Danube Tower Tickets

The cheapest Danube Tower tickets on GetYourGuide cost $20.23 for the skip-the-line entrance, which is also the most reviewed option at 4.54 stars from 2,695 reviews. The tower is 252 m tall, per Wikipedia, and its observation deck is at 150 m. I’d go in the hour before sunset.

Danube Tower at a Glance

I found three Danube Tower tickets and tours on GetYourGuide: a plain entrance ticket, a city pass that bundles the tower with other sights, and a private guided tour. The tower stands in the Donaupark on the north bank of the river, well away from the old town, which shapes how you plan a visit.

Detail	What I found
Observation deck	150 m, per the official Donauturm site
Restaurant and cafe	Turm Restaurant at 170 m and Turm Cafe at 160 m, both revolving per the official site
Address	Donauturmplatz 1, 1220 Wien (per Google Maps)
Opening hours	10 AM to 10 PM every day (per Google Maps)
Time to allow	The private tour is 2 to 3 hours; the entrance ticket sets no limit

“Opened in April 1964, it is the tallest structure in Austria, standing at 252 meters, and ranks as the 61st tallest tower in the world.”

Before you choose among the Danube Tower tickets, decide how much of the day you want to give the tower. The entrance ticket is valid for 24 hours, so you could go up in the afternoon, walk the Donaupark and return after dark on the same ticket, though the listing does not say whether re-entry is allowed, so ask at the desk. The pass is valid for 60 days from first entry, which suits a long stay, and the private tour is a fixed 2 or 3 hour block that you book for a set time.

Reviews of the standard ticket give a fair picture of what to expect. People mention the elevator ride as fun, the panoramic view as the main draw and the cafe as a pleasant place to rest. The weak spot is the weather: haze can soften the distance, so a clear day is worth waiting for if your plans are flexible. That is why I like Danube Tower tickets with free cancellation, which all three of these have.

Danube Tower Observation Deck Tickets

If you search for Danube Tower observation deck tickets, the one you want is the Skip-the-Line Entrance Ticket to the Danube Tower, sold under the operator name Donauturm Wien. It is plain admission, and the listing says it includes entry to the tower and access to the slide.

Donauturm Wien

Skip-the-Line Entrance Ticket to the Danube Tower

• ★ 4.5 (2,695 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: My first-visit pick: the cheapest way up, with by far the most reviews, and the slide is included.

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$20.23

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At $20.23 it is the least expensive of the three Danube Tower tickets, and 2,695 reviewers gave it 4.54 stars. It stays valid for 24 hours, so a flexible plan works, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before. Reviewers praise the view at sunset and the lit-up city after dark, though one went on a hazy day and still saw far. The listing says the last ascent is at 9:15 PM and the final descent at 9:45 PM.

Danube Tower Tickets and Prices

The full range of Danube Tower tickets and prices runs from $20.23 to $243.23, because only one of the three is an entry ticket on its own. The product in this section is the Schonbrunn, Danube Tower, Boat, Wheel and Hop On FLEXI Pass from Vienna Pass, a bundle at $123.

Vienna Pass

Schönbrunn, Danube Tower, Boat, Wheel & Hop On - FLEXI Pass

• ★ 3.8 (18 reviews)
• 60 days
• Free cancellation

My pick: Only worth it if you will really use the Ferris Wheel, palace, cruise and bus as well as the tower.

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This is a pass, not a ticket to the tower alone. The listing includes free admission to the featured attractions: the Giant Ferris Wheel, the Danube Tower, a Schonbrunn Palace state apartment tour with a booked time slot and a DDSG city cruise, plus 72 hours of hop-on hop-off bus access and 15% off Vienna Sightseeing day trips. It is valid for 60 days from first entry, with free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead. Its rating is 3.8 from just 18 reviews, so it is the least tested option here.

The sums are simple. The pass costs $102.77 more than the standard tower ticket, so it pays off only if the other four items are on your list anyway. If the tower is your main reason to go up, the $20.23 ticket is the better value for Danube Tower tickets, and you can add other sights separately.

Danube Tower Slide

The slide is what sets this tower apart from most observation decks. The official site describes Europe’s highest slide, starting at 165 m and running 40 m down to the viewing level at 150 m in just 7 to 9 seconds. It is a short ride, so I treat it as a bonus rather than the reason to go.

