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Welcome to Vienna! Want to know the best places to eat? Cool events in town? Which places to go to and which to avoid? Or simply get some help to navigate the city? Book this private tour with a local and get the perfect introduction to Vienna to start your city trip on the right foot.

Destination

Vienna, Austria

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Deutsch, Norsk, Italiano, Hindi, Français

Included

• Private Guide
• Local Trips & Tricks
• City Orientation
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 9 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at In front of the Column of Pest momorial - Vienna to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See Vienna State Opera House, St. Stephen's Cathedral, and more landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots of the city so you can get the perfect introduction to what makes Vienna so special

4. Local Hot Spots

   Along the way, your host will point out hangout spots and hidden gems that only the locals know about and will help you get acquainted with the city in the most local way possible

5. Food Recommendations

   Receive tailored recommendations according to your taste and where to go and what to eat while visiting Vienna. Avoid tourist traps thanks to your local host!

6. City Orientation

   Learn how to navigate the city, and get the answers to your Vienna questions that will help you in the following days making your time in the city much easier

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

kara

(About local Roxane)

4 June 2025

Roxane gave us a wonderful introduction to Vienna. This was our first experience with a personal/local tour guide and I don’t think we will be able to go back to group tours after! Roxane had wonderful communication prior to the tour so I felt at ease with the whole process. Her knowledge of the city was superb and conversation with her during the tour was easy and comfortable. Highly recommended!! Thank you Roxane!Great decision

Mike🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

4 June 2025

As this was our first time in Vienna, we chose a City Kickstart tour through Withlocals to get an overview and introduction of what to see. Our local guide, Roxana was amazing! In addition to her bubbly warm personality, she was a wealth of knowledge. In the relatively short time together, we learned more about the history, art, culture and unique aspects we never would have picked up in a large group tour or reading a visitors' guide. Doing this on foot was fanastic as we saw so much and knew exactly where we wanted to return to to spend more time and tour inside. Roxane amazed us with her depth of understanding the history: good, bad and quirky facts that were fascinating to listen to. For someone new to Vienna, this is the experience to start with and Roxane is the one to have it with!Wonderful introduction to Vienna!

STEPHEN

(About local Lisa Maria)

2 June 2025

Very engaging! Very Knowledgeable! Sehr interessant!Perfect

Max🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

1 June 2025

My wife and I took a “Kickstart” tour with Roxane on our first day in Vienna. It proved to be a perfect introduction to the city—thanks in large part to Roxane’s knowledge and itinerary. She seems to know everything about Vienna, past and present. She also happens to be a friendly and engaging person, which helps! Extremely knowledgeable guide

eileen🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lisa Maria)

30 May 2025

Lisa Marie is a bright, funny, cosmopolitan young lady. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with her. She gave us great insights and tailored our time together to introduce us to the Vienna she loves while answering our particular questions. Vienna with love

Suzanne

(About local Lisa Maria)

26 May 2025

Exploring Vienna with Lisa Maria is like walking through the city with a friend; Lisa Maria is friendly, passionate about the city and its history, and has a keen eye for timing. She likes to surprise you. If you like to get a feeling of Vienna and to understand its backgrounds I recommend anyone to book a tour with Lisa Maria . Lisa Maria shares her personal experiences in the city and hidden secrets of the city. She is flexible and caring. In the morning she checked on us and proposed a more convenient meeting place than we agreed upon before. Lisa Maria has enriched us and opened our eyes for the wonderful city Vienna is! Like walking with a friend!

Uli🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Lisa Maria)

19 May 2025

Für unser Wien Wochenende war die Stadtführung mit Lisa Maria der perfekte Start! Lisa Maria ist unkompliziert auf unsere Wünsche eingegangen, hat uns aber auch ihre eigenen Erfahrungen und wertvollen Tipps weitergegeben. Es war sehr unterhaltsam, kurzweilig und dabei informativ! Sehr empfehlenswert!Perfekte Start-Stadttour

Kristine

(About local Lisa Maria)

17 May 2025

Lisa Maria was in a word fabulous! She made us feel at ease instantly with her warm handshake and infectious smile. We met at the Opera House and we were off! We learned about the must do's and the never do's and/or the not worth the time. Being a student of history, she had innumerable back stories that made the tour so much more interesting and enjoyable. If you are looking for a quick but informative way to get to know Vienna on the first day of your stay - Lisa Maria is your ticket. [If we could give her above a 10 ranking we would have!!]A GREAT way to start your stay in Wein

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Roxane)

11 May 2025

Roxanne was a great guide and managed to give us a great introduction to the city and helped us to understand the culture in a fun way.Fun fact filled tour

Nina

(About local Lisa Maria)

29 April 2025

Lisa Maria ist eine sehr sympathische und lustige Reiseleiterin. Sie hat uns viele tolle Anekdoten und zusätzliche Infos zur Stadt gegeben, die wir sonst nicht erfahren hätten. Die Rosen und Sissi nächtliche Ausflüge haben tiefen Eindruck hinterlassen. Es war sehr kurzweilig und super informativ. Vielen Dank!Wien mal Anders - sehr lustige Erkundung

Kunal and Shari🇺🇸 United States

(About local Anita)

22 April 2025

I honestly do not have the ability to do justice to the truly amazing experience my wife and I had with Anita in Vienna this morning and afternoon. Even before the trip started, she was in regular communication with us, promptly responding to our queries, and going above and beyond with suggestions, and recommendations. From the very brief introduction we gave about ourselves, she was immediately able to gauge our preferences and tailored her suggestions accordingly. As she says in her profile, she's truly a "Vienna girl" and a widely traveled traveler as well and it was a pleasure to learn so much about this historic town and the treasures it offers. She was eager to help us out with our many questions and took the trouble to be truly our guide. All that I can say in closing is it was an absolute pleasure to have her as our local guide and looking forward to revisting the city with the hopefully her company again. Many thanks, Anita! Kunal and ShariFantastic experience!

Mladenka

(About local Lisa Maria)

22 April 2025

Lisa Maria is an excellent guide who I would truly recommend to everyone, both those who are coming to Vienna for the first time and those who have already visited it. Full of knowledge, anecdotes, hidden meanings, interesting stories and a big smile. The time we spent with her flew by in an instant, and we felt like we were walking with an old friend we hadn't seen in a long time. Lisa Maria revealed things that are not found in classic guides, along with information about life in the city on a daily basis that made us want not only to return to Vienna, but also to move there. I think that in addition to a wonderful tour, we also got a person we can count on and who we would like to continue to hang out with, and that is a rarity and you can hardly pay for that... Thank you once again for a wonderful experience, I recommend it with all my heart!THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE

Sandy

(About local Roxane)

19 April 2025

Roxane was a wonderful guide. Although we didn’t have a clear idea of what we wanted, she picked up on our interests along the way and steered the tour in the right direction. She knows a lot about… a lot. And her French is excellent! Thank you! Sandy, Quentin and LoïcRoxane knows!

Harald 🇳🇴 Norway

(About local Lisa Maria)

15 April 2025

We met our guide outside our hotel instead of at the regular meeting point in Graben. The guide was immediately welcoming and cheerful. Shortly after, she had planned a tour based on the impressions our group of four people gave. The tour had a nice mix of facts about the city and what we saw on our tour, along with some tidbits about governance in Vienna and Austria. Friendly, knowledgeable, and fun guide

Maureen

(About local Anita)

7 April 2025

Anita was not only professional and informative, she was also kind enough to teach us so much in a relatively short time such as maneuvering public transport. We would 100% hire Anita for a wonderful visit to ViennaLike a Friend

Dianna🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Roxane)

4 April 2025

We chose to do the Kick-start Vienna tour with Roxane as she came highly recommended and she didn't disappoint! Roxane was exceptional! Knowledgeable and passionate about Vienna and able to answer all our questions. Her walking tour was informative, interesting and fun. I would definitely highly recommend Roxane.Dianna Australia

John🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Selin)

4 April 2025

We met Selin at the Column of Pest and spent a wonderful 2 hours going around Vienna and learning about its history. Selin was delightful, humorous and informative. Thank you Selin Didi &John BarkerLovely morning with Selin

Friederike

(About local Selin)

1 April 2025

Selin hat uns einen sehr schönen Einblick in die Geschichte der Stadt, das Leben dort früher bis heute, wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt! Selin hat uns sehr einfühlsam Informationen vermittelt. Mega !!!🫶Wunderbare Führung mit Selin

John🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

26 March 2025

Roxane was wonderful - from the great communications ahead of time to the level of detail and flexibility during our walk in and around town. We saw streets and landmarks that we never would have found on our own with a great history lesson along the way and clearly she has a fascination with art as well - so advice on museums etc was great! We also found some great places to eat based on her recommendations and she helped us navigate the tram a bit as well! We highly recommend Roxane if you are visiting Vienna!Excellent time and so flad we did it!

Alex🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

18 March 2025

Roxane was very informative and knowledgeable, had great charisma and engaging. Really enjoyed this tour!!Roxane was awesome!

