Vienna Photography Walking Tour: Music and Grandeur

You'll start from the Vienna Opera house and walk through the Karntnerstrasse to the city center, Vienna's main shopping street and a great place for candid photography. Here you have the opportunity to capture the various street artists performing. St. Stephen's Cathedral, one of Vienna's most famous sights defines the city center and has been the heart of Vienna for centuries and is one of the most famous Viennese sights. Off to St. Michael's church built in the first half of the 13th century and where Mozart's "Requiem" was first performed.

Then to the Imperial Palace of Vienna with its mix of various architectural styles and vast building complex - the Museum of Ethnography, the Imperial Treasury, the National Library, the Butterfly house and big collection of musical instruments and weapons and also the famous Spanish Riding School.

Along the way you'll have an opportunity to photograph the Gothic style City Hall, the Parliament Building, Natural History Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Naschmarkt one of the oldest and most famous market in Vienna its unique mixture of Austrian traditions and oriental influences. The shops display colorful and neatly arranged fresh vegetables, fruits and spice packages making it a perfect place for some colorful snapshots. Finally the Baroque styled Karlsplatz church and ending at the Belvedere Palace and Botanical gardens.