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Hello! We recently returned from a trip to Vienna. I wanted to share a tour guide recommendation in case anyone is interested in hiring a private guide. We took a 2 hour walking tour of the city center area with Dr. Karin Eichhorn-Thanhoffer. Karin's tour was so interesting and informative! It was myself, my husband and our 2 older teens. Karin specializes in Jewish history but can/does talk about all kinds of history related to the city. We met her near the Opera House. We corresponded some prior to the tour, and when we met her in person she asked us where we'd already been and reviewed her plans to make sure it was agreeable. She even spent longer than the 2 hours with us because our kids had questions. We loved our tour and would definitely recommend her!

Dr. Karin Eichhorn-Thanhoffer
karin.eichhorn@ett.at
+436766278420
https://wienmitwienerin.com/

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Which of the tours that she offers did you do? Did you get to go into anything or did you choose later which places to return to?

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We did a 2 hour city walk - I think she combined the city walk highlights 1 and 2 for us. We had already toured St. Stephen's so we didn't go there. We didn't go inside of places. We did get to see the horses being brought out from the Spanish Riding School - she seemed to know when that would occur and timed that right. We also learned a lot about some of the monuments and memorials in the city. If you tell her what you are most interested in and would like to see or learn about, she will customize something for you. She spent 2.5 hours with us too, even though she only charged for 2. We gave her a generous tip! She has lived in Vienna all of her life, and as we we were touring she ran into and said hello to friends and family she knew. Hope that helps.

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Thank you so much for this! We will definitely sign up with her for at least one of her wonderful sit and chat tours! What a great idea. I am curious though when you write that she specializes in Jewish Vienna which also interests us, because there is nothing on her site suggesting that.

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I went on a tour with Dr. Karin Eichhorn-Thanhoffer for a tour of Jewish Vienna. You can read the rest of this, but the punch line is: Write Her Now And Book Your Tour. Before our tour, I sent her some detailed information about my interests, including stories about my father, who escaped Vienna in 1939. I was particularly interested in the first half of the twentieth century. Karin tailored our tour beautifully, thoroughly, enthusiastically. You would never guess that she's led this kind of tour a thousand times - she still conveyed her own passion and excitement about the material. I had been in Vienna several times over the last fifty years, but learned so much more from the tour - explanations of the monuments, debates about the monuments, relevant buildings, old theaters, as well as lots of history. She was also very relaxed, and brought a binder of pictures to show us. I had a number of questions about other resources, and she was able to help tremendously. I'm sure you'll enjoy learning from her as well.

Dr. Karin Eichhorn-Thanhoffer
karin.eichhorn@ett.at
+436766278420
https://wienmitwienerin.com/

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