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Private Tour of Melk, Hallstatt and Salzburg: Dive into Lower Austria's History
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42 Ratings
Vienna
Embark on a private tour of Melk, Hallstatt, and Salzburg in Lower Austria. Discover the region's rich history, visit the Benedictine Abbey, explore charming villages, and immerse yourself in the birthplace of Mozart.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Vienna - Your private tour will start with a pick-up from your hotel/accommodation in Vienna at the pre-arranged time. Sit back in your private transportation and admire the scenery of the West of Austria.
- Melk Abbey - Your first stop will be the Benedictine abbey, above the town of Melk. The Benedictine abbey is on a rocky outcrop and overlooking the Danube river.
The abbey contains remains of several members of the House of Babenberg,
Austria’s first ruling dynasty and the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau. We will take you to the top of Abbey, from where you will have a breathtaking view of town Melk.
- Hallstatt - After the Benedictine abbey, your tour continues into the Lake of District and passes through the picturesque towns like Bad Ischl. You will stop at the beautiful Hallstatt village, Austria’s oldest and possibly most photographed village, famous for its salt production. Discover a subterranean salt lake and the mummy of a prehistoric miner - preserved in salt. Hallstatt is such a unique place that there is even a copy of the village in China.
- Salzburg - Your final stop will be Salzburg, Mozart’s birthplace and the town of music. Feel the atmosphere of Mozart’s hometown while visiting Salzburg’s top sights such as UNESCO protected Old Town, Fortress as well as “The Sound of Music” filming locations.
In the afternoon drive back to your hotel/accommodation in Vienna.
What's Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off included
- Return to your Vienna accommodation
- Professional English-speaking driver available all day
- Comfortable transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Customizable itinerary to suit your preferences
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Discover Lower Austria’s three historic towns, Hallstatt, Melk, and Salzburg, in a day tour with a personalized and informed chauffeur. Preserve your funds and enjoy the adaptability of a custom-made schedule according to your preferences. Visit the Benedictine Abbey, gaze at picturesque villages, tour Mozart’s birthplace, and view the renowned Lake District.
Location
Vienna
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(42 Ratings)
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Christine_b
Mar 10, 2024
Easiest way to view beautiful scenery - It was a great way to see places that we could not have found on our own. The car was nice with huge windows so we could view the scenery on the way. Victor was extremely prompt and gave great directions on where to go and what time to meet up
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Mike_s
Dec 27, 2023
Vienna day trip - Excellent trip. Luka was very knowledgeable and professional. Recommend this tour to snyonr visiting Vienna.
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Olga_e
Apr 28, 2023
This tour was great, I... - This tour was great, I just wish we had had more time in Salzburg because we got there too late. Otherwise all three locations were beautiful
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Choilen_k
Nov 7, 2023
Not a very good experience - First of all, I want to say actually this was a very good tour to visit but:
8 of us started with the tour in a very happy mood because will visit 3 places in a day, but end up with some disappointed emotion due to a happening after visited Hallstatt for a police inspection between driver, there caused we reached Salzburg in very late evening and couldn’t visit sightseeing in very dark condition.
Driver is patience & pleasant but the happenings caused us been wasted time just waiting inside van for about 2 1/2 hours and we didn’t know what’s the incident caused.
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K0kheant
Jan 2, 2024
Private Day Tour of Salzburg, Hallstat & Melk from Vienna - We joined the Private Day Tour of Salzburg, Hallstat & Melk from Vienna on 26 Dec 2023. Our driver Ivan had done a great job to drive us to the destinations and back to Vienna safely. Many thanks to Ivan!
We enjoyed most the sceneries at Hallstat & Salzburg. However, we were a bit disappointed as there were no local guides in view of the expensive package price. Hope the operator/ TripAdvisor can look into this for future improvement.
Best regards,
KH
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John_h
Jul 20, 2023
Disappointed - The scenery in the Alps were beautiful. Hallstatt was beautiful as well. Unfortunately our tour guide had very little knowledge of the locations that we visited. We were looking forward to. Learning about and seeing were some of the scenes from Sound of Music were filmed. Our tour guide had zero knowledge of the locations
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Luanne_s
May 17, 2024
VERY DISAPPOINTING - This tour was very disappointing. We paid for the private tour, which was costly. We were told we would have 1 hour in Melk, 1 1/2 hours in Halstatt, and 3 hours in Salzburg. Our driver offered us an extra stop, which was very scenic and we enjoyed it. The extra stop was approximately 1 hour. Melk was a waste of time for 1 hour. There was NO way you could enter the Monastery and walk around in an hours time, so that could have been skipped altogether. Of course we did not know that. Halstatt was beautiful, but again so busy that all we had time to do was eat lunch. When we got to Salzburg we were told we would only have 1 hour. What? We drive all this way for 1 hour! Ridiculous. Driver said if we gave him 30 euro more we could stay in Salzburg for 2 hours. Very disappointing. I understand making Salzburg 2 hours because we added the extra stop for 1 hour, but why only hour in Salzburg. Driver did not speak very good English, was a horrible, horrible driver, and never said 1 thing about The Sound of Music, so not sure how they can say it has anything to do with this tour. Save Your money and take the train. Not only is it safer, you'll have more time.
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Kylee_a
May 4, 2024
Please don’t book this tour - I’m not one to leave a bad review, but truly the worst tour experience. The drivers were rude and drove irresponsibly. Then in Salzburg, the drivers dropped one of our vans off in the wrong location with no direction where the rest of our group was. Two of the guests that were left lost were over 70 years old and another guest was severely disabled with brain cancer. We were also told we would have a tour guide meet us at 11:30 and no one was there until 1:00. Please don’t book this vendor. Super unprofessional. We ended up booking other transportation back to Vienna.
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Worldwide684
Dec 28, 2021
Total ripoff and DISAPPOINTING. THEY ARE CRIMINAL - WARNING THIS IS A CAR SERVICE NOT A TOUR. YOU WILL BE SO DISAPPOINTED. These guys are criminal. Paid over 600 Euro. Driver was from Slovakia with limited English. No idea where he was going. Relied on GPS and still made wrong turns. Smoked so the car reeked. We had to stop for him to smoke. Dropped us off in closed town TWICE. Thankfully I had demanded only 30 minutes. He was trying to make us stay 2 hours.
We had 1 pm lunch reservations. Which I advised from the start. Arrived in Salzburg at 1:45 NO LUNCH FOR US BUT CHARGED A CANCELATION FEE.
Dropped us off in a Closed park. That was just the best way to end... No information about Austria. Not one bit of information. ZERO. Still trying to wrap my head around this nightmare rip off.
You have been warned.
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Russell_f
Sep 17, 2021
Very disappointed - We never went
Viator cancelled our trip that was s heduled for over a month at the last minute
We were very disappointed as this was a celebration of 38 wedding anniversary
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