Castles · Tour

The Hour That Never Goes Inside: Gardens, Angel Fountain, Gloriette

A private tour of the Schönbrunn gardens with a licensed guide, in two lengths, and the shorter one is the reason to look at this rather than the usual palace ticket. One hour, gardens and Gloriette hill: the Schlosspark, the Angel Fountain, the climb to the Gloriette, and the palace seen from the outside only. For anyone who has already been inside, or who would rather spend the time in the park than in a queue of rooms, this is the version that exists. Two hours, gardens and palace: the same walk through the park, then in through the door with skip-the-line tickets for 22 rooms, the private apartments of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth among them, with their Rococo decoration and chandeliers. Either way the group is private, so the pace is yours, and the guide covers how the gardens themselves were built up over the centuries by the Habsburgs rather than treating them as the space between the car park and the entrance. The guide meets you in front of the Museum Shop.