Eat the World's Leopoldstadt tour in Vienna walks from Praterstrasse along the Donaukanal to the Karmelitermarkt and Augarten, with six tasting stops at neighbourhood-run restaurants and counters.
Route: Praterstrasse, Karmelitermarkt and Augarten in Leopoldstadt
Tip: Tours run Thursday and Saturday at 14:00; book online to two hours before. Children up to 12 pay EUR 30.
Address: Praterstrasse 1, 1020 Wien, Vienna
The Figlmueller Schnitzel Academy on Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district teaches the family Wiener Schnitzel technique with a cook and junior chef, with a multi-course menu and the apron and cookbook to take home.
Tip: Booked by email through the Lugeck site; minimum eight and maximum twelve guests, the price includes the meal you cook plus dessert and wine.
Secret Vienna's Jewish-Vienna walking tour in the 2nd district covers the Karmeliterviertel's Jewish history and present-day community in three hours, the tour run by licensed local guides.
Tip: Public departures need a minimum of six guests; book through the website at least 24 hours ahead.
Context Travel's Essential Austrian Cuisine tour runs three hours in Vienna with a local scholar, a private small-group walk covering the city's canonical dishes and the markets and rooms that cook them.
Tip: Booked online as a private experience; the small-group format runs with a Vienna-based food historian and includes tastings along the route.