The standard Danube Tower ticket lists slide access among its inclusions, so you do not pay extra on that product. The listings for the pass and the private tour do not mention the slide, so if you want it, book the standard entry. Check the official site for any height, age or weight limits before you bring children, since the listing gives none.

Danube Tower Restaurant Vienna

There are two revolving places to eat. The official site names the Turm Restaurant at 170 m and the Turm Cafe at 160 m, and Wikipedia says the revolving platform takes 26, 39 or 52 minutes to complete a turn. That means a slow lunch sees the whole city go past, from the river to the hills.

None of the three Danube Tower tickets books a table. A reviewer of the standard ticket wrote of relaxing in the cafe with a drink and cake while looking over the scenery, so the cafe works well after your ride up. I would check the official site for menus and reservation rules, since I can see no live booking data for the restaurant.

Is Danube River Cruise Worth It

The pass is the only one of the Danube Tower tickets on this page that includes a boat. The FLEXI Pass lists a DDSG Boat Tour, a city cruise called Tour C, among its five featured items. I cannot judge the cruise itself from the data I hold, since the listing gives no duration or route, so I would not buy the pass for the boat alone.

What I can say is how it fits the tower. The tower looks down on the river from 150 m, and a cruise shows it from the water, so the two make a natural pair on one day. If you only want that pairing, compare the $123 pass with buying the $20.23 ticket and a separate boat ticket from the operator, because the pass also bundles a palace tour and three days of buses that you may not use. Among all the Danube Tower tickets and passes here, this is the one where reading the terms matters most.

Danube Tower Price

The Danube Tower price, meaning what Danube Tower tickets cost, depends on what you want to do. Standing on the deck costs $20.23, the city pass is $123 and the private tour is $243.23. All prices are in USD from the GetYourGuide listings and can change by date.

The product I have left for this section is the Skip-the-line Donauturm Danube Tower Vienna Tour, Transfer from Rosotravel - Austria Tours and Experiences. It is a private guided tour, not a plain ticket, and it has no rating yet. The listing says it includes fast-track tickets, a licensed guide, facts and legends about Vienna and, in the 3-hour option, round-trip transfers from your accommodation.

Rosotravel - Austria Tours & Experiences

Skip-the-line Donauturm Danube Tower Vienna Tour, Transfer

• 2 - 3 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: A private guide plus transfers: pricey, so I'd book it only for a group that wants to be driven and talked through the skyline.

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$243.23

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The 2-hour option does not include transfers, and you meet your guide in front of the Donaubrau restaurant at Donauturmplatz 1, not inside the building. The guide points out landmarks such as St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the old town. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours ahead. To see what your party would pay for any of these Danube Tower tickets, use the calculator.

Plan the trip as you would any Danube Tower visit outside the old town. Danube Tower tickets are for a place about 4.5 km in a straight line from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, so allow travel time in each direction, and the sunset slot means returning across the city after dark. If you book Danube Tower tickets for the evening, check the last ascent time on your voucher and be at the base early.

Danube Tower Hours

Google Maps lists the Danube Tower as open from 10 AM to 10 PM every day of the week. The standard ticket listing is more precise: the last ascent is at 9:15 PM and the final descent at 9:45 PM. I’d plan to arrive well before those times, not at them, whichever Danube Tower tickets you hold.

Opening hours can differ on holidays and during maintenance, and the official site links to its own opening times page, so check there before you travel because I cannot see the live calendar. In winter the sun sets as early as 16:00, so a late slot means a night view of the city lights.

Danube Tower Tickets Vienna

Buying Danube Tower tickets in Vienna online gets you the skip-the-line entry that the standard listing and the private tour both include. You choose a date, pay in USD and receive a voucher. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before applies to all three products, so booking Danube Tower tickets early costs little.

The tower is outside the centre, at Donauturmplatz 1 in the 22nd district, so build the trip into your day. The private tour’s 3-hour option includes round-trip transfers because of that distance. For the other two, check the public transport route on Google Maps from your hotel before you set off.

