go back through the old town to Stephansdom cathedral via a couple of historical squares. 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