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Vienna Activities

Schloss Schönbrunn

1 reviews | Write a review

Good for: valuable educational, all who like history

Not good for: avoiding the crowds

  • Address
    • Schloss Schönbrunn 13
  • Transport
    • U4 Schönbrunn, U4 Hietzing
    • 10, 58
    • 10A
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 01 811 13-0
  • Price
    • Imperial Tour with audio adult/under 19yr/concession €9.50/6.50/8.50, Grand Tour with audio €12.90/8.90/11.40, Grand Tour with German guide €14.40/9.90/12.90
  • Hours
    • 8.30am-6pm Jul-Aug, 8.30am-5pm Apr-Jun & Sep-Oct, 8.30am-4.30pm Nov-Mar

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Lonely Planet review for Schloss Schönbrunn

A tour of Schloss Schönbrunn focuses on the palace itself – especially the Habsburg residents. This means grand rooms and background on the habits and quirks of Austria’s famous family. Of the 1441 rooms within the palace, 40 are open to the public. The Imperial Tour takes you into 26 of these, and in the last room those on a Grand Tour show their tickets again and continue through the remaining rooms. Note that the Grosse Galerie (Great Gallery), part of both tours, is being restored until late 2012. Despite the rather steep prices, both tours are well worth doing for an insight into the people and the opulence of the baroque age. Because of the popularity of the palace, tickets are stamped with a departure time, and there may be a time lag before you’re allowed to set off in summer, so buy your ticket straight away and explore the gardens while you wait.

 

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    Lovely palace and gardens

    salsa_girl recommends this,

    This is not exactly a guided tour; t is in fact an audio guide tour, albeit fairly well done. They have done a good job of renovating and maintaining the interior of the Schonbrunn palace. The audio guide gives interesting insight and stories relating to each of the rooms and those that inhabited them. The guide also goes into great detail on the decoration of each room and the significance behind much of the artwork. Things can get a bit harried inside if the palace is crowded and you are ambling about trying to take in everything the audio guide is saying.

    Photos were not permitted inside.

    In addition to touring the Palace, our ticket granted us admission to the garden mazes and Glorriete. Due to the bitter cold and wind, we decided to forgo walking all the way up to Gloriette itself. We remained content to wander the palace gardens and grounds.

    The mazes were an interesting feature. We were able to enjoy the maze that consisted of evergreen shrubs, but as it was early spring, the other mazes had not yet bloomed and you could see straight through the leaves.

    I would recommend that you purchase a ticket based on the time of year you are visiting. It won’t due you any good to buy a ticket to see gardens that are not yet blooming. In addition, you could probably spend a week visiting all the attractions that the Palace has to offer.

    Good for: valuable educational, all who like history

    Not good for: avoiding the crowds

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