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Hofburg, the Imperial Palace

Vienna’s top attraction is Hofburg , the Imperial Palace , the winter residence of the Habsburgs who divided their residence and official receptions between this exceptional palace and a no less sumptuous summer residence, Schönbrunn Palace .

For six centuries, until the end of World War I, Hofburg was the centre of power of the Habsburgs, one of the most powerful and long-lived dynasties in Europe.

Perhaps in order to emphasise their grandeur or perhaps just out of vanity, the Habsburgs spared no expense on the opulence of the palace, inside which priceless riches are preserved. Its rooms are a riot of brocades, crystal chandeliers, paintings, sculptures, gilded stucco, silverware and other marvels that only an emperor could afford.

Despite its name, you should not think that the Hofburg is a single palace: it is one of the largest residential complexes in the world, comprising buildings, squares, courtyards and gardens .

The complex currently houses the office of the Federal President of Austria, numerous government offices, ministries, museums, the Spanish Riding School, a conference centre and the historic Heroes’ Square (Heldenplatz).

Among the palace wings open to the public are the imperial flats of Franz Joseph and Sissi , the most famous guests of this luxurious palace. You can see where they ate, slept, worked, bathed, read, played sports and more.

An unmissable museum is dedicated to the beautiful empress that will give you a better insight into this complex character enveloped in a romantic and libertarian aura. True or false this image? Find out at the Sissi Museum !

Imperial flats

According to court ceremonial, each member of the family could have his own personal flat or suite in one of the palace’s many wings: each emperor had a suite built for his family according to his personal taste, which explains the number of rooms as well as the gigantic size of the Hofburg.

Of these imperial suites, two are today open to the public and can be visited: the Imperial Chancellery and the Amalia Residence, which contains the public and private rooms of Franz Joseph and Sisi , who lived here with their children and court.

A visit to the imperial flats will take you through 24 rooms, almost all in Rococo style, embellished with gilded stucco work, Brussels tapestries from the 17th and 19th centuries, Louis XV and Empire style furniture, glittering Bohemian crystal chandeliers and characteristic tiled stoves.

Sissi’s private rooms

For many visitors, the most interesting part of the tour are Empress Elisabeth’s private rooms . Of all of them, the one that most impresses tourists is her dressing room and personal gymnasium.

Here the empress began her day in the early hours of the morning with the ritual of hairdressing, a time she used to study foreign languages (she would learn seven). You can admire the original exercise equipment used by the empress, such as the Swedish painting, horse and rings, as well as a collection of portraits of people she was particularly fond of.

The room that arouses the most curiosity is certainly the bathroom , which reveals the empress’s most intimate secret, namely where she peed: you can admire a very elegant… Dolphin-shaped toilet.

You can also see the rooms used by Sissi to receive her guests, the Small Salon and the Great Salon , and the Alexandrian flats and the Red Salon for more formal dinners and receptions. The works of art decorating these rooms testify to Sissi’s taste for Greece and the Mediterranean.

Franz’s Rooms

No less interesting is the figure of Emperor Franz Joseph , known to audiences of the Sissi film saga as Franz. You can see his private rooms for rest and work as well as those for official receptions, including:

• Audience Room : here Franz Joseph received those who wished to express a concern, thank the monarch or plead for clemency. The adjacent room was the waiting room for people received by the emperor. It is estimated that during his reign Franz Joseph gave audiences to more than 260,000 individuals. In this room you can admire several portraits of the emperor, including the last one, taken a year before his death.
• Lecture Hall : used for meetings of court ministers.
• Great Hall : used by Franz Joseph to receive family members.
• Emperor’s study : Franz Joseph’s work room, where the emperor could be found from as early as four o’clock in the morning and where the meals he ate alone, such as breakfast, were served. You can admire numerous family portraits, including the emperor’s favourite: the portrait of Sissi with her hair down.

The Sissi Museum

Despite the fact that the imperial flats achieve a splendour that is hard to match, many tourists confess to paying the entrance fee just for the opportunity to visit the Sisi Museum . This is the largest collection dedicated to the figure of Elisabeth, Europe’s most famous, loved and at the same time misunderstood empress.

The credit and blame for Sissi’s fame, but also for ignorance about the true events of her life, lies above all with a highly successful film saga that has sought to render only the most romantic and idealistic aspects of this strong woman with a complex personality. Long before she had the cinematic face of the beautiful Romy Schneider , however, Elisabeth was a myth used by the Austrian monarchy for propaganda purposes.

This must-see museum for all Sissi fans, housed in the first six rooms of the imperial flats, reconstructs her story from her birth in Bavaria to her tragic assassination in Geneva, between reality and myth.

More than 300 of the empress’s personal items are on display, including fans, gloves, parasols, cosmetics and travel necessaries. There are also, of course, the magnificent 19th-century dresses worn by the empress , including a reconstruction of the dress she wore on the eve of her wedding and the one she wore on the day of her coronation as queen of Hungary in 1867.

