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Reviews

• Beautiful tour! Paris...

  Tammy C,

  Dec 5, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Beautiful tour! Paris made it very enjoyable! The bus was also very comfortable and the tour was organized.

• Charming and beautiful gems

  Guilherme K,

  Dec 2, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Hallstatt is a unique beautiful gem to be seen and Salzburg was very charming with the Christmas market and decoration filled with loads of history. Erik was a great guide funny and knowledgeable, thank you. The only downside was the distance which you must take in consideration before booking but well worth it. I really recommend it.

  

  

• we had a marvelous tour...

  guangchun z,

  Nov 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  we had a marvelous tour guide Priscilla, she is knowledgeable and professional which contributes a wonderful experience from this trip. Wish I could have tour guides like her in the future tours with viator.

• Paid to be picked up at hotel. They didn’t show up.

  NorthStar41525978836,

  Nov 28, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  1.00

  I paid extra to be picked up at hotel. My receipt said they would pick us up at hotel. They did not pick us up. This was expensive and now they won’t give me my money back.

• Incredible experience!

  sarahwA7517DO,

  Nov 3, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The tour is definitely worth the price! All members of staff were so incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. While it is a long day trip, it’s an absolutely rewarding experience!

• Long and beautiful day

  Michele L,

  Oct 11, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Although this trip is very long, everything ran extremely smooth. The places we visited are absolutely beautiful! The guides were very professional and always enthusiastic to answer any questions. Priscilla and her colleague were both great. Our tour omitted “Melk” in order to be able to spend a little more time in Hallstatt and Salzburg which was great as we had enough time to enjoy without feeling rushed. I would highly recommend the tour.

• Great guides show beautiful Austria

  U171AAmarkb,

  Oct 6, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Octavia and Ilar were instantly a comfortable pair of guides, checking us in with smiles and offering coffee once we hit the road. In Hallstatt, they took pictures of everyone in the group, and in Salzburg, my wife and I were lucky enough to walk solo with them as the rest of the tour spread out for our last hour. They were helpful with recommended spots to eat and experiences to hit before our time ran out, but most of all, they were so friendly and down to earth. The bus driver was a true pro as well, hauling us comfortably through rain and traffic while we watched beautiful Austria fly by in our windows. Thanks again!

• An incredible journey

  Wanderer29735375386,

  Sep 19, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Such an incredible journey! 🚍 I loved how the tour combined everything: the beauty of Melk Abbey, the fairytale charm of Hallstatt, and the cultural richness of Salzburg. It felt like three vacations in just one day.

• Forget this extremely boring and uncomfortable "tour" that's nothing more than an expensive glorified bus ride.

  Christopher S,

  Sep 13, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  This tour is nothing more than an extremely uncomfortable, arguably even torturous, and wholly unnecessary 8-hour bus ride, out of a total 13 hours and it doesn’t even take you into Fortress, arguably the single most important attraction in Salzburg. Super-cramped seats – as bad or worse than an economy aircraft The tour guide never engaged the visitors in the bus ride to Salzburg except for two brief moments. The first announcement was to observe the Abbey of Melk but when it finally came into view the thoughtless bus driver overtook a tractor trailer and blocked the entire picture taking opportunity instead of pulling behind the slower truck, perhaps affording even more photo time. The second announcement about an interesting architectural building was made moments before it came into view rather than provide visitors with enough time to prepare to take photos. The driver also drove by quickly with no thought for the passengers and why they were there. There was no other traffic around. The driver was constantly correcting his steering causing little jerks that woke up passengers. He took some of the curves on the side roads that had visitors shifting left and right notably in their seats as if we were in some kind of race. Lane changes were abrupt and sometimes crossed two lanes without a pause. As we approached a town before Hallstatt (I think), the road backed up with significant traffic, a small vehicle directly in front of the bus with a hitch at the back decided to turn around. Instead of permitting the vehicle to do so, our driver inched forward and closed the space to the point where I actually had to call out to the driver, “What are you doing? Stop!” The driver purposely created an unwarranted incident. We weren’t in any kind of danger. However, I could see us either being delayed because of an accident, which would have undoubtedly caused a massive traffic jam, or possibly the hitch might have unintentionally punctured the driver-side front wheel, which consequences would be obvious. In another incident, at a brief resting place, the road was being painted and it was a tight squeeze for the bus to get by. The driver honked at the tradesmen and a minor exchange of heated words ensued—perhaps warranted but certainly not professional. We must have passed at least six schloss’s or other points of interest but we learned nothing about any of that. The description of the deepest lake in Austria was brief and comprised mostly of “beautiful scenery” descriptors. The guide spent most of the trip time listening to music while wearing a headset, or browsed her phone. The bus did not have charging outlets for phones, which are a must for long-distance tours in particular. On the positive side, they offered a couple of biscuits and coffee. The bus did have Wifi but with 50 passengers, the sessions to try to book anything timed out and we couldn’t actually do anything besides browse. We decided not to continue with the tour and instead toured the Fortress, which was the redeeming feature of the trip and a “must see.” We travelled back by high-speed rail. The tour guide was very helpful and respectful in helping us locate the Salzburg train station. Get a reservation as well. It was packed. Forget this tour. Take the OBB highspeed and super-quiet train which gets you to Salzburg in comfort in 2.5 hours and makes only three stops. Tour on you own in Salzburg, or find a local guide. The train runs frequently every day so you can get a full day of touring and sleep comfortably if you’re suffering from jet lag or just an intense day of walking.

• An amazing experience

  Huiling T,

  Sep 5, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I went on this tour with a friend and we enjoyed every moment. We took hundreds of photos in Hallstatt, visited the abbey in Melk, and finished the day exploring Salzburg. A full and amazing experience.

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