
Highlights: Mayerling hunting lodge, Heiligenkreuz Abbey with cloister, Helenental, Baden bei Wien or Klosterneuburg Abbey. The half day into the green, rain or shine. By minivan with driver.
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Twenty minutes beyond the city limits the Vienna Woods begin, and with them a story Vienna still tells: in 1889 Crown Prince Rudolf died at the Mayerling hunting lodge; from then on his mother Sisi wore only black. We drive by minivan through the Helenental to Mayerling, visit the memorial in the Carmelite convent, then the Cistercian abbey of Heiligenkreuz with its Romanesque-Gothic cloister, where chant has been sung since 1133. On the way back, Baden bei Wien with its spa park, Beethoven house and a coffeehouse, or alternatively Klosterneuburg Abbey with the Verdun Altar. An excursion without long drives that works in the rain as well.
Pick-up in Vienna, drive through the Helenental (40 min.), Mayerling, Heiligenkreuz with guided visit, coffeehouse in Baden or lunch at the abbey inn, return, arrival in Vienna after five hours.
Per group: guide fee € 540 (5 hrs) plus minivan with driver € 410, together € 950. Per person additionally: Heiligenkreuz Abbey and Mayerling (venue admissions, confirmed with your request). For four guests around € 260 per person including admissions.
Included: private Austria Guide, minivan with driver, planning and reservations
Excluded: admissions, food and drinks
Seegrotte Hinterbrühl (Europe’s largest underground lake), Liechtenstein Castle, Heuriger finish in Gumpoldskirchen, extension to eight hours with Klosterneuburg.
All prices net, valid for 2026. Admissions and tastings are set by the respective venues and may change at short notice. You select the add-ons in the booking request; the total is calculated there automatically.
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