Two more macabre relics are the empress’s original death certificate and the funeral mask created after her assassination.

Silverware Museum

During a visit to the imperial flats, you can admire a sumptuous dining room decorated with the set of a formal dinner in the era of Franz Joseph. The layout of the room, as well as the dinner menu, varied very rigidly depending on the type of dinner and the guests.

The extremely rich trousseau of plates, cutlery, glasses, tablecloths, napkins and all the linen used for imperial dinners are on display at the original Silverware Museum : opened in 1995, it bears witness to the opulence of the Habsburgs not through paintings or sculptures but through everyday objects.

Naturally, since it was the lunch and dinner of an emperor, these objects could only be precious, made of the finest materials by the most skilled craftsmen.

You can admire more than 7,000 of them in an area of more than 1,300 square metres: they are a tiny part of the Habsburg trousseau, which comprises 150,000 objects.

Admission tickets to the Hofburg

The entrance ticket to the Hofburg gives you access to the imperial flats, the Sisi Museum and the Silver Museum. For the other museums housed within the imperial palace, you must purchase a separate ticket. There are discounts for children, senior citizens and students with an international student card.

You can choose to visit the palace on your own with an audio guide or, for a small extra charge, join a guided tour .

The Sisi Ticket is a cumulative ticket that allows you to visit three attractions related to Empress Elisabeth at a discounted price: in addition to the Hofburg, it includes Schönbrunn Palace and the Imperial Furniture Collection, which houses the permanent exhibition ‘Sissi, Myth of the Cinema – Imperial Furniture for a Cinematic Masterpiece’.

Ticket + guided tour

Alternatively, you can book a guided tour of the Hofburg, which includes admission to the Sisi Museum.

Free admission with Vienna Card

The Hofburg Imperial Palace is one of the attractions included in the Vienna Card , the Austrian capital’s official tourist card, which allows free or discounted admission to the city’s most famous sights, as well as unlimited use of public transport.

How to get to the Vienna Hofburg

Hofburg is located in the very centre of Vienna and can be easily reached by metro, tram and bus.

There are two entrances . The entrance for individual visitors who have to buy a ticket is under the copper dome known as the Michaelerkuppel, which can be reached by going through the Michaelertor, a gate on the northeast side of the palace at Michaelerplatz.

If you have already purchased your ticket, you can use the entrance in the inner courtyard of the palace.

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Sisi Museum & Hofburg tour

If you want to plunge into the world of courtly life, love and even lavatories, you’re in the right place with a look inside the Hofburg complex.

• Sisi Museum
• Imperial Apartments
• Silver Collection (currently closed for renovations)
• Everything from baths to baby shoes
• Particularly recommended for fans of Empress Elisabeth
• Book a guided tour * of the Hofburg area
• Hofburg overview
• Schönbrunn Palace
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What’s on the tour?

(The outside of the apartments)

Although the wider Hofburg area now features numerous separate institutions, your first address for seeing inside the imperial complex itself should be a tour of the Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments.

A single ticket gets you into the locations in the main buildings at the heart of the Hofburg.

• The Sisi Museum features the life, clothes, and personal possessions of Sisi (Empress Elisabeth): the famous wife of Emperor Franz Joseph
• The Kaiserappartements Imperial Apartments are filled with historical fittings and furnishings. This is where Franz Joseph and Elisabeth lived and worked

The Silberkammer Imperial Silver Collection would normally form part of the tour with its wide range of precious porcelain and various household items from Habsburg times. However, renovation work means it’s closed for the foreseeable future (at the time of writing).

Is the tour worth it?

I think so.

Selected exhibits are, of course, priceless in terms of historical value. (You do not want to risk some of those glasses in a dishwasher.)

But even if you care little for the history or origin of the furniture and other items on display, you do get a good, big-picture impression of imperial life in the 19th century simply through what you see.

Elisabeth and Franz Joseph are interesting characters in their own right, and the contrasts between the two provide an intriguing background to your visit.

The tour also indirectly provides insights into the crushing pressures of sitting on top of the social and political ladder, the almost-depressing extravagance of court, and the tragically all-too-human weaknesses of those who would set themselves apart from the rest of us.

Tickets & visitor tips

(Sisi Museum, Michaelerkuppel, entrance; © Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H., Severin Wurnig)

At the time of writing, basic admission costs €19.50 for the self-guided tour for an adult, with the usual reductions. Rather kindly, your ticket includes an audio guide. Vienna Pass holders get in once for free (read my review of this sightseeing pass ).

Some further tips:

• For deeper insight into what you see or a wider Hofburg experience, consider these guided options *
• Get there early and think about getting your tickets in advance online. It can all get busy: particularly the Sisi Museum which has some narrow passages in it
• It took me four hours to get round all three areas when the Silberkammer was open. But I listened to just about everything on the audio guide and read almost every written information So you can probably get round in half that time

(I may have skipped a few porcelain plates at some point, but, in my defence, they had an awful lot of them).

