Blue Danube Vienna River Cruise Dinner and Concert at the Schonbrunn Imperial Palace

Thanks to Johann Strauss's waltz "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", called the "Blue Danube waltz", this river is inextricably intertwined with Viennese music. This package gives you the opportunity to experience the Danube first-hand during a river cruise, followed by a delicious dinner. To round off a wonderful day, you will attend a concert of the Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna, which includes masterpieces by Johann Strauss.
 

The Danube River Cruise

During this river cruise, which lasts several hours, you will experience many Viennese sights from the water: Donauturm (Danube Tower), Millennium Tower, Ringturm (Ring Tower), Spittelau district heating plant, Urania observatory and much more. The ship belonging to DDSG shipping company leaves Schwedenplatz (downtown Vienna) at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and at 3:00 p.m. for a round trip, and returns to its place of departure at Schwedenplatz.
We recommend going on the cruise that departs at 2:00 p.m. and returns at 5:20 p.m. so that you won't have to rush to dinner.

Dinner

Café-Restaurant Residenz is located in the former palace kitchen. This building located in the so-called Ehrenhof ("Court of Honor") is adjacent to the palace's main entrance. An elegant three-course candlelight dinner awaits you. In summer, dinner will be served in the cozy outside dining area.

Menu:

Beef consommé
with sliced pancake
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“Tafelspitz” Viennese boiled beef His highness Franz Josef’s favourite
with cream spinach and roasted potatoes
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Applestrudel

Handmade in our Imperial bakery Schönbrunn

Vegetarian dishes available upon request!

Beverages not included.

Concert

The concert takes place at the elaborately restored Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery, which is conveniently located and easily accessible via subway U4 (Schoenbrunn station). Being an adjacent building of Schoenbrunn Palace, the Orangery has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site. While the Orangery was originally meant to store plants during the winter, today the largest part of the Orangery serves as a venue for exclusive concerts and events. More than one million visitors have enjoyed the renowned Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna's performances and the top-notch singing and dancing that complement the evening.

Concert hall

On selected days, concerts may take place in the Great Gallery or the White Gold Room located inside Schoenbrunn Palace, at the Schoenbrunn Palace Theater or in other concert halls in Vienna. We will be happy to send you the detailed concert plan upon request.

Document delivery:

We will deposit all documents (vouchers for the river cruise and for the dinner, concert tickets and public transportation tickets) at the front desk of your hotel.

Program and cast

10:30 AM or 2:00 PM - Danube tour departs from Schwedenplatz

6:30 PM - Dinner in a selected restaurant

8:30 PM - Concert start in the Orangery Schönbrunn*
(Admission from 8:00 PM)

Approx. 10:15 PM - Concert end

After the concert has ended, there will be sufficient taxis available at the entrance to the Orangery Schönbrunn. The underground leaves in five to eight-minute intervals until midnight.