Vienna PASS - the original since 2015: Including Hop On Hop Off

Magnificient carriages offer a glimpse of the eventfull lives of rulers such as Maria Theresia, Napoleon oder Emperor Franz Joseph.

Located in the heart of Vienna, Albertina, the largest of the former private Habsburg residences, combines imperial pomp with masterpieces of art.

The Bank Austria Kunstforum is one of the top addresses for art lovers interested in classic modernism and the avant-garde paitings of the post War-years.

In the early 19th century, Heiligenstadt was a small wine-producing Village. It began to grow when its new healing baths started attracting many guests, including famous representatives of Vienna`s cultural life. Ludwig von Beethoven came seeking healing and getting improvement of his advancing deafness.

Beethoven lived in the house of his patron, Baron Johann Baptist Pasqualati. Here you can admire the famous portrait of Beethoven by Willbrord Joseph Mähler and see a series of the composers`s personal items.

The former residence of Prinz Eugene of Savoy is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. With its beautiful gardens that connenct the 2 palaces, it is one of the most magnificient baroque sites in the world. The Upper Belvedere is home to the world`s largest collection of Gustav Klimt`s paintings, masterpieces by Schiele, Kokoschka, Waldmüller, Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh. The Lower Belvedere was a residential palace, while the Upper Belvedere mainly served representatives purposes. It has hosted high-profile temporary exhibitions since 2007. Belvedere 21 - Museum of Contemporary Art is a place of artistic production, reception und reflection. The exhibition focuses on the Austrian art from the 20th and 21st century.

Major Austrian authors and their letters, works and creativity is presented in the Literature Museum.

Here you can meet masters and monarchs, super stars and top athletes from Austria and all over the world. This unique experience is combined with different dimensions of sights, sound, smells, taste and touch.

MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art is one of the most significant Museums of its kind worldwide. It is charactherised by an extraordinary union of applied arts, architecture, and contemporary art. (Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Joseph Hoffmann etc.)

Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK) is the largest museum of modern and contemporary art in Central Europe. Its collection spans the full range of works from classic modernism, including Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism, to Pop Art, Fluxus, Nouveau Realisme and Vienna Actionism.

Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum) was opened in 1889. With its collection of more than 30 million specimens and artefacts it is one of the foremost museums of its kind worldwide. (e.g. Venus of Willendorf figurine)

Otto Wagner was commissioned to design the look of the new mode of mass transport around 1900, which remains the part of Vienna`s cityscape to this day. The 2 pavillons at Karlsplatz and in Hietzing perfectly represent this period.

Papyrus Museum has some 300 unique objects from three millenia of Egyptian culture on display. (e.g. Book of Dead and Portraits of mummies)

Since its founding in 1923, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory has been located in the former imperial Palace in the Augarten park. The musuem illustrates the history of Viennese porcelain with over more than 150 representative pieces from its different artistic phases.

The Prater is not only the amusement park of Vienna with the famous Giant Ferris Wheel, but also encompasses 60 hectares of woods and meadows. You can also explore the wonderful history of Vienna`s Entertainment culture in the Prater Museum.

Schönbrunn Palace, the zoo, the Gloriette... the 160 ha UNESCO World Heritage Site is filled with Highlights to explore. At the end of the 17th century, Emperor Leopold I. commissioned the baroque architect Berhard Fischer von Erlach to build a palatial hunting lodge. Later, during Maria Theresia`s reign, Schönbrunner Palace became the imperial summer residence and glamorous centre of the court life. Today the baroque Palace and its gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Austria`s most-visited Tourist attraction. Specially created Museum for children and families, this part of the palace provides an insight into the everyday life of the children of the royal family and takes young visitors back to the times of Maria Theresia. Architect Fisher von Erlach`s designs included a Belvedere for Schönbrunn Hill as the crwoning touch to the palatial baroque ensemble, but it was not until Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg remodelled the park that this project was finally realised in 1775. The viewing terracce of the Gloriette affords a unique view of the entire Schönbrunn Park und large parts of Vienna.

Discover the secrets of Schlumberger! You can learn interesting details about the origins and production of sparkling wine. Walk through the 300-year-old cellar vaults, shake bottles on the wooden riddling racks and discover the secrets of "disgorging", "dosage", and the "cellar mark".

At the end of the 17th century, Emperor Leopold I. commissioned the baroque architect Berhard Fischer von Erlach to build a palatial hunting lodge. Later, during Maria Theresia`s reign, Schönbrunner Palace became the imperial summer residence and glamorous centre of the court life. Today the baroque Palace and its gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Austria`s most-visited Tourist attraction. The Privy Garden is part of the Meidling Kammergärten adjacent to the eastern facade of the palace. It received ist german name Kronprinzengarten (Crown Prince Garden) around 1870, after apartements were furnished for Crown Prince Rudolf on the gorund Floor of this wing. It was used as the imperial family`s private garden till the end of the monarchy in 1918. The maze in the park at Schönbrunn Palace actually consists of three parts: the maze, the labyrinth and the Labyrinthikon playground. The maze was initially laid out around 1720 and then gradually abandoned until the last hedges were felled in 1892. In 1999 it was reconstructed based on historical models over an area of 1715 qm. 189 m long and 10 m wide, the Schönbrunn Orangery is one of the 2 largest baroque orangeries in the world, the other being at Versailles. Due to wheather conditions, the presenation from October till mid-May focuses only winter-hardy, fruit bearing trees and schrubs.