• Display labels and information are all in English and German. The audio guide provides interesting background information and little bonus bits of trivia
• The numbers to plug into your audio guide appear in large print with a picture of the device next to it. The smaller numbers in any display cabinets refer to index cards somewhere nearby that tell you what you’re looking at
• If you enjoy the Hofburg insights into life as an emperor or empress, then other tours of historical buildings might interest you.
• In particular, consider a similar tour over at Schönbrunn Palace. You get less porcelain and crockery but a lot more interior decoration and the added bonus of landscaped gardens to walk around afterwards

How to get to the Hofburg

(The domed entrance on Michaelerplatz)

The Hofburg is a big place, largely free of vehicles. So you may have a short walk from all these public transport stops. But since that walk takes you through wonderful historical architecture or landscaped parks, that’s probably a good thing.

Indeed, the Hofburg is a major point on my suggested walking tour route for the city centre.

The ticket counter and starting place for the tours lie beneath the huge dome at the impressive Michaelerplatz entranceway (pictured above) at the northeastern end of the Hofburg complex.

Subway: Station Herrengasse (U3 and your best choice), Volkstheater (U2/U3) or Stephansplatz (U3/U1)

Tram: 1, 2, D or 71 to Burgring or 1, 2, D, 71, 46 and 49 to Ring/Volkstheater

Bus: 1A or 2A to Michaelerplatz (the best option) or 48A to Ring/Volkstheater

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About the Museum

Since 2004 the Sisi Museum has been housed in the Stephan apartments, so named after Archduke Stephan Viktor. Here numerous personal items that once belonged to Elisabeth are used to help illustrate the true personality of the frequently misunderstood Empress. The sensitively designed exhibits, created by renowned set designer Prof. Rolf Langenfass, are inspired by the monarch's poetry.

Imperial Apartments

The Hofburg was the residence of the Habsburgs for over 600 years and thus the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. Apart from its function as the seat of government and administrative centre, the Hofburg was also the winter residence of the imperial family. From the 18th century onwards the court spent the summer at Schönbrunn Palace.

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The tour though the Sisi museum starts with Elisabeths tragic death.

Elisabeth has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youthfulness and beauty. For more than three decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe.

The tour through the Sisi museum gives an insight into the empresses life, from her birth on Christmas Eve in 1837, her childhood in Bavaria, to her engagement with Franz Joseph in 1853.

From the start, Elisabeth rejected this life, criticising the structures of the court and refusing to accept the justification for the rigid etiquette that prevailed there.

Having put immense pressure on the emperor during the negotiations with Hungary for the Compromise, Elisabeth was forbidden by her husband to interfere in politics ever again.

"Now it has happened just as she always wished: quickly, painlessly without medical consultations, without long, anxious days of worry for her loved ones."

The entrance to the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Apartments.

Coming from the Emperor’s Staircase the visitor entered this room in which the Trabanten lifeguards kept watch night and day.

Emperor Franz Joseph gave general audiences twice a week, at which any of the subjects of his empire could attend to present a matter of their concern to the emperor.

Over the course of his long reign, Franz Joseph gave audiences to around 260,000 individuals.

This room was used for the ministerial conferences which were always chaired by the emperor. It could also be entered from the room occupied by the duty aide-de-camp, who announced the presence of the ministers to the emperor.

‘As soon as the children were capable of eating on their own they were allowed to lunch with him in his study – often as many as eight at a time.’

When the imperial couple moved into separate bedrooms, Franz Joseph had a portable brown-painted iron bedstead set up in this room, an arrangement he also used at Schönbrunn, Budapest, Laxenburg, Bad Ischl and Gödöllö.

"… he [i.e. Franz Joseph] liked dallying in these small drawing rooms when he was visited by his family, his brother, his grandchildren, nephews etc. There in their company he would take a cup of tea at the twilight hour, chatting with them, and above all, enquiring after their wishes…"

The Small Salon served as a smoking room and is today a memorial room to Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.

Originally this room was the bedroom of the imperial couple. In 1870 Franz Joseph moved into a separate bedroom in the Imperial Chancellery Wing.

The Dressing Room/Exercise Room was where Elisabeth spent most of her time. This was where her day began, in the winter at six o’clock in the morning, starting with her daily hair-dressing ritual.

Facing the Amalia Wing courtyard, behind the Dressing Room, are the empress’s Lavatory and Bathroom, which were refurbished in 1876 during Elisabeth’s occupancy.

This rooms are painted with trompe l’oeil landscape murals commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa and executed by Johann Wenzel Bergl.

This room was used by Elisabeth as a reception room. When the empress was resident at the Hofburg, the imperial couple occasionally took breakfast together in this room.

During Elisabeth’s time this room was used as an additional reception room.

