Sightseeing carriage tours in Vienna
Thanks to Vienna city tours, you will have the opportunity to book a tour among various kinds of very nice city tours: the horse drawn carriage tour in Vienna Old Town, on the Ringstraße, in the Wiener Prater, a large public park in Vienna or in the vicinity of Schönbrunn Palace. Each carriage can accommodate up to four people, or exceptionally five persons, one of them sitting next to the coachman. For a larger group, you can choose to rent several carriages at the same time or to rent a two-horse-drawn "Omnibus".
Vienna city tours currently suggests you these following horse drawn carriage tours in the city of Vienna:
The short horse-drawn carriage tour through the Old Town
The short tour through the Old Town in a horse-drawn carriage takes you in front of all the great sights of Vienna's Old Town and from his seat, your coachman will tell you the history of each monument. The short horse drawn carriage tour lasts approximately 30 minutes and can be sold for up to four people per carriage. Our team can provide up to 15 carriages at a time. The short tour through the Old Town can also be organized for up to 60 persons at the same time. If your party is even larger than this, we advise you to combine a horse drawn carriage tour with a half-hour guided tour through the Old Town departing from the Stephansplatz, after having divided the group into two halves. The first half will start with a quick guided tour through the Old Town whereas the second half of the group opens its sightseeing tour with a horse drawn carriage tour. When half the time is gone by, the two groups swap places at Stephansplatz. Each participant will have thus enjoyed a half-hour horse drawn carriage tour and a half-hour guided tour in the Old Town. Owing to its short duration, it is a particularly good idea to include the short horse drawn carriage tour in a half-day incentive, for example in addition to the guided tour "The Viennese way of life: cafés, horse drawn carriages, Viennese sausage, etc.".
The long horse-drawn carriage tour through the Viennese city centre
The long horse-drawn carriage tour through the Viennese city centre includes a sightseeing tour in the Old Town and another tour through the Ringstrasse. The long tour lasts approximately an hour and can be sold for up to four people per carriage. For a larger group, we leave open two possibilities: you can rent several horse drawn carriages (up to 15 carriages at the same time) or choose the horse-drawn "Omnibus" tour. If there is any further information you require about horse drawn carriage tours with many carriages at the same time, please read the previous paragraph about the short horse drawn carriage tour through the Old Town. The long tour can also be combined with a walking tour, for example, a one-hour walking tour through the whole city centre, the excursion programme thus lasts about two hours in total. For any further information about horse-drawn "Omnibus" tours, please read the next to last paragraph on this page. Our team remains at your disposal, please do not hesitate to ask us if you need more information about horse drawn carriage tours in the Viennese city centre.
Horse drawn carriage tours in the vicinity of Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace is a former imperial summer residence in Vienna, Austria (Habsburg monarchs). Its gardens spread all around the Palace and stretch over many acres. A maze of shaded paths closes in and draws away from the Palaze and stretches all around the palace. Even if you walked those paths for days, no doubt that you would still hunt out new panoramas, some places in a cosy atmosphere and long-forgotten treasures. If you do not have plenty of time, you can nevertheless visit the best parts of the gardens all around Schönbrunn Palace. You have the possibility of discovering it aboard the little tourist train of Schönbrunn or during a horse drawn carriage tour. This tour brings nostalgia in people: during a whole hour, you will undoubtedly have the feeling of being yourself Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria. If your party is larger, we also leave open the possibility of booking a horse-drawn "Omnibus" for a tour in the gardens around Schönbrunn Palace. If you need any further information about this possibility, please read the bottom of this page.
Horse drawn carriage tours in the Wiener Prater, a large public park in Vienna
The shaded paths of the Wiener Prater in Vienna do also lend themselves very well to a horse drawn carriage tour. You will pass by the Wurstelprater, an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater, and the Wiener Riesenrad, the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel, and you will reach the "green Prater", that is a sight for sore eyes and you can relax at the rate of the slow carriage rocking. A horse drawn carriage tour in the Wiener Prater lasts about an hour; in the same way as for the other offers we make to you, for a larger group, we give you the opportunity to book several carriages at the same time or to rent a horse-drawn "Omnibus". On the occasion of special events, we can also organize transfers in a horse drawn carriage from the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel to the Viennese Old Town and vice versa. A horse drawn carriage tour in the Wiener Prater can also be a very good idea for couples: we suggest them for example a very special two-hour-long "romantic promenade" that includes a sightseeing tour in the Old Town and a tour in the Wiener Prater. This tour can also be organized by night in a "Coupé" carriage thus giving you more privacy.
Two-horse-drawn "Omnibus" tours
The horse-drawn "Omnibus" is the elder brother of the carriage and the forerunner of today's coaches. In principle, the omnibus is nothing but a big carriage in which up to 12 people can travel. The traditional horse-drawn "Omnibus" is above all used in the vicinity of Schönbrunn Palace. As early as 1815, the first line of public transport was set up between Petersplatz in the Viennese Old Town and the district of Hietzing. This area saw therefore the boom of open-air restaurants all around Schönbrunn and of very famous Johann Strauss concerts in the Café Dommayer. Today, a horse-drawn "Omnibus" can be rented for tours in the Viennese city centre as well as in the gardens all around Schönbrunn Palace or in the Wiener Prater. For any further information you might need, please feel free to contact us by phone or by sending an e-mail.
How to book a horse drawn carriage tour in Vienna?
If you are interested in booking a horse drawn carriage tour in Vienna, feel free to contact us by phone at the following number: +43 1 966 02 61, from Monday till Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by sending an e-mail at 
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