During the last week weeks before his death in November 1828, Franz Schubert lived in his brother Ferdinand`s appartement near Nashmarkt. Here you can see his last drafted compositions, the last letter he wrote and the written documents speaking of his family`s caring efforts at the end of his life.

The Sigmund Freud Museum in the former home and practice of Sigmunf Freud is showing a documentation on the life and work of the father of psychoanalysis. The exhibition in the Berggasse 13. with original furniture, objects and pictures will inform the visitors about the famous doctor.

The Spanish Riding School and its Lipizzaner stallions are famous and well-loved the world over. The Morning Exercise offers an insight into the years of training of the Lipizzaners and their riders. Accompanied by classical Viennese Music, the riders and their horses do simple limbering exercises.

The State Hall of the Austrian National Library is one of the world`s most beautiful historic libraries. Habsburg Emperor Charles VI. (1685-1740) had this gem of secular baroque architecture built for his court library.

Klosterneuburg Monastery was founded over 900 years ago. It was the residence of Babenbergs as well the Habsburgs and here you can find the oldest winery in Austria.

Koalas, tigers, elephants… Schönbrunn Zoo, located in the garden of Schönbrunn Palace, is home to over 700 species of animals from all over the world. The Highlights are the giant pandas! It is the oldest zoo in the world. Tiergarten Schoenbrunn - Zoo Vienna

Vienna is one of the 4 Headquarters of the United Nations alongside New York, Nairobi and Geneva. The general guided tours through the Vienna International Centre, constructed in 1979, provide a unique perspective on the work of different UN organisations. You can also see permanent and temporary exhibits and works of art including the original Hundertwasser tapestry and a moon rock donated by NASA.

The iconic Danube Tower, Vienna`highest building is the perfect starting point for discovering Vienna. The elevator takes you to the viewing platform to experience an unforgettable panorama from 150 metres up.

At the Desert House you can see plants and animals from the deserts and arid regions and learn about their survival strategies. A path winds its way through a 2.000 square metres desert habitat filled with fascinating fauna.

It is located in the heart of Vienna. Dom Mueum Wien houses the most valuable historic treasures St. Stephen`s Cathedral as well as cornerstones of classic modernity and contemporary art.

Haus der Musik - Sound Museum is an interactive experience in the heart of the City of Music. It represents the fascinating world of Music and Sound on 4 floors.

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) moved into his house in Gumpendorf (at the time at the very outskirts of Vienna) in 1797, aged 65. It was there that he passed away on 31 May 1809. To mark the 200th anniversary of his death in 2009, the permanent exhibition in the Haydnhaus was completely redesigned. It focuses on the last years of the composer`s life, linking them to the political and social setting of his time.

One of the world`s largest furniture collection is housed in a typical Biedermeier house in Vienna. A large scale of the building is dedicated to the splendid collection of imperial furniture, with objects originally belonging to Maria Theresia, Franz Joseph and Sisi.

Imperial Crypt (also known as Capuchin Crypt) is the burial place of the emperors and empresses of the House of Habsburg and their families.

The exhibition of the Jewish Museum Vienna at Palais Eskeles focus on Jewish religion, tradition and history in Austria.

Kunsthalle Wien is Vienna`s Exhibition space for international contemporary art and discourse. At its 2 venues at MuseumQuartier and Karlsplatz, it represents contemporary artistic perspectives that increase the awareness of current issue.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna was built by Emperor Franz Joseph to house the imperial collections. It is one of the most important museums in the world. Exhibits from 5 millennia are testaments to the passion of collecting of the emperors and archdukes of the Habsburg dynasty.

The Leopold Museum is a unique Treasury of Viennese Art Nouveau, Wiener Werkstätte and expressionism. It houses the world`s largest Egon Schiele collection as well as masterpieces by Secession founder Gustav Klimt.

The statue of Johann Strauss II in Stadtpark is one of the most frequently photographed monuments in Vienna. The gilded bronze memorial was built to commemorate the Waltz King.

The Hofburg Palace - residence of the Habsburg Emperors until 1918 and today the political centre of Austria - houses a number of Museums and Collections, e.g. The Imperial Apartements, the Sisi Museum and the IImperial Silver Collection.

It was founded by the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The Kunst Haus Wien houses the world`s biggest collection of his works. Here, only a couple of streets away from the Hundertwasser Haus, his unique architecture is accessible indoors as well as outdoors.

Vienna`s Central Cemetery is the second largest graveyard in Europe, with an area of 2,4 square kilometres and over 330,000 graves. It was founded in 1874 and has Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic and various Orthodox sections, as well as a Buddhist and a Mormon section. It is the final resting place of such notable personages as Ludwig von Beethoven, Johann Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (memorial only) and Falco.

Construction on the Votive Church, designed in the neo-gothic style by Heinrich Ferstel, began in 1856. It was inaugurated in 1879 to commemorate the silver anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Sisi. At 99 metres, it is Vienna`s second tallest church after St. Stephen`s.

Experience 150 years of public transport in Vienna. See how the city developed and how transportation changed life in Vienna.

At the Mozarthaus Vienna visitors can explore Mozart`s only apartement in Vienna, that has been preserved, where he compsoed more music than anywhere else. The exhibition is focused on the great composer`s Vienna years, which represent the peak of his creative achievement.

Naschmarkt is one of Vienna`s most fascinating markets, offering exotic foods and spices from all over the world. many popular restaurants and bistros are scattered across the markets and the surrounding streets.

Hop on Hop Off City Tour Variations - 24h 48h & 72h ticket with a self guided music walking tour light option.

Guided tour in the Vienna State Opera House

Hanuschgasse 3, 1010 Vienna