Originally Empress Elisabeth’s apartments were accessed via the Eagle Stairs, which connected the Leopoldine Wing and the Amalia Wing. When the Leopoldine Wing was converted into the offices of the Federal President in 1946 access to the Imperial Apartments was blocked up.

The Alexander Apartments were used by Empress Elisabeth for dinners and receptions.

Once a week on Sunday the imperial family foregathered at a family dinner, which every Habsburg currently in Vienna was obliged to attend.

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Sisi Museum - Hofburg Vienna

The Vienna Hofburg is one of the largest palace complexes in the world. The oldest parts date from the thirteenth century, but building continued into the twentieth century. The sprawling complex with nineteen courtyards and eighteen wings was once the political centre of the Habsburg Monarchy.

Today the Federal President of Austria and several ministers and secretaries of state go about their official business in the magnificent state rooms. Many important cultural institutions are also housed in the former imperial winter palace.

Come and visit the imperial winter residence and discover how Austra’s rulers once lived.

A single ticket opens the doors to two top attractions of imperial Austria for visitors to the Vienna Hofburg: the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Apartments.

During this tour you will be shown the highlights of the Sisi Museum and the original imperial living apartments of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth.

The Sisi Ticket takes you on the trail of Empress Elisabeth to Schönbrunn, the Sisi Museum and the Vienna Furniture Museum.

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Vienna Imperial Treasury: Collection, Highlights & Tickets

The Imperial Treasury, situated within the Hofburg Imperial Palace complex, occupies the Swiss Wing, the oldest section of the palace complex.

Renowned for its remarkable collection of priceless treasures, the Imperial Treasury holds the distinction of being the most significant treasury in the world.

In this comprehensive guide, you will find all the essential information you need before embarking on your visit. Read about the remarkable collection, the available ticket options, and find out how to reach this extraordinary destination.

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What Can I See in the Imperial Treasury?

The treasury, which is spread over 20 rooms and displays over 500 objects , is divided into a secular and a spiritual treasury.

The exhibits in the clerical treasury provide information about the relic cult of the Middle Ages, about Habsburg Catholicism and also about Austrian folk beliefs.

The secular treasury contains treasures from more than a thousand years of European history. The most spectacular objects include the following:

1. Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire

The showpiece of the treasury is the imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire.   It dates from the second half of the 10th century and is decorated with all sorts of biblical allusions, as well as 144 precious stones and numerous pearls. Most Roman-German kings and emperors since Conrad II were crowned with the octagonal crown made of pure gold.

The other imperial jewels, including the scepter, imperial orb, imperial sword, imperial cross, holy lance, coronation cloak and much more are kept here.

2. Austrian Imperial Crown

The private crown of Emperor Rudolf II from 1602, one of the most beautiful crowns in the world, is also one of the most important exhibits in the treasury.  It is the later Austrian imperial crown .  However, it was never used for a coronation.  The crown, which consists of the three parts crown ring, crown bow and miter, is considered a major work of European goldsmith art.

Next to it are the scepter and orb in the secular treasury.

3. Treasure of the Order of the Golden Fleece

The treasure of the Order of the Golden Fleece, founded in 1430 and the highest-ranking order in the Habsburg monarchy, is also on display.  In addition to chasubles and vestments, there are also numerous art objects by Charles the Bold among the exhibits.

4. Burgunday Treasure

Another outstanding cultural asset in the treasury is th e Burgundy Treasure from the 15th century.  This was added to the possessions of the Habsburgs after Mary of Burgundy married the later Emperor Maximilian I. Numerous valuable exhibits testify to the fame and wealth of the Duchy of Burgundy.

5. More Highlights

Other gems from the collections include magnificent jewelry from empresses and princesses, such as parts o f Sisi's original jewelry , valuable jewels from the Habsburgs , including one of the largest emeralds in the world , and Napoleon's son's cradle throne.

The collection also includes legendary treasures, such as a narwhal tooth over 2 meters long, which was believed to be the horn of a unicorn , and a huge agate bow l from late antiquity, which was considered the legendary Holy Grail.

How to Get to the Imperial Treasury?

The entrance to the treasury is in Schweizerhof.  It's in the southeast corner, just below the Imperial Palace Chapel. Here are some public transport options:

• By subway: Lines U1 and U3 to Stephansplatz and 7 minutes walk Line U3: to Herrengasse and 5 minutes on foot Line U4 to Karlsplatz and 14 minutes on foot
• By tram: Lines 1, 2, 71 and D to stations Oper/Karlsplatz, Burgring or Ring/Volkstheater and 11 minutes on foot Line 62 to Karlsplatz and 15 minutes on foot
• By bus: Lines 1A and 2A to Michaelerplatz or Habsburgergasse and 4 minutes on foot

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• Skip-the-Line Ticket for Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens + 2-hour Guided Tour in English, Spanish or Italian
• Skip-the-Line Ticket for Schönbrunn Zoo
• Tickets for Belvedere Palace: Upper Belvedere + Marble Hall + Permanent Collection
• Tickets for Belvedere Palace: Lower Belvedere + Orangery + Temporary Exhibitions
• Albertina: State Rooms, Permanent Collection Batliner, Temporary Exhibitions
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• Skip-the-Line Ticket for the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Permanent and Temporary Exhibitions
• Skip-the-Cashier-Desk-Line Ticket for a Ride on the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel
• Tickets for Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concert in the Karlskirche
• Tickets for the Museum of Illusions

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The carriage museum is pretty fabulous, in my opinion. Worth it.i took great photos as well because very few people were inside.

