• Stadttempel Synagogue - Standing before the elegant doors of the Jewish City Temple, one reflects on how the Jewish community in Vienna had to maintain a low profile for their synagogues, despite their significant contributions to the city’s growth over the centuries. Few European cities are as deeply connected to Jewish history as Vienna. Outside this significant temple, the story of Jewish life and settlement in Vienna from the Middle Ages unfolds, even amidst dramatic expulsions.

While the interior is not part of the visit, it is recommended to contact the synagogue to arrange a tour with their guides, available from April to October, Monday to Thursday. Opting for the 11:30 AM Monday synagogue tour followed by lunch positions you perfectly for the 2:00 PM Jewish Vienna tour. Alternatively, the 2:00 PM synagogue tour on Tuesdays and Thursdays complements the 9:30 AM Tuesday and Thursday tour, with time for a lunch break in between.

• Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom - From outside the Nestroyhof Theater, with its breathtaking Art Nouveau facade, one can appreciate the impact of Vienna’s modern Jewish community on the city’s cultural life, once hosting Yiddish-speaking ensembles.
• Leopoldstadt - Meandering through Vienna’s second district leads to the memorial site of the demolished Leopoldstädter Temple, now represented by four towering white columns reaching skyward.
• Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial - Discover the stories of the victims and survivors of the Nazi genocide and the persistence of antisemitism in Europe while visiting the remnants of both Ashkenazi and Sephardic synagogues and the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial.

• 2.5-hour guided tour
• Explore Vienna’s Jewish heritage
• Visit memorial sites
• Historian guide

• Metro fare. If you don’t have a visitor pass, our guide helps you to purchase at the first station.

Since the Middle Ages, Vienna has been home to one of Europe’s largest Jewish communities. This 2.5-hour Jewish Vienna tour delves into the challenging history of Vienna’s Jewish residents, covering periods of expulsion, genocide, and renewal. A knowledgeable historian guide will lead the way, highlighting the significant contributions of past intellectual and cultural figures and the delicate resurgence of Vienna’s Jewish community today.

The tour starts outside the Jewish City Temple and continues through the second district to the site of the destroyed Leopoldstädter Temple. At the Nestroyhof Theater, with its beautiful Art Nouveau facade, once a hub for Yiddish-speaking troupes, participants will reflect on the Jewish community’s brilliant leaders in Vienna’s intellectual, political, and economic arenas, such as Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Karl Krauss, Franz Werfel, and Gustav Mahler. The tour also includes learning about the victims and survivors of the Nazi genocide, with visits to the ruins of Ashkenazi and Sephardic synagogues and the Judenplatz Holocaust memorial.

• Your tour guides are professors, doctoral students, historians, journalists, art critics, and published author

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.