Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens Tour: Immerse in Vienna's Imperial History

Immerse yourself in Vienