Private Tour from Salzburg to Vienna

Highlights

See the natural splendor of the Salzkammergut Lake Region, including the lovely village of Duernstein situated in the Danube River valley and known as the Wachau region, on a private excursion from Salzburg to Vienna.

Highlights of the trip include visits to the quaint village of Unterach, Lake Attersee (which served as the model for the landscape works of artist Gustav Klimt), and Duernstein, where you can learn about the Robin Hood tale.

Drop-off at your Vienna hotel marks the conclusion of the excursion.

Get ready for pick up at 10:00 am and hop on board of your luxury tour vehicle.

From Salzburg, it won’t take you long to get to the castle of Fuschl. Before continuing to St. Gilgen with Lake Wolfgang as its backdrop, take a photo of the castle with the emerald-green Lake Fuschlsee in the background.

The tour will continue to the next highlight Lake Attersee. Enjoy the drive along the entire lake Mondsee to the lakeside village of Unterach at lake Attersee. Unterach sometimes referred to as “Little Venice” in the 19th century, is situated at the southern end of Lake Attersee. The world-known artist Gustav Klimt was spending every summer between 1900 and 1916 at Lake Attersee and most of his landscape pictures were painted here.

The next stop on this private tour from Salzburg to Vienna will be Melk Abbey it’s one of the biggest and most beautiful European Baroque ensembles. Its splendid architecture is famous worldwide and part of UNESCO’s world cultural heritage. The Baroque building situated on a rock overlooking the Danube, in the Wachau region, ranks as one of Austria’s most visited art-historical sites.

Enjoy the gorgeous drive from Melk to the village of Duernstein. Duernstein is a small Austrian town, located in the gorgeous UNESCO listed Wachau region. Explore Duernstein and the Legend of Robin Hood. Richard the Lionheart Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192 near Vienna, it was here at the Castle of Duernstein, where Richard was kept captive. Lunch will be at your own expense but there will be ample of time to go to one of the many local restaurants.

People have been enthralled by the cultural scenery along the Danube for countless years. In addition to being one of Austria’s oldest cultural settings, the Wachau between Melk and Krems is unquestionably one of the most stunning river valleys in all of Europe. The setting for this amazing confluence of the arts includes steep wine terraces, untamed floodplain forests, lovely villages, stunning monasteries, and breathtaking castle ruins.

After eight hours exploring one of Austria’s best Sightseeing Routes, your private tour will conclude with drop-off at your Vienna City hotel.