Peter picked us up right on time, and had a wonderful tour planned. We had asked him if we could see several different places, and he made sure that happened. He explained the history of the buildings and parks; which was very interesting. We knew most of the history from our school days, but to actually see the city as we discussed the history was priceless. Vienna is a beautiful city; and I think we had the best tour.

Walter is a very kind and informative person. I recommend his visit it was my big pleasure to know him Your friend Soufiane Fès MOUNANA

I highly recommend this fun tour with Walter! It was a great way to see the highlights of Vienna in just 4 hours! Walter was so funny and extremely knowledgeable about Austrian history! A huge bonus was the perfect photo shots and escaping the tourist crowds! He tailored our tour just for us and made us fall in love with this sophisticated, clean, beautiful city!

Our 3 hour guided walking tour was an excellent introduction to Vienna. Our tour guide was flexible, catering to our interests. Informative, with local knowledge as well as genuinely helpful, especially with transport around Vienna.

Walter was amazing! We had a fabulous city tour with my group of 6, and everyone enjoyed Walter's knowledge and humor! Lots of fun and very interesting. Highly recommend and can't wait to return!

My husband and I took the tour titled "Vienna at First Glance: a Private Walking Tour". Our guide was Walter. Many of Walter's behaviors and comments throughout the morning were both disturbing: sexual, sexist, degrading to women, rude, and in two cases, racist. Walter's behaviors caused us to be extremely uncomfortable; ruining the day. Walter's first comment when finding out how long we were staying inVienna was, "What? Are you too lazy to travel?" We were very taken aback by his rude comment but we were excited to see the city and take the tour. As we walked, Walter inappropriately commented on the recent influx of Ukrainian women to Vienna, He chuckled, "These Ukrainian women are the kind of immigrants we want! Long legs, blonde, boobs". As we went on many things prompted sexual comments from Walter. All historic statues of naked or partially naked women caused him to discuss breasts, "boobs", and vaginas. He appeared to take pleasure in using the word vagina and waiting to see my reaction. At the Belvedere Palace, in the expansive garden, there are many statues of half lions/ half women. Walter talked at length about the statue's bare "boobs" and suggested I have my photo taken while holding one. At two different points Walter made very negative comments about the Chinese tourists, This was totally inappropriate and racist. At one point two young teenage girls stopped us and asked Walter to take their photo for them. His exact words were, "Sure, but you really have to pose sexy for me. Boobs out. That's it, push those shoulders back!" This was immediately followed by two other young women in their twenties who asked, "Can you take our picture, too?" Walter's exact words were, "okay but you'll. have to strip for me!" The girls and women were highly embarrassed and confused. There were countless other comments throughout the morning. As it got worse, we tried to distance ourselves from his comments. I walked away often. I believe Walter knew I was extremely uncomfortable and that my husband was highly embarrassed by his comments. I also believe Walter was enjoying the effect he was having and getting a kick out of the shock factor. He always smirked at his own comments. Perhaps the worst of Walter's comments (other than asking the two young women to strip) came in the Church of the Minorites (Minoritenkirche) where there is a large replica done in mosaic of The Last Supper painting. By this point Walter knew we were absolutely uncomfortable by his ongoing, creepy, sexual fixation. And yet he went on with sexualizing the masterpiece at great length. Walter showed no respect for the religious treasure or its subject matter. He did not know our religious background or our commitment to, and our respect for, our faith. After many comments about Mary Magdalene's sexual relationship with Jesus, Walter again fixated on vaginas. He pulled out his phone and showed us a photo of an ancient relic of a vagina: an absolutely, totally creepy, appalling thing for a tour guide to display by any stretch of the imagination, but worsened by the fact we were in a church, looking at Jesus and the Last Supper! He went on to explain what he sees as truth (mostly taken from the fictional movie The DaVinci Code): that it is Mary Magdalene in the painting to the right of Jesus., not St. John. Walter's proof was absolutely disgusting. He said, "The open space between Jesus and John/Mary forms a large V. And the V is obviously meaning vagina". This tour was a disaster for us. What could have been wonderful memories were ruined. Once home, I reread the online reviews for this tour. Other tour guides doing this tour have wonderful reviews, and yes, Walter has some good reviews too. He has a great amount of historical knowledge. It is troubling that there was one other review of Walter's tour that does indeed mention his inappropriate sexual comments. Walter does not represent the beautiful city of Vienna or its beautiful people with any respect. Unfortunately, I believe he may be the owner of the company.

Absolutely great walking tour..it was organised by our Mercure Hotel (and apparently it occurs every Saturday). Throughly enjoyable and highly recommend it

Learning about Vienna with Alexander was our FAVORITE part of our trip. Thank you, thank you Alexander - it was fascinating to spend a couple hours with you.

It was a great tour. Valter is very knowledgeable and has a wry sense of historic humour. We enjoyed the city walk so much.

Walter was extremely knowledgeable and had a great approach for our experience. We learned a lot and really enjoyed it. We did the gardens first in the morning before the heat of the day and did the palace over lunch time to avoid the big crowds.

Walter was an excellent tour guide. Professional, Knowledgeable, and Courteous. Very organized tour with our driver, and walking. I would highly recommend this tour.

Andrea was an amazing guide. She was nice and very knowledgeable. I recommend this tour and will do it again with my kids.

We worked with Walter to arrange three half day tours while we were in Vienna. First, he arranged for my husband and I to take a morning tour of “hidden gems” with his associate Hans. We totally enjoyed the walking tour with Hans, finding him to be both highly knowledgeable and personable. His knowledge of history is encyclopedic, yet he was able to bring it down a notch to our level and make it highly digestible. Our second and third tours were both with Walter, a true delight. A half day tour by van introduced us to the beauty of Schönbrunner gardens, Hindertwasserhaus, Prater and other attractions. All of it made more fascinating by Walter’s stories and charming wit. Last but not least was an afternoon in the Vienna woods and walk through the vineyards. (Kisses from Vienna). On this trip we learned more about the day to day lives of Vienna locals, past and present, and experienced the refreshing countryside just outside of the city. A nice break from the normal tourist attractions and if the weather is amenable, a perfect complement to city based activities. Throughout all of our planning and tours Walter worked to tailor our experience to our wishes while gently guiding us to several experiences which we may not have thought of on our own. If you are taking the time to visit Vienna we highly recommend making a small investment and booking with Walter Schindl who will make a good trip an exceptional experience. Both Walter and Hans speak excellent English and are highly qualified guides in every respect. He is very popular for good reason. Book early.

I had really high expectations for the this tour, but it left me with much more to be desired. The guide came across as a bit rude and or unyielding at times. I had a tour in Berlin, Prague and Vienna. The one in Vienna was my least favorite. For what I paid, I was expecting a better tour. I feel like most of the places we went I could have gone by myself for a fraction of the price. The information provided during the tour wasn't really that interesting.

Walter was an excellent tour guide. Interesting facts and background, not the usual spiel. We really enjoyed our tour.