Munich, Salzburg and Vienna

Seven nights for two, by private car from Munich over the border to Vienna. A private tour of the Nymphenburg porcelain workshops, Mozart's birthplace in the evening with a private concert on a piano of his era, a Tracht fitting in Salzburg, and the Vienna State Opera from above, below and behind the stage.

Length: Seven nights
Pace: Three stays
Style: Romance, culture, cities, lakes
Route: Munich to Lake Fuschl and Salzburg to Vienna

MunichTwo nights
Lake Fuschl and SalzburgThree nights
ViennaTwo nights

The twin domed towers of the Frauenkirche above red roofs, with the town hall spire beside them.

Days 1 to 3 · two nights

Munich

A private transfer from the airport, a welcome cocktail at Bar Montez, and an evening walk through Schwabing or the Glockenbachviertel. A private tour of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, through the workshops where the porcelain is still made by hand, with the chance to choose a piece, or an afternoon in Angelika Maria Stiegler's studio in Haidhausen. Before leaving, a workshop to make a gingerbread heart.

Where you stay

Rosewood Munich

Rosewood Munich stands on Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße in the old town, with rooms, suites and houses of up to four bedrooms that come with butler care. Brasserie Cuvilliés serves Bavarian classics, Bar Montez has a piano, wood-panelled walls and live jazz every day, and the Asaya Spa has a pool.

The sun setting over a calm lake between wooded hills.

Days 3 to 6 · three nights

Lake Fuschl and Salzburg

Driven over the border to the lake. A day in Salzburg for the Mirabell Palace and its gardens and the old town, with a fitting at Heimatwerk, where the regional dress, Tracht, is still embroidered and tailored, and a private evening at Mozart's birthplace, closing with a concert on a piano of his era, subject to the hotel's current programme. A slow morning at the castle, with a Zille boat to the Fischerei for lunch from the lake, and Austrian wines with the head sommelier in the old cellar. Below ground, a private guided descent into the Salzwelten salt mine to its underground salt lake, then the manufactory where gourmet salt is made.

Where you stay

Rosewood Schloss Fuschl

Rosewood Schloss Fuschl is a castle on the shore of Lake Fuschl, outside Salzburg, with lakefront rooms, suites with terraces or patios, and houses and chalets in the grounds. Guests can hike, take a traditional Zille boat to the castle's fishery, and finish the day at the Asaya Spa.

The entrance hall, with a chandelier, a marble statue and an inlaid floor. — Photo © Hotel Sacher and Adrian Gaut / Hotel Sacher

Days 6 to 8 · two nights

Vienna

By road to Vienna, stopping at Gmunden on the Traunsee, where a guided tour of the ceramics manufacture, whose history goes back to 1492 and where pieces are crafted by hand, followed by a workshop, can be arranged, with Ort Palace, the former moated castle on a tiny island in the lake. A ride by fiaker, Schönbrunn Palace and St Stephen's Cathedral, and across the street from the hotel the Vienna State Opera on its backstage tour, above, below and behind the stage and into the stores where the large props are kept. By arrangement, a private visit to the Liechtenstein City Palace, which is not open to the public, for its Baroque grand staircase, its stucco ceilings and works from the private collection.

Where you stay

Hotel Sacher Wien

Hotel Sacher opened in 1876 on Philharmoniker Straße, beside the State Opera and the Albertina, and has 152 individually designed rooms and suites. Café Sacher serves the Original Sacher-Torte, the Rote Bar and the Grüne Bar are its restaurants, and the Sacher Boutique Spa has a hammam and a sauna.

Arranged on request

The Nymphenburg workshops

A private tour of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, arranged weekly through Rosewood Munich, to watch the artisans at work and choose a handmade piece.

Mozart's birthplace by evening

A private evening in the Salzburg house where Mozart was born in 1756, closing with a private concert on a piano of his era; arranged by Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, subject to the hotel's current programme.

A Tracht fitting at Heimatwerk

In Salzburg, an introduction to the Alpine dressmaking known as Tracht, its embroidery and tailoring, with a private fitting.

Behind the stage at the State Opera

The Vienna State Opera's 90-minute backstage tour goes above, below, behind and over the stage and into the stores for its large props; private tours for up to 20 can be arranged.

Lunch at the Fischerei

A boat across Lake Fuschl to the castle's fishery, where the menu is shaped entirely by the lake, with walks along the shore.

The Liechtenstein City Palace

In Vienna, a private tour of a palace closed to the public, from the Baroque grand staircase and stucco ceilings to works from the private collection.

Subject to availability.

Ways to make it yours

A private tour of the Vienna State Opera's state rooms, centre box and tea room, for up to 20, followed by an evening at a performance.
From January to early March, an evening at one of Vienna's balls, from the Opera Ball and the Philharmonic Ball to the Confectioners', Coffeehouse Owners' and Hunters' Balls, with a waltz course beforehand and evening clothes tailored for the night; each ball keeps its own strict dress code.
A day at Lake Tegernsee for a private tour of the Gmund paper factory, whose paper is used for the Oscars envelopes, ending with paper made by your own hands.

This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.

Made around you

Most travel is bought. This is designed.

Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.

The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.