No need to pay extra for the top of the Gloriette as you have the same view for free - as you note. You cannot, however, enter the cafe just to take a photo, this is not allowed.

I also recommend paying extra to go inside the Palmenhaus, if gardens are your thing.

No need to pay extra for any of the gardens as the ones that are free are more beautiful, in my opinion. Be sure to find the Piegeon House, the rose arbor and the fake Roman ruins fountain.

Definitely visit the Carriage Museum. It's a hidden gem, in my opinion. It's not crowded so you can enjoy yourself and see everything you want.

Can you see the palace view from the cafe area without going into the cafe? And how is the cafe - is it worth eating lunch there? And would we need reservations on a Saturday? Thank you.

Yes, you have great palace views without visiting the cafe. In fact, the views are worse from the cafe. The cafe is nothing special - full of tourists. Much better to visit a historic cafe in the city. If you really need a lunch at Schönbrunn, then consider Cafe Pavilion.

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Take yourself on a virtual tour of the state rooms of Schönbrunn Palace. Discover the private apartments of the imperial couple Franz Joseph & Sisi, and the sumptuous rooms from the time of Maria Theresa.

• Step:  Choose your tour. Inside the palace you can choose between the Grand Tour , the Imperial Tour, the  State Apartments  and the apartments on the ground floor . In addition you can also visit all the attractions in the park . 
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In keeping with the principles of Baroque horticultural design, gardens were an expression of a ruler’s status and as such were as a rule related to the architecture of the palace, being an extension of its magnificent interiors.

When the hill at Schönbrunn was landscaped it was decided to redesign the Great Parterre at the same time.

Also the boskets were decorated with statues by Christian Willhelm Beyer and Johann Baptist Hagenauer.

The base displays a portrait of Siebold.

One year after the sudden death of Franz Stephan in 1765, Maria Theresa commissioned a bronze bust of her much-loved husband.

In 1810 a monument was erected to Joseph II.

Commissioned from Franz Thaler in 1802.

The Maze at Schönbrunn was laid out around 1720 and originally had four quadrants with a central (probably elevated) pavilion.

Designed as the crowning element of the Great Parterre, and sited at the foot of the hill behind the palace is the Neptune Fountain, which was conceived as part of the overall design of the gardens and park commissioned by Maria Theresa in the 1770s.

The Early Classicistic colonnaded Gloriette was built to Hohenberg's designs on the crest of the hill in 1775.

Situated in the middle of the wooded hillside on the eastern side of the park is the Small Gloriette, a tower-like, two-story pavilion built between 1755 and 1772 and probably based on a design by court architect Nikolaus Pacassi.

Also situated at the foot of Schönbrunn Hill, the Obelisk Fountain constitutes the visual focus at the end of the eastern diagonal avenue, and together with the Gloriette and the Zoo is one of the most important focal points in the gardens.

Originally called the Ruin of Carthage, the Roman Ruin stands at the foot of the wooded slopes of Schönbrunn Hill.

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Built at some time between 1750 and 1776, the Columbary or dovecote is a tall, circular aviary constructed of wire mesh with a dome-like copper roof crowned by a lantern-like structure. Four walled alcoves were added to provide the doves with roosting space.

Tucked into the corner of a hedged walk on the Meidling (east) side of the park is the Fair Spring. The first well house on this site is thought to have been built by the court gardener Adrian van Steckhoven, but this was replaced by a new structure designed by court architect Isidor Canevale in 1771.

The Angel Fountain is probably one of the sculptural features with which the park as a whole was provided around 1777.

The group of figures in the western basin were made by Franz Anton Zauner and represent the rivers Danube, Inn and Enns.

At the intersection of each of the two stelliform systems of avenues on either side of the park at Schönbrunn is a rondeau or circular open space containing at its centre a pool with sculptural figures known as the Naiad Fountain.

Meidling Privy Gardens: Crown Prince Garden and the Garden on the Cellar - Dating to around 1745/50, the plans for the laying out of the Meidling Privy Gardens were probably drawn up by the Lotharingian garden designer Louis Gervais.

As far back as the time of the dowager empress Wilhelmine Amalie an orangery garden was established at Schönbrunn which included a hothouse for overwintering the tender citrus trees. In 1754 Franz I Stephan instigated the building of the Orangery by Nikolaus Pacassi, probably to designs by Nicolas Jadot.

