City walking tours for every pace
Tulln is a city on the Danube full of art and gardens. Are you interested in getting to know it better? A guided tour of Tulln is a perfect way to visit all the key sights and go away with solid information and amusing anecdotes on them from a competent expert. When exploring the historical center you can choose the pace you prefer, either sight-running or sight-walking. During the summer, city walking tours are conducted every last Friday of the month; tours can be booked at other times by prior arrangement.
What is special about the Roman Tower and why is it also known as the Salt Tower? What function did the Tulln charnel house have in former times? And what is the mystery behind the rat at the Nibelung Fountain? You can get answers to these and similar questions during a city walking tour of Tulln. Different tours can be booked and tailored to the interests of the participants and to the amount of walking they want to do.
Walking tours of the historical center
Tulln looks back on a long and eventful history–from its early days as a strategically valuable Roman cavalry fort and as one of the reputed venues of Lay of the Nibelung to the Middle Ages and then beyond to the achievements and milestones of recent decades. In walking tours of the historical center, you will find out about historical epochs and their effects on Tulln, about structures from several different centuries and about many details that an untrained eye might otherwise miss!
Guided city walks
Certified austriaguides accompany you on a walk through 2000 years of city history and show you the most important sights and the special features of the garden city Tulln.
Dates 2023:
- Sunday, 7 May 2023, 2 p.m.
- Sunday, 4 June 2023, 2 p.m.
- Sunday, 2 July 2023, 2 p.m.
- Sunday, 6 August 2023, 2 p.m.
- Sunday, 3 September 2023, 2 p.m.
- Sunday, 1 October 2022, 2 p.m.
Meeting point: Tourist information Tulln, Minoritenplatz 2
Prices: € 15,- per adult, € 10,- per pupil, 20% discount with NÖ-Card
Registration is requested:
Andrea Maschke-Goldmann, Phone: +43(0)664/1106133, Mail: andrea@verviena.at
Barbara Specht-Godai, Phone: +43(0)699/19833073, Mail: barbara.specht-godai@gmx.at
Special themed tours
Special themed walks have been created for this season. Listen to the stories about the former monasteries, Egon Schiele and the Middle Ages.
Dates 2023:
- Friday, May 12, 2023, 2 p.m.: Churches and monasteries in Tulln
- Friday, June 9, 2023, 2 p.m.: Comagenis, Tullina, Tulne, Tulln - a journey from antiquity to modern times
- Friday, July 14, 2023, 2 p.m.: Modern art in Tulln – from Egon Schiele to the Kunstwerkstatt
- Friday, August 11, 2023, 2 p.m.: Churches and monasteries in Tulln
- Friday, September 8, 2023, 2 p.m.: Comagenis, Tullina, Tulne, Tulln - a journey from antiquity to modern times
- Friday, October 13, 2023, 2 p.m.: Modern art in Tulln – from Egon Schiele to the Kunstwerkstatt
Meeting point: Tourist information Tulln, Minoritenplatz 2
Prices: € 15,- per adult, € 10,- per pupil, 20% discount with NÖ-Card
Registration is requested:
Andrea Maschke-Goldmann, Phone: +43(0)664/1106133, Mail: andrea@verviena.at
Barbara Specht-Godai, Phone: +43(0)699/19833073, Mail: barbara.specht-godai@gmx.at
Guided tour on Egon Schiele / Egon Schiele Trail
Tulln is Schiele City and full of places of importance from the great painter’s childhood. Special Egon Schiele tours take visitors from the birthplace and along the Egon Schiele Trail to sites of significance to the youth of this international genius. It is a chance to obtain competent expert knowledge and hear amusing anecdotes as you visit all the key Schiele sights.
Guided tour includes Schiele’s birthplace!
Dates on request! Please contact Tourist-Info Tulln
Further themed tours
In addition, you can book guided themed tours and make group reservations. Further information on the individual tours is available at Tourist-Info Tulln.
- Gardens: fantastic garden experience at GARTEN TULLN
- Danube: sights along the Danube
- Special interest: Agrana sugar factory (only during sugar beet campaign: annually October–January)
Sight-running and sight-walking
Here is something special for exercise enthusiasts who do not have a lot of time to explore Tulln and who also want to get in their workouts while traveling: sight-running or sight-walking, an excellent way to experience the city in a unique way. Places of interest in Tulln, wonderful insights and lookouts, or simply the most popular running routes–participants determine the topic and the route as well as the pace.
Business travelers, conference-goers and seminar participants or energetic tourists can let themselves be inspired by the many offerings along Donaulände, the Danube promenade in Tulln, while running and walking as well as enjoy the charm of the main square (Hauptplatz) and explore the unique GARTEN TULLN. The running and walking guides point out the most interesting sights and give tips about recreational options and good restaurants along the way.
Cost of sight-running (8 km/60 minutes):
€ 50 for 1-2 people
€ 75 for 3-6 people
€ 100 for 7-10 people
larger groups on request
Cost of sight-walking on request