Elizabeth

(About local Lisa Maria)

1 February 2025

Lisa Marie was such an amazing guide! She took us to so many great locations and provided so much interesting information! She was so nice and friendly and we had such a great afternoon with her. She provided helpful tips and tricks about the city and gave us great food recommendations. I would absolutely recommend this tour! 10/10Awesome tour!

Marcela🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lisa Maria)

11 January 2025

If you're looking for a walking tour of Vienna that combines rich history, fascinating anecdotes, and a personal touch, I highly recommend taking the tour with Lisa Maria. From the moment we met her, it was clear that she is not only knowledgeable but also deeply passionate about Vienna’s culture, architecture, and history. This walking tour with Lisa Maria was a wonderful way to get acquainted with Vienna. This tour is an excellent way to experience the true heart of Vienna, with a knowledgeable and engaging guide who makes history come alive. Highly recommended! A Fantastic Introduction to Vienna!

Neil🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Lisa Maria)

2 January 2025

We spent a very enjoyable (and fun) two hour whistle stop tour with Lisa Maria, who showed us the main sights and provided us with enough info and history to help us successfully navigate our 3 days in Vienna and make our New Year stay a memorable one. Thank you and Happy New Year.‘Vienna virgins’

Sylvia🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Lisa Maria)

31 December 2024

Lisa Maria ist eine großartiger Tour Guide. Es war eine sehr informative Tour und es hat viel Spaß gemacht! Danke !!!Tolle Tour - sehr empfehlenswert

Jenny🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Anita)

26 December 2024

We booked a tour for Christmas Day with Anita. It was a great tour and Anita taught us so much about Vienna we did not know. We certainly covered a lot of ground and enjoyed every minute. It was special to have someone born and living in Vienna. We can highly recommend booking a tour with Anita.Great tour

Corinna

(About local Roxane)

19 December 2024

Everything was smooth and easy with Roxane, from corresponding with her before the booking to meeting up my first morning in Vienna. She was willing to accommodate my request to get oriented to the transit system, including stops near my hotel, how payment works, and pitfalls to avoid. We talked about the history of Vienna and myths that make for great stories. You should ask about her thesis on cultural culinary institutions in Vienna! After our time together, I took our same route into the city center a few times and never felt lost. As a solo traveler in Vienna, I always felt more confident traversing the city because Roxane made key landmarks familiar. It was truly the best way to start my time there!Roxane was a delight!

Jacqueline🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Roxane)

15 December 2024

Roxanne is lovely and friendly with a great sense of humour and made our tour extra special especially as this was our first time in Vienna. We wanted to see all the main tourist attractions plus any hidden gems that the locals visit. Roxanne was kind enough to meet us at our apartment so we could get a feel of where everything was from our base. Great tour and really learned a lot. Thank you. Vienna and Roxanne

Wayne🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Anita)

9 December 2024

My wife, daughter and I toured Vienna with Anita and she gave us such a fantastic view of old Vienna and new. We walked away with so much knowledge and understanding of Vienna. We loved the architecture and history. All 3 of us highly recommend you having Anita as your tour guide and while discussing the trip ask her to bring you some of her homemade cookies!!!!!! Thanks AnitaFantastic Vienna

Daren

(About local Roxane)

7 December 2024

Brilliant afternoon with Roxane. Insightful, knowledgeable, patient perfect English. what else can I say. We really enjoyed what we crammed in, 2 hours doesn’t do Vienna justice so we will be back - and of course re connecting with Roxane. It is really helpful when your guide stays in touch and continues to help you with advice and answers to questions throughout your stay. Brilliant city tour

Marjan🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Sandie)

22 November 2024

We would like to thank Sandy for the great trip we had with her. She picked us up at our hotel, great service! Her tips for the dinner locations were great, thanks again… Family trip Vienna

Jeroen

(About local Anita)

5 November 2024

Spreekt goed Engels, weet veel van de historie. Enthousiast.Leerzame basis voor start citytrip

Lisa🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

2 November 2024

Roxane was so much fun we actually ended up booking 2 tours with her. The second tour was towards the end of our trip and she offered to change our initial plans to allow us to see parts of Vienna we knew nothing about. In addition she recommended places that we had initially thought we might skip that actually turned out to be highlights for us. Can’t recommend Roxane enough!!!The Best!!!

