Best Things to Do in Vienna for Couples
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From the classic Innere Stadt and Silvio Nickol, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
Walk through the grand imperial heart of Vienna, from the cathedral to the palace and the opera. A first-visit essential that rewards a slow walk.
★ 4.8 · 216 reviews
Discover Silvio Nickol, the Innere Stadt fine-dining address Viennese celebrations are built around. Settle in for a long tasting-menu evening with polished, attentive service and a table made for two.
★ 4.5 · 1,362 reviews
Ride through imperial Vienna in a classic horse-drawn Fiaker. Pass the Hofburg and the Ringstrasse sights in half an hour.
★ 4.3 · 5,313 reviews
Rise to Das LOFT, the 18th-floor restaurant where Vienna spreads out beyond floor-to-ceiling glass. Enjoy a four-course dinner by the window, or pause at the central bar for a cocktail at sunset.
★ 4.7 · 64,097 reviews
Experience the Vienna State Opera, a world-famous house in the heart of the Innere Stadt. Attend a major opera or ballet production, or tour the historic interiors to see the grand decor up close.
★ 4.4 · 979 reviews
Spend an evening at Schönbrunn with palace rooms, dinner and live music in one programme. Tour the state rooms after hours, enjoy a three-course Austrian meal, then hear Mozart and Strauss sung by opera singers.
★ 4.7 · 17,801 reviews
Hear Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Karlskirche, one of Vienna's grandest Baroque churches. Settle into your seat for roughly 75 minutes as Orchestra 1756 plays the four concertos on historical instruments, with a short selection of other Baroque or Classical works.
Wander cobbled lanes of restored Biedermeier houses, then settle at a candlelit table for dinner. A charming, atmospheric corner for couples in Vienna.
★ 4.6 · 502 reviews
Discover Restaurant Amador, the Döbling fine-dining address reviewers compare with Europe's three-star tables. Settle in for a leisurely multi-course meal that opens with olive oil, house-made bread and inventive amuse-bouches, accompanied by a talkative sommelier.
★ 4.6 · 6,159 reviews
Take a seat for the Mozart Concert in the Musikverein's Golden Hall. Listen as costumed musicians, soloists and opera singers perform beloved Mozart and Strauss pieces in one of Vienna's most celebrated concert venues.
★ 4.7 · 814 reviews
Experience Mraz & Sohn, Brigittenau's fine-dining address that skips the snobbery. Settle in for an inventive, globally inspired menu served by a team that clearly loves what it does.
★ 4.7 · 2,811 reviews
Hear music in Mozart's First House, where the composer stayed in 1781. Sit in the frescoed Sala Terrena as the Mozart Ensemble Vienna plays Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven in an intimate 75-minute concert.
★ 4.7 · 17,085 reviews
Hear music at Musikverein, the Golden Hall that is home to the Vienna Philharmonic. Take your seat among gilded columns and listen to an orchestra perform in one of the world's most celebrated acoustic spaces.
★ 4.8 · 7,677 reviews
Hear a concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus, a 1913 hall in Landstraße known for its acoustics. Choose from classical, jazz or contemporary programmes in one of Vienna's most admired music venues.
★ 4.7 · 369 reviews
Reserve a table at Pramerl and the Wolf, an Alsergrund fine-dining room with just five tables. Enjoy a precise tasting menu that opens with a run of mini appetizers.
★ 4.5 · 50,168 reviews
Ride the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel, a slow-turning landmark of the Prater. Settle into a wooden cabin and watch the city spread out below at an unhurried pace.
★ 4.4 · 667 reviews
Discover Atmosphere Rooftop Bar, perched on top of the Ritz-Carlton above Vienna's old town. Settle in with a cocktail as the sun goes down and take in the city view from above.
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★ 4.6 · 954 reviews
Discover TIAN, where the Innere Stadt's most ambitious tasting menu contains no meat at all. Work through eight courses of layered, inventive vegetable cooking in an ornate dining room, with wine to match.
