Free arrival in Vienna. Check-in at your hotel from 3pm.

Free dinner.

We offer you an unforgettable New Year’s Day.

At 11am, at the Spanish riding school:

EQUISTRIAN GALA PERFORMANCE

with music

The gala of the Spanish riding school offers a splendid show dating from the Habsbourg period. Male and female riders in tailcoats ride sublime Lipizzaner stallions, creating the most graceful harmony between man and animal.

Free lunch and afternoon.

At 7:30pm, at the Musikverein – Grosser Sall (evening wear required)

SAINT-SYLVESTER CONCERT

Vienna Philharmonic orchestra

Christian Thielemann : Conductor

Program not revealed to this day.

Some say that the waltz comes from Provence. Others think that waltz finds its roots in Germanic culture. But nowadays, waltz is first and foremost Viennese, since this well-known three-beats dance has had its moment of glory in 19th century Vienna. Some historians have estimated that on some evenings, almost a quarter of Viennese reunited in dance halls in 1850! Amongst the great composers, we naturally count the Strauss dynasty. With them, Vienna turned into a swirl of parties and dances. As for operetta, it’s hard to resist the elegance of Johann Strauss’s The Bat, the charm of Kalman’s Princesse Czardas or the humour of Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Created in 1905, the latter met a tremendous worldwide success. Some say that it was played almost 300 000 times during the composer’s lifetime! It is this prodigious repertory that Christian Thielemann brings back to life during the mythic Saint-Sylvester show at the Musikverein. What better orchestra to interpret these gems than the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna, which owns these melodies in its heart and its soul?

End of the show expected around 9:45pm.

Traditional New Year’s Eve dinner at Hotel Sacher.

Free day and departure from Vienna.

Check-out from your hotel before 12pm.