Kaiservilla
Kaiservilla
- Address
- Jainzen 38
- Website
- Phone
- 06132232 41
- Price
- adult/student/child €9.80/6.50/4.50, grounds only adult/student & child €3.50/2.50
- Hours
- 9.30am-4.45pm May-mid-Oct
Lonely Planet review for Kaiservilla
Franz Josef’s summer residence was the Kaiservilla, an Italianate building that was bought by his mother, the Princess Sophie, as an engagement present for her son and Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria. Elisabeth, who loathed the villa and her husband in equal measure, spent little time there, but the emperor came to love it and it became his permanent summer residence for over 60 years. His mistress, Katharina Schratt, lived nearby in a house chosen for her by the empress.