★ 4.4 · 3,991 reviews
Discover Steirereck, Vienna's formal temple of creative Austrian cooking in Landstraße. Linger over a long, carefully paced meal with an excellent bread selection and service that treats every table as a special occasion.
★ 4.6 · 443 reviews
Discover Tür 7, a boutique cocktail bar hidden behind a plain door in Josefstadt. Knock to enter, then settle into a warm, intimate room where your drink is made to your taste.
★ 4.0 · 1,744 reviews
Treat yourself to Onyx, an upmarket bar and restaurant overlooking the cathedral in Vienna's centre. Dine on well-presented dishes beside tall windows, or linger over a drink and a cigar.
★ 4.4 · 668 reviews
Step into Vestibül, the restaurant housed in the Burgtheater's old imperial carriage entrance. Dine beneath the marble hall's grandeur on dishes like lobster soup, in a quiet room that suits an unhurried evening for two.
★ 4.3 · 914 reviews
Discover Restaurant Konstantin Filippou, where Greek cuisine gets an inventive Viennese fine-dining makeover. Choose a three-course lunch or the longer Epilogue menu and enjoy carefully composed plates presented with real creativity.
★ 4.5 · 1,184 reviews
Discover Fitzcarraldo Speakeasy, a hidden cocktail bar you enter through a secret wall in Neubau. Slip into the dark, moody room and sip inventive drinks in a true speakeasy setting.
★ 4.7 · 5,503 reviews
Experience Classic Ensemble Vienna in St. Peter's Church, one of the city's richest Baroque interiors. Listen to a string ensemble play Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Vivaldi for about 75 minutes under the ornate vaulting.
★ 4.7 · 91,420 reviews
See Klimt's most famous paintings in a baroque palace surrounded by formal gardens. A must for art and architecture lovers visiting Vienna.
★ 4.6 · 1,051 reviews
Discover Barfly's, a velvet-and-brass cocktail bar hidden behind a grand staircase in Mariahilf. Work your way through an enormous list of cocktails, whiskeys and rums to a Rat Pack soundtrack.
★ 4.8 · 61,138 reviews
Step into the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace Park, the sprawling former imperial summer garden in Hietzing. Stroll the formal avenues and fountains, then take in the glass Palmenhaus before choosing how far to wander.
★ 4.8 · 10,492 reviews
Step into Light of Creation at the Votivkirche, where a historic church becomes a canvas for light and sound. Sit back for 30 minutes as six Genesis-inspired sequences of projection and music unfold across its walls and ceiling.
★ 4.6 · 960 reviews
Spend an evening at the Börse Palace, Vienna's former stock exchange turned concert venue. Hear the Vienna Residence Orchestra play waltzes and overtures while singers and ballet dancers share the stage for roughly 90 minutes.
Vienna · 🚶 Neighborhoods
Innere Stadt
2h30
Vienna · 🍽️ Food
Silvio Nickol
Vienna · 🧭 Tours
30-Minute Fiaker Ride in the Old Town
30 min
Das LOFT
1h30
Vienna · 🎭 Entertainment
Vienna State Opera
3h
Vienna · 🏛️ Landmark
Schönbrunn Palace Evening Tour, Dinner and Concert
4h
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concert in Karlskirche
1h15
Spittelberg
1h
Restaurant Amador
Mozart Concert at the Musikverein - Golden Hall
Mraz & Sohn
Classical Concert at Mozart's First House
Musikverein Wien
Wiener Konzerthaus
Pramerl and the Wolf
Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel
Vienna · 🍸 Drinks
Atmosphere Rooftop Bar
TIAN
Steirereck
Tür 7 - Boutique Bar - No garnish. Only balance.
Onyx Restaurant
Vestibül Restaurant im Burgtheater
2h
Restaurant Konstantin Filippou
Fitzcarraldo Speakeasy
Classic Ensemble Vienna in St. Peter's Church Ticket
Vienna · 🎨 Museum
Belvedere Palace
Barfly's
Vienna · 🌳 Nature
Schönbrunn Palace Park
Light of Creation Votivkirche Immersive Light Show
Börse Palace Classical Concert with Ballet & Opera