Fiaker
Arrive by carriage.
Arrive by carriage. One fare for the whole carriage, up to four. A fixed meeting point printed on your confirmation, and the horses’ rules outrank the booking.
- Short tour€60.00per carriage
- Grand tour€105.00per carriage
On the same cobbles
The carriages are older than the Ring they cross. Three pictures: two from the photochrom era, one from today.
ThenThe Graben, about 1900
ThenThe Burgtheater, about 1900
TodayMichaelerplatz, today
Two routes, fixed tariffs
Per carriage, hired whole. The driver keeps to the route; the horses’ rest is not part of the negotiation.
Short tour
€60.00
per carriage, up to four aboard
Grand tour
€105.00
per carriage, up to four aboard
Pick a departure
A day, a route, how many carriages. Nothing is charged here.
A slot is open or it is taken — never a count of carriages, because they are the drivers’ and not ours to count. The basket shows every line with its own refund date before anything is paid.
One meeting point, printed on your confirmation
Heldenplatz fiaker stand, Heldenplatz, 1010. The meeting point is fixed and printed on your confirmation; the carriage does not collect from a hotel.
Volkstheater (U2, U3) and Herrengasse (U3) are both a few minutes away; the stand is on the Ring side of the square, at the Burgtor.
- Open carriage. In winter that means blankets and cold hands, and in rain it means wet.
- The driver talks if you want them to and does not if you do not. Say which.
- The meeting point is fixed and printed on your confirmation; the carriage does not collect from a hotel.
Meeting pointThe stand at the Äußeres BurgtorMap on your e-ticketThe carriages
Landaus and calèches, two horses each, on the stands and the streets of the first district.
The rest of the day, and beyond it
The ride at a glance
The product page carries each route’s published duration and price. The stopping rule is the drivers’, stated as theirs.
- What
- A private horse-drawn carriage through Vienna’s first district, with a departure time arranged in advance and a pinned meeting point rather than a queue at a rank. Two routes at the city’s fixed tariff: the short tour, twenty minutes, and the grand tour, forty.
- Who drives
- Vienna Fiaker operators — the carriage, the horses and the driver are theirs. We book the departure and print the meeting point.
- How it is priced
- Per carriage, never per person. There is no child fare and no age boundary to print, because nobody aboard is charged individually.
- Where
- Heldenplatz fiaker stand, Heldenplatz. Printed on your confirmation; the carriage does not collect from a hotel.
- Availability
- A slot is open or it is taken — never a count of carriages, because they are the drivers’ and not ours to count.
- The horses
- The drivers work to welfare rules and those rules are never moved for a booking. Horses rest when they are due to rest. Above a certain summer temperature the carriages stop and stand in the shade, and in ice they do not go out at all. If that cancels your ride, you are refunded in full — it is a failure to supply, and the 48-hour rule has nothing to do with it.
- Changes
- Free date change until 48 hours before, the same window as everything we sell. If a ride cannot run, refunded in full. The rule is on changes and refunds.
- Know before you book
- Both fares are per carriage, not per person, and a carriage seats up to four on its two benches. There is no child price, because nobody aboard is charged individually. You meet the carriage at the stand on Heldenplatz by the Äußeres Burgtor, at your booked time, with the driver’s carriage number on your booking. The driver waits ten minutes. The carriages, the horses and the drivers belong to licensed Vienna Fiaker operators; we book the departure. Our booking fee is €0.00. Rides run in ordinary weather — the landau has a hood and there is a blanket — but not in ice, under a storm warning, or above the city’s summer heat limit. Those are the drivers’ rules about their horses, and a rest is never moved for a booking. A slot is open or it is taken. We never print how many carriages are left, because they are not ours to count.
Every fact on this page checked against wien.info — the Vienna Tourist Board’s published fiaker tariff on .
Questions guests ask
Answered at the counter, by a person.
Is the price per person or per carriage?
Is the price per person or per carriage?
Per carriage. €60 for the short tour and €105 for the grand tour buys the whole carriage, whether one of you rides or four. It is the city’s fixed tariff and our booking fee is €0.00.
How many people fit, and can children come?
How many people fit, and can children come?
Up to four, on two facing benches, and children are very welcome. There is no child price because there is no per-person price at all — the fare is for the carriage.
Where exactly do we meet the carriage?
Where exactly do we meet the carriage?
At the stand on Heldenplatz, by the Äußeres Burgtor. Your booking carries the departure time and the driver’s carriage number, and the driver waits ten minutes.
What happens in bad weather?
What happens in bad weather?
The landau has a hood and there is a blanket, so ordinary rain and cold are fine. Ice, a storm warning or heat above the city’s limit stop the ride, and you are refunded in full — those are the drivers’ rules about their horses, not ours.
How are the horses treated?
How are the horses treated?
Vienna regulates it: rest periods, a heat limit that takes carriages off the street, and licensed operators. A rest is never moved for a booking, which is occasionally inconvenient and is the right way round.
Can the carriage take us to a concert?
Can the carriage take us to a concert?
The tours are loops from the Heldenplatz stand rather than transfers. If you want a carriage to a particular door at a particular time, ask us and we will see whether an operator will do it.
Why does a time slot say taken rather than how many carriages are left?
Why does a time slot say taken rather than how many carriages are left?
Because the carriages are not ours to count. We can tell you truthfully whether a departure is open or gone; a number would be a guess about somebody else’s stable, and we would rather show you two honest states than four invented ones.