Justin🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Anita)

29 October 2024

We were lucky to have Anita. She has so much to share and does it in an easy to listen to way. When she’s not talking she’s laughing. Such a privilege to see Vienna with Anita. Would highly recommend. Knowledgable, fun and generous

Jan🇳🇿 New Zealand

(About local Anita)

21 October 2024

Anita was very knowledge, interesting and friendly. Her explanations were detailed and clear and gave us a good understanding of the history of Vienna and of many of the buildings in the old centre. She readily answered questions and expanded aspects such as the social and political history of the city and the country. We would highly recommend this tour with her to other travellers to Vienna.Great experience in Vienna

Marc🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Sandie)

19 October 2024

Alles ok Heel sympathiek en aangenaam

Michelle🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

17 October 2024

Our family of 5 spent the day with Roxane touring Vienna this summer. We were so pleasantly surprised by how much fun we had - Roxane was beyond amazing with our 3 girls (ages 5-9). She understood how to talk to them, how to keep their interest and she made sure that they had the best time. Roxane knew so much about Vienna and we loved her tour. Can’t wait to visit again soon! Amazing tour guide for the whole family!

Alfred🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

14 October 2024

Roxane was excellent. Very informative. Very helpful with recommendations

Kami

(About local Roxane)

9 October 2024

Roxane was great! She was very knowledgeable, and gave us so many insights about Vienna. Very friendly and spoke great English. We asked for some WW2 information and she gave us some great insights. Thank you Roxane!!Great guide!

Tom🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

25 September 2024

Roxane was very informative on the history and culture, and provided a very memorable tour of the city. Highly recommended. Excellent

Georgina🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Roxane)

11 September 2024

Roxane gave us a most interesting and fun intro to Vienna in 2 hours, full of her hot tips and recommendations. Such a well informed and charming lady….we felt very fortunate to book with her.Excellent introduction to Vienna.

Ted🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

5 September 2024

Roxane was a great guide. She was knowledgeable, fun and very accommodating. Highly recommended. Excellent

Agata🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

28 July 2024

Roxane was such a pleasure to meet and spend a few hours with. She is knowledgeable, focuses on big picture but always gives you a few interesting nuggets of history and can answer any questions you might have. She tailored the trip to our interest and gave us loads of suggestions for the remaining time in Vienna. Would wholeheartedly recommend to friends and family. Thank you Roxane and hope to see you one day again. Friendly and informative!

Anne🇸🇬 Singapore

(About local Lisa Maria)

21 July 2024

We had an absolutely wonderful tour with Lisa Maria. At the start, she asked us whether we already knew Vienna a bit and asked us what we'd like to see, or whether we wanted to leave it up to her. We let her take the rudder and she gave us a fascinating two-hour tour. She was extremely knowledgeable and always made sure the kids could follow her explanations. We all learned a lot, had an absolute blast and can't recommend her highly enough. Wonderful tour!

Fergal🇮🇪 Ireland

(About local Roxane)

23 June 2024

Roxanne excellent tour operator. Very knowledgable over all the trip. Great review of everything in tour. Great fun and banter as well. Excellent Tour Guide

Sunil🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Susanne)

22 June 2024

Our walking tour with Susanne was great fun.Susanne is very accommodating and informative. The tour was well paced and very enjoyable . We highly recommend SussaneWonderful orientation tour of Vienna

Aam🇺🇸 United States

(About local Roxane)

7 June 2024

Roxane gave a private walking tour of Vienna to our group of 19 university students. Despite our collective jet lag, Roxane’s energy revived us for nearly two hours of fun stories and historical highlights. Her enthusiasm was infectious, making the Habsburgs' eccentricities sound like a royal soap opera. By the time we reached St. Stephen's Cathedral, we were hooked on her vivid tales. She had a knack for revealing hidden gems and quirky facts, making us feel like locals. By the end, we weren't just informed; we were enchanted. A tour with Roxane? Absolutely unmissable.Witty, Fun and Knowledgeable

Burton

(About local Lisa Maria)

30 May 2024

Lisa a great conversationalist and knowledgeable about the city of Vienna. Respectful, fun and informative, you won't find a better guide to the city of Vienna. Our two hours together flew by. She went above and beyond to help me find my footing in this beautiful city. I can't recommend Lisa highly enough. Fantastic Guide

Ruth and Dennis

(About local Lisa Maria)

25 May 2024

Lisa Maria is very knowledgeable and proud of Vienna. Super tour and even better person to spend 2 hours with.Great Tour

Paul🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lisa Maria)

21 May 2024

What a fabulous and entertaining tour! Lisa Maria was wonderful. Knowledgeable, prompt, great stories, bubbly personality, a real passion for the city, good pacing, perfect English, and tips on other things to see outside of the tour. We liked her so much we tried to take another tour with her the next day, but she was fully booked. Highly recommended. Thank you Lisa Maria. We will see you the next time that we are in Vienna.Very Entertaining Tour

Christina🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Roxane)

16 May 2024

The guided tour with Roxane was absolutly excellent! So many intresting stories about the city. Excellent