Update: Go City no longer offer passes for Vienna. If you have yet to use yours, see this page for details of validity, refunds, etc.
The below review is, therefore, no longer relevant…
For alternatives, see this page.
Previous review:
The folk at Go City used to offer all-inclusive passes that gave one-time free access to numerous attractions and activities in Vienna. Key characteristics were:
- Strong on tours and activities
- Particularly good for families
- Opportunity for substantial savings
- Less suited to visiting art museums
- See also:
- Sightseeing in Vienna
- Overview of passes for Vienna
What you got
An All-Inclusive Pass entitled you to one-time free entry to all attractions (and one-time free participation in all the activities) covered by the pass.
You booked for a period of either one, two, three, four, five or six consecutive days. Day One was the day you started actually using the pass in Vienna.
Attractions & activities
(The pass coversmed several tours of the sights: by bike and on foot, for example)
Compared to similar products, the All-Inclusive Pass was strong on tours and activities.
For example, you could take a guided tour of Schönbrunn palace, use a hop on hop off sightseeing bus for a day, go on a VR-enhanced bus tour, go on a bike tour, watch a training at the Spanish Riding School, and more.
The All-Inclusive Pass also covered a selection of attractions, including the sites of the Wien Museum (such as the Beethoven Museum) and several attractions particularly suited to families, like the zoo, Madame Tussauds, the Giant Ferris wheel, the Museum of Science & Technology, and virtual reality experiences.
Was it worth it?
You obviously had the chance to make significant savings, if you could match the selection of activities and attractions to your needs and schedule. And since you had a wide choice of sights, tours and activities to choose from once you paid, you could fill your day(s) easily.
The all-inclusive pass seemed most promising for:
- Families, with plenty of activities suited to both adults and children (like the zoo or virtual reality tours and experiences)
- People looking for activities or guided tours: so much so that I would have used it primarily for that purpose and seen the entrance to selected attractions as an additional bonus
Who was it not for?
The All-Inclusive Pass did not cover some of the main art museums. So if your chief interest was such locations as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Albertina, the Albertina Modern, mumok, Kunstforum or the Leopold Museum, then you were perhaps better suited to something like the Vienna Pass instead.
Equally, if you were just wandering the city sightseeing, then you might have preferred the Vienna City Card or Vienna Welcome Card, which are relatively inexpensive network travel passes with discounts and other bonuses (but no free entry to things).