Danube Tower Vienna

The Danube Tower is Austria’s tallest structure at 252 m, per Wikidata, and was designed by Hannes Lintl. It opened in April 1964, and Wikipedia gives the observation platform at 150 m. On Google Maps it scores 4.6 from 21,652 reviews, which is a large sample for a deck outside the old town.

Most visitors who buy Danube Tower tickets come for the 360 degree panorama over Vienna and the Danube. I’d treat the tower as a half-day outing with a stroll in the Donaupark, and as a good first stop to see how the city is laid out before you walk through it.

Best Time to Visit Danube Tower

Clear air matters more here than the calendar. In the 2025 Open-Meteo data for the tower, June was the clearest month with 37% average cloud cover, followed by August at 39%. December was the cloudiest at 82% and January at 79%. July had the most rainy days, 15.

Month	Sunset (Vienna time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	16:27	79%	3.8 h	5
Feb	17:16	59%	6 h	3
Marclearest	17:59	50%	8.3 h	10
Apr	19:45	57%	9.9 h	6
May	20:27	58%	10.3 h	11
Junclearest	20:56	37%	13.5 h	9
Jul	20:50	55%	11.7 h	15
Augclearest	20:08	39%	11.9 h	9
Sep	19:06	50%	8.9 h	13
Oct	18:05	64%	7.2 h	11
Nov	16:15	72%	4.6 h	10
Dec	16:00	82%	2.4 h	6

Sunset ranges from 16:00 in December to 20:56 in June. Whichever of the Danube Tower tickets you book, I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset so you see the city in daylight, in the gold hour and as the lights come on. Pick your date below to see the sunset and the entry time to book.

What You Can See From the Danube Tower

From the 150 m deck you look across the Danube and the whole city. The calculator shows how far the horizon reaches from that height, though haze usually limits the real view well short of it.

The nearest landmark on my list is the Hundertwasser House, 3.85 km (2.39 mi) away in a straight line, with St. Stephen’s Cathedral at 4.47 km (2.78 mi) and the Column of Pest at 4.61 km (2.86 mi). The Rathausplatz is 5.03 km (3.13 mi) off, the Hofburg 5.11 km (3.18 mi) and the Kunsthistorisches Museum 5.41 km (3.36 mi). Belvedere Palace is 5.85 km (3.63 mi) away and Schonbrunn Palace 9.42 km (5.85 mi). These are distances from Google Maps coordinates.

Danube Tower vs Other Observation Decks in Vienna

Vienna has a few other places to look over the city, and none of them is a second ticketed deck on this site. The table gives the Google Maps figures, with distances in a straight line from the Danube Tower. I only mark a place free or paid when a source says so; the Jubilaumswarte is listed as open 24 hours.

Place	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from the tower	Free or paid
Danube Tower	4.6	21,652	n/a	Paid, from $20.23
Haus des Meeres	4.6	34,800	6.36 km (3.95 mi)	Check locally
Stephansdom Nordturm	4.6	626	4.44 km (2.76 mi)	Check locally
Aussichtspunkt Nasenweg	4.7	290	5.98 km (3.72 mi)	Check locally
Jubilaumswarte	4.7	1,379	10.9 km (6.78 mi)	Check locally

The Danube Tower is the only one here with a ticket product I can compare. Haus des Meeres has more Google reviews, but it is an aquarium first, with a viewpoint attached.

If you are comparing Danube Tower tickets and tours with a trip up the cathedral’s north tower, the difference is scale. The Stephansdom Nordturm is 4.44 km (2.76 mi) from the tower in a straight line and is a much smaller viewpoint, with 626 Google reviews against 21,652 here. The tower deck at 150 m looks over the whole city from outside it, while the cathedral puts you in the middle of the old town, so the two views complement each other. Most visitors choose one of them, but the Danube Tower tickets are the better buy if your priority is the full skyline.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest: the $20.23 skip-the-line entrance, the lowest of all Danube Tower tickets.
• First visit and the slide: the same ticket, since it has 2,695 reviews and lists slide access.
• Sunset: the standard ticket again, booked for the hour before sunset, with free cancellation if the forecast turns.
• Families and groups: the standard entry per person, and the group calculator above to see the total.
• Sightseeing bundle: the $123 FLEXI Pass, only if you will also ride the wheel, cruise and buses.
• Private guide: the $243.23 tour, for a small group that wants transfers and commentary on the skyline.