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In 1922 the most important part of the collection of carriages used by the imperial family and Viennese court, including state coaches, ceremonial and gala carriages, sleighs and sedan chairs, was transferred from the imperial court stables at the Vienna Hofburg (part of today’s Museumsquartier) to Schönbrunn and housed in the former winter riding school which had been specially adapted for this purpose.

Like the Dutch Botanical Garden at Schönbrunn, the Menagerie was originally founded by Emperor Franz I Stephan, who had a profound interest in natural history.

The Palm House is located on the site of the former Dutch Botanical Garden and was erected in 1881/2 to designs by Franz Xaver Segenschmid.

Emperor Franz Joseph I commissioned a hothouse based on designs by the architect Alfons Custodis for the overwintering of his extensive and extremely valuable ‘New Holland Collection’, mainly containing botanical specimens from Australia and South Africa.

In 1753, Maria Theresa’s husband, Emperor Franz I Stephan, who was a keen amateur natural scientist, bought a neglected enclosed field from the neighbouring village of Hietzing, on which he had a ‘Dutch Botanical Garden’ laid out.

The grounds of Schönbrunn, a World Heritage Site, cover 160 hectares. Visitors can ride in comfort to all of its attractions on the diesel-powered Schönbrunn Panorama Train.

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Original Wiener Strudelshow

Two-and-a-half centuries of tradition meet state-of-the-art stagecraft: enjoy princely entertainment like at the court of Empress Maria Theresa, performed with priceless hand-crafted figures.

The playing technique of this theatre has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage . Performances take place all year round as full-length evening productions for adults: see Mozart’s Magic Flute in a humorous production with that special Viennese charm, or the thrilling musical Sisi’s Secret about the legendary Empress Elisabeth .

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Daily at 8.30 pm

The Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra awaits you at the Palace Orangery where Mozart himself performed in 1786. The concert is a fine selection of masterful music by Mozart and Strauss.

Exclusive packages with palace tour, dinner & concert available.

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The Lindt Maîtres Chocolatiers will spoil you with refined chocolate specialties in the Lindt Boutique. The finest praline compositions, classic and unusual bar recipes and a large selection of Lindt chocolate gifts await you. Choose your favorite mix from a diverse Pick & Mix range and enjoy freshly prepared coffee creations and drinking chocolates.

For those who love ice cream, a Crema Gelata awaits you in the warmer months.

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Take a seat in the apartment of the Crown Prince at Schönbrunn Palace and immerse yourself in the world of the Habsburgs. With the latest VR technology, you will be taken on a journey back to the time of the Austrian Empire, where you will experience up-close many historical moments and witness the incredible history of Schönbrunn Palace.

In a imperial setting with a spacious 167 m² at their disposal, guests can wine and dine like an emperor and bed down like a princess. A project that is unique throughout Europe has come to life in the suite in Schönbrunn Palace. In partnership with Austra Trend Hotels Schönbrunn Palace gives you the chance to stay overnight in one of the most famous treasures of Austria’s cultural heritage.

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The Gerstner K. u. K. Hofzuckerbäcker café-restaurant in the Kavalierstrakt invites you to round off your visit to Schönbrunn Palace in a cozy coffee house atmosphere. Enjoy exquisite coffee, homemade pastries and hearty specialties indoors or in the spacious guest garden.

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From April the Café Pavillon in Schönbrunn Palace Park invites visitors to enjoy a summer retreat. A popular meeting place for families, it offers relaxation in a historic atmosphere. With pastries from the Gerstner K. u. K. Hofzuckerbäcker as well as breakfast, classic Viennese delicacies and local specialties, the Café Pavillon offers a varied selection. Coffee specialties, refreshments and the legendary Kaiserschmarrn complete the offer.

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Apart from specialty coffees and teas we serve various types of breakfast (available all day) as well as a wide range of typical Viennese cakes, pastries and hot snacks. A special attraction is our outdoor seating area with its magnificent view of Schönbrunn Palace. Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Vienna Tel.: +43 1 810 3259 Fax: +43 1 810 3259 [email protected] We do not accept reservations. For opening hours please call Schönbrunner Schloßcafé.

Located in a side wing of Schönbrunn Palace, the Heuriger "Joseph II" invites you to enjoy delicious Viennese Heurigen delicacies and a variety of Viennese wines. In the midst of one of the most popular cultural sites in the world, you can enjoy a hearty piece of Viennese Heurigen culture.

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At the meidling gate.

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From July - September Summerstage with live music- free entrance

Friday & Saturday from 5 p.m // Sunday from 1 p.m.

Icecream trucks at the Schönbrunn area

From April to October, ice cream trucks from "Eis Greissler" provide refreshments on the area of Schönbrunn!

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As she grew older, Maria Theresa increasingly suffered from the heat during the summer months. In the last decade of her life she therefore had a suite furnished for herself on the ground floor of the palace.

These rooms with their unforgettable flair provide the perfect setting for special events. You can hire these four rooms singly or together – whether it's for a dinner, concert, cocktail reception or a presentation, an invitation to an event at Schönbrunn Palace is always gladly accepted.

The palace chapel at Schönbrunn today still bears witness to the location, spatial structure and architectural articulation of the original palace designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach around 1700.

Find out the difference between imperial children and children from ordinary families by using our time wheel. You can play with toys that were used in those days, learn the fascinating secret language of fans, and set the table for an imperial dinner!

Crown Prince Rudolf, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth, used this suite of rooms on the ground floor of the palace as a private apartment during his stays in Schönbrunn.

The Blue Staircase is the grandest stairway in the palace. Providing the highest-ranking access to the state rooms and residential apartments of the imperial family, it leads only to the principal floor of the palace.

Situated between the Blue Staircase and the private apartments of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth in the west wing of the palace are a number of anterooms, acting as a sort of ‘buffer zone’.

Aides-de-camp were army officers assigned to the emperor’s personal service. Officers appointed to this position of trust alternated with one another on a round-the-clock rota.

In this room guards were posted to stand sentinel over access to the apartments of the emperor and empress.

Franz Joseph saw himself first and foremost as an officer of his army. Appropriately, the subject of the large-format paintings in this room is the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the highest military order of merit of the Habsburg Monarchy. 

Here the emperor received individuals who had been granted a private audience with the monarch. Members of the government, high-ranking military officers and court officials were also summoned here several times a week to deliver their reports.

A host of personal pictures and photographs bear witness to the style of interior favoured by the emperor in his private quarters. Over the course of his long life he amassed in this room a wealth of mementos of his wife Elisabeth, their four children and thirteen grandchildren.

The concealed door in the back wall of the study leads into the valet de chambre’s room.

The emperor’s bedroom was where the monarch died on 21 November 1916.

This small room leads into the apartments of Empress Elisabeth.

The Stairs Cabinet served Empress Elisabeth as a writing room. Here she wrote her letters, journals and her poetry. The bookcase contains part of her personal library.

Immediately adjacent to the bedroom, the dressing room was the innermost and most private room in the empress’s apartments.

The bedroom initially shared by Franz Joseph and Elisabeth was furnished and decorated for their marriage in 1854.

This was Elisabeth’s reception room. The Rococo Revival interior is a typical example of the furnishing and decoration of a state room at the Viennese court during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph.

During the time when Elisabeth occupied these apartments, the Marie Antoinette Room was the family dining room, used for small dinners in the immediate family circle and attended by the imperial couple and their children, and later on their daughter and sons-in law and grandchildren.

This room with its Rococo Revival décor once belonged to the apartments occupied by Empress Elisabeth. Today it contains the famous series of portraits of Maria Theresa’s daughters, and is therefore also sometimes known as the Children’s Room.

This little corner room owes its pleasing character to the textile flower pictures set into the wall panelling in gilt frames.

The Yellow Salon is the first room in the apartments facing the palace gardens. From the windows of these rooms one has a stunning view of the main parterre with the Gloriette as the lofty termination of the vista.

The numerous pictures in the Balcony Room show Maria Theresa and her children. The portraits are from the studio of court painter Martin van Meytens.

The Hall of Mirrors with its magnificent gilt Rococo décor is a classic example of a state room from the epoch of Maria Theresa.

The three Rosa Rooms are named after the artist Joseph Rosa, who executed fifteen landscape paintings for the ensemble at the behest of Maria Theresa in the 1760s.

Consisting of one large room and two adjoining smaller rooms, the Rosa Rooms form an ensemble with uniform décor.

The paintings by Joseph Rosa show idealized scenery from Italy and the Alpine countries.

Located next to the Blue Staircase, the Lantern Room is the anteroom to the palace’s ceremonial hall, the Great Gallery.

With a length of 43 metres and a breadth of almost ten metres, the Great Gallery was the ideal setting for courtly events. The magnificent interior with its gilt stucco decoration and ceiling frescos represents the epitome of Rococo art.

Lying on the central axis of the palace, the Small Gallery together with the two smaller rooms on either side served as a setting for courtly entertainments. 

Half-concealed to either side of the Small Gallery lie two highlights among the historic state rooms of the palace: two cabinets lying opposite each other in mirror-image, both decorated with a rich array of works of art from China and Japan.

The Oval Chinese Cabinet forms the counterpart to the Round Cabinet lying on the opposite side of the Small Gallery. Both rooms have similar décor but differ in the shape of their ground plan.

The Carousel Room or First Antechamber acted as a ‘buffer zone’ between the Great Gallery and the apartments occupied by the imperial couple Maria Theresa and Franz Stephan in the East Wing of the palace.

At the court of Maria Theresa the Hall of Ceremonies served as the Second or Great Antechamber. Here, enthroned under the canopy of state, the monarch received her guests in audience. Today this place is occupied by probably the most famous portrait of Maria Theresa, showing her as the ‘First Lady of Europe’ in a sumptuous gown of Brabant lace.

In the nineteenth century the Horses Room served as a dining room. That is why a festively decked table is on display here, faithfully copying a view of the room dating from the middle of the nineteenth century.

The Blue Chinese Salon marks the start of the apartments occupied by Maria Theresa and her husband Franz Stephan – a suite of rooms that are distinguished by their particularly sumptuous interiors.

! The Blue Chinese Salon restoration scheduled for 2024 is presently in the preparation phase. Consequently, continual discoveries and resulting alterations are ongoing in this space.

In terms of its art-historical significance, the Vieux Laque Room is among the most important interiors at Schönbrunn. The black lacquer panels from China lend the room an impression of sumptuous magnificence.

Known today as the Napoleon Room, the room was refurbished several times during the nineteenth century. When it was restored in 2007 the decision was taken to highlight various phases of its past decoration and make this visible to visitors.

This small room served Maria Theresa as a private writing room. It has a particularly private character and bears witness to the monarch’s personal tastes. The décor not only displays the empress’s love of the chinoiserie fashion of the times but was partly made by members of her family.

The interior of the Millions Room is particularly extravagant and sumptuous. In the ceremonial sequence of rooms prescribed for the Viennese court, Maria Theresa used this room, originally known as the Mirrors Room, to receive guests for private audiences.

Both the walls and the armchairs in this room are covered with valuable tapestries: the backs and seats of the six chairs each show representations of two months together with the signs of the Zodiac.

Franz Joseph’s ambitious mother Archduchess Sophie not only energetically pursued her goal of putting her son on the Austrian throne but was also his most important political advisor. Contemporaries famously referred to the archduchess ‘the only man at the Viennese Court’.

Known today as the Red Salon, this room is decorated in the style typical of the later years of Emperor Franz Joseph’s reign. The room is characterized by the wall hangings and upholstery in ‘court damask’, a red silk damask with a design based on a pineapple-like central motif.

This small room is also referred to as the Flower Cabinet in archival sources on account of the garlands of flowers painted on its wall panelling.

The Rich Room does its name full justice: on display here is Maria Theresa’s state bed.

The paintings in this room deepen our acquaintance with Maria Theresa’s family.

A glass door allows a view into the corner salon, which is decorated with life-size portraits of Maria Theresa’s children.

Recalling Schönbrunn’s origins as an imperial hunting lodge, the Hunting Room marks the end of the tour of the main floor of the palace.

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This is relevant to the extent that, based on recent official decisions as well as case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the USA is evidenced as not having an adequate level of data protection (Case C-311/18, Schrems II). Here, it should be borne in mind that access by US authorities (FISA 0702) is not comprehensively restricted by law and does not require the approval of an independent body, and that no relevant legal remedies are available to data subjects in the event of infringements.

If you do not wish this to happen, please accept only necessary cookies.

Cookies are a technical feature necessary for the basic functions of the website. You can block or delete these cookies in your browser settings, but in doing so you risk the danger of preventing several parts of the website from functioning properly.

The information contained in the cookies is not used to identify you personally. These cookies are never used for purposes other than specified here.

• PHPSESSID : Necessary cookie for managing php sessions. Expiration: Session. Type: Typo3 Cookie.
• cookieNoticeTech : Used to check whether the user allows technically necessary cookies. Expiration: Session. Type: custom.
• cookieNoticeGA : Used to check whether the user allows analysis cookies. Expiration: Session. Type: custom.
• cookieNoticeFunctional : Used to check whether the user allows social media cookies. Expiration: Session. Type: custom.
• cookieNoticeAll : Used to check whether the user allows all cookies. Expiration: Session. Type: custom.
• LanguageRecognizer : Used to recognize the language of the user. Expiration: 30 days. Type: custom.

When calling embedded videos from YouTube or Vimeo, a connection is established with the external providers. Further information can be found at  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=at  or  https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy

We use Matomo to analyze the use of our website.

• _pk_id : Recognises website visitors ( anonymously  – no personal information is collected on the user). Type: First-party persistent cookie, duration: 13 months
• _pk_ses : Identifies the pages viewed by the same user during the same visit. ( anonymously  – no personal information is collected on the user). Type: First-party persistent cookie, duration: 30 minutes
• _pk_ref : This cookie contains information about the referrer (source) from which a user accessed our website. It allows us to evaluate how the use of our website differs by referrer. Type: HTML, duration: 6 months
• _pk_cvar : This cookie transmits user-defined variables. Type: HTML, duration: 30 minutes
• _pk_hsr : This cookie transfers information about the use of heatmaps; it is optional. Type: HTML, duration: 30 minutes