Tour Details
Duration
3 hours
Product Type
Tour
Venues
Various local specialty shops and restaurants
Photos & Highlights
- Vienna food tour led by local food expert or food writer
- Features tastings of unique regional specialties and local Viennese products, such as cheese, sausage, and baked goods
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Tour Description
Vienna’s taste for indulgence permeates the city, reaching from the palaces and surrounding vineyards into the very shops and streets of the city. On this Vienna food tour, we'll join a local food expert to explore traditional Austrian foods and new trends in this exciting gastronomic destination. We'll dive into specialty food shops, enjoy some tastings, and learn how Austrian food today is evolving with an eye to tradition.
Vienna Food Tour
This walk will usually start by sampling some traditional Viennese goulasch and dumplings, a dish that highlights the history of Vienna as the center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. We may discuss the regional variations between goulashes from different countries and how the unique Austrian version evolved.
Our next visits vary from tour to tour depending on our appetites. Stops may include a local cheese specialty shop to sample a variety of cheeses, from silky and mild to full and complex; savory snacks or sausages at a local cafe; a famous local confectionery shop that once had a branch on Fifth Avenue; an Austrian wine cellar; or a street food stand, to relish hearty favorites like Leberkäse—a type of sausage popular throughout Europe’s German-speaking nations. While walking the sidewalks of Vienna, we'll develop a sense of gastronomy's role in the everyday lives of Austrians and the important relationship between a city and its gastronomic traditions.
Our next visits vary from tour to tour depending on our appetites. Stops may include a local cheese specialty shop to sample a variety of cheeses, from silky and mild to full and complex; savory snacks or sausages at a local cafe; a famous local confectionery shop that once had a branch on Fifth Avenue; an Austrian wine cellar; or a street food stand, to relish hearty favorites like Leberkäse—a type of sausage popular throughout Europe’s German-speaking nations. While walking the sidewalks of Vienna, we'll develop a sense of gastronomy's role in the everyday lives of Austrians and the important relationship between a city and its gastronomic traditions.
We'll finish our sensory tour with a sweet treat in a local pastry shop or cafe, getting a glimpse of the cafe culture for which Vienna is known. It is not uncommon for patrons to buy a Wiener Melange - coffee with milk foam - and then simply spend the whole day in the coffeehouse. As gathering places for Vienna's intelligentsia, cafes have historically served as a mise en scene for political, artistic, and social movements. As our walk draws to a close, we'll consider the importance of these intellectual gathering places and how they provide a tableau of Viennese Gemütlichkeit - that famed coziness.
At the end of this walk, we’ll have a greater understanding of how the contemporary food scene in the city converges with tradition and how culinary craftsmanship has shaped the way of life—and we will have indulged in true Viennese fashion.
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FAQ
Can I participate in food tours if I have food allergies or other dietary restrictions?
This tour may be possible to adapt to vegetarian diets, however, Viennese cuisine is very meat-heavy so the tastings would be more limited. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be possible to adapt for vegan diets. Please note when you are booking the tour if you have any dietary restrictions.
This tour may be possible to adapt to vegetarian diets, however, Viennese cuisine is very meat-heavy so the tastings would be more limited. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be possible to adapt for vegan diets. Please note when you are booking the tour if you have any dietary restrictions.
Is this walk suitable for people with limited mobility?
Yes, it is. There is mild walking, with the possibility of some type of seating in most of the venues. There are no staircases. There may be wheelchair-accessible washrooms available.
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63 Reviews
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Katerina is absolutely wonderful - so incredibly knowledgeable, engaging, and enthusiastic! She had everything so well thought out and was the absolute perfect hostess. We learned so much and Lukas (our 10 year old chef) was extremely happy! My only complaint is that Katerina told us that the tour runs at 3:00 pm and wondered why we requested 10:00 am. She brought it up 4 times because there was one place, for example, where we could not eat because there was a long line (whereas if we did it later, we would not have an issue). When we booked all of our tours we said that we could not start earlier than 10:00 am, but we were never told that this particular tour starts at 3:00 pm (which we would have done). In Barcelona for example, we started the tour in the late afternoon because that is when it starts - so we would have preferred to do the tour when it was supposed to be to get the full experience. My complaint is not with Katerina, but the Philly booking office should have advised me of this in that we would not miss the full experience. Katerina adjusted and we went to the grocery store (deli) to buy the thing that we were supposed to have at the butcher. Then we quickly had the soda in the bakery before having our cake (we were supposed to have the street food and soda together at the butcher’s store). I recommend telling clients when the tours usually start and the reasons why so that they can plan accordingly. We totally would have done the tour at the time recommended by the docent, to have the full experience.
Angela
Reviewed on:
Nov 21, 2018
I really enjoyed my Savoring Vienna walk, it was definitely the highlight of my trip in this city, thanks to Katerina's great hospitality and generosity, I feel like I tasted a lot of different foods that I could only find in Austria. Everything was delicious, and Katerina very well organized and knowledgeable. Would warmly recommend.
David
Reviewed on:
Oct 1, 2018
Katerina was wonderful! So enthusiastic, friendly, and knowledgeable. She gave us many interesting historical tidbits and insights which served to make our time here in Vienna more interesting. And the restaurant recommendations were also much appreciated.
Vanessa
Reviewed on:
Sep 22, 2018
