Vienna – New Year
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From 30 December to 1 January 2027
Type of stay

Musical journeys

Availability

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Price

From €3,200 per person

It is the most widely watched classical music event on the planet. Each year, tens of millions of viewers tune in to admire the New Year’s Concert in Vienna. For this stay, we invite you to step to the other side of the screen and experience this magnificent bouquet of waltzes and polkas live in the legendary Musikverein hall.

 

Vienna is magical during the holiday season. On New Year’s Eve, the entire Austrian capital transforms into one vast ballroom. From midday onward, the aptly named Silvesterpfad (New Year’s Eve Trail) winds a marvellous path through the city centre. Unforgettable sights await: the Prater illuminated with lights, the grand Christmas markets, the enchanting ice rink in front of City Hall, Kärntner Strasse glittering with a thousand lights, and, of course, the city’s splendid museums – among the most beautiful in the world.

 

In addition to the eagerly awaited New Year’s Concert, you will enjoy a performance by the Spanish Riding School. Located in the monumental Hofburg (seat of imperial power from 1279 to 1918), this venerable institution, founded in 1735, is one of the world’s finest equestrian schools. Dressed in tailcoats and bicorne hats, riders present a dazzling gala performance. Their partners are Lipizzaner stallions – named after the former imperial stud farm in Slovenia – whose grace, discipline, and beauty will leave you utterly amazed.

 

 

 

Crédits photos :

Spanish Riding School, Lipizzaner © WienTourismus/Paul Bauer

Musikverein © WienTourismus/Christian Stemper

The program
Equestrian Gala Performance with Music
Thursday 31 December 2026
Saint-Sylvester Concert
Thursday 31 December 2026
Wednesday 30 December 2026

Arrival at leisure in Vienna.

Check-in at your hotel from 3 p.m.

Day and dinner at leisure.

Thursday 31 December 2026

Breakfast at your hotel.

We offer you an unforgettable New Year’s Day.

 

At 11 a.m., at the Spanish riding school:

EQUESTRIAN GALA PERFORMANCE WITH MUSIC

The Gala of the Spanish Riding School offers a splendid show dating from the Habsburg period. Male and female riders in tailcoats ride sublime Lipizzaner stallions, creating the most graceful harmony between man and animal.

 

Lunch and afternoon at leisure.

 

 

At 7:30 p.m., at the Musikverein – Grosser Saal (evening wear required):

SAINT-SYLVESTER CONCERT

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev

 

Conductor

 

Program not revealed to this day.

 

 
It is estimated that on certain evenings in 1850, nearly a quarter of Vienna’s population would gather in ballrooms to dance. Just as Paris has the Eiffel Tower, the waltz is the ultimate embodiment of Vienna. Among the great composers of the triple-time rhythm, one naturally finds the Strauss dynasty: Johann Strauss Sr. (1804–1849), soon followed by his three sons – Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Josef (1827–1870), and Eduard (1835–1916). With them, Vienna was transformed into a whirlwind of celebrations and polkas. Their music – at once lyrical, melancholic, and ethereal – later earned the admiration of the greatest modern musicians. If there is one tradition deeply rooted in the hearts of the Viennese, it is the New Year’s Concert in the legendary Musikverein hall. Following the Quebec-born Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a fresh breeze is now sweeping through this globally renowned event. For New Year 2027, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen a conductor just past fifty: Tugan Sokhiev. The orchestra’s president, Daniel Froschauer, explains the choice as follows: ‘Tugan Sokhiev has been a close collaborator, both musically and personally, since 2009. From our very first concerts together, a great trust and deep mutual understanding were quickly established, and they have continued to grow and evolve ever since.’ Born in 1977, Tugan Sokhiev is one of the leading conductors of his generation. In demand by the world’s finest ensembles, he served for several years as music director of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, though he is best known in France for having led the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse for fourteen years. Under his baton, the Toulouse Orchestra reached world-class heights and delighted local audiences. Armed with experience in both operatic and symphonic repertoire, the Russian conductor now makes his highly anticipated debut at the helm of the New Year’s Concert. There is no doubt that his charisma and his choice of waltzes will join the legend of a program previously conducted by such iconic figures as Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, and Carlos Kleiber. Prosit Neujahr!

 

The end of the show is expected around 9:45 p.m.

Traditional New Year’s Eve dinner at Hotel Sacher.

 

Friday 1 January 2027

Breakfast at your hotel.

Day at leisure, check out from your hotel before 12 p.m.

Your Accommodation
THE GUESTHOUSE *****

In the heart of Vienna, across from the Albertina Museum and a stone’s throw from the Opera House, The Guesthouse is a designed hotel that is both cosy and sophisticated. The rooms are bright, spacious and furnished in a chic, contemporary ‘Conran Shop’ style;

Price per person
Deluxe room package

€3,200 per person

 

The price for this trip includes: double room accommodation with breakfast for 2 nights • The equestrian gala performance of the Spanish riding school • The New Year’s concert at the Musikverein (category I) • New Year’s Eve dinner at the Sacher (drinks included) • tourist tax • repatriation assistance.

 

The price for this trip does not include: extras • transport • transfers.

 

Individual trip.

Transport and transfers on request.

Deluxe room package for single use

€3,730 per person

 

The price for this trip includes: double room accommodation with breakfast for 2 nights • The equestrian gala performance of the Spanish riding school • The New Year’s concert at the Musikverein (category I) • New Year’s Eve dinner at the Sacher (drinks included) • tourist tax • repatriation assistance.

 

The price for this trip does not include: extras • transport • transfers.

 

Individual trip.

Transport and transfers on request.

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In charge of the destination
Aliénor Elbaz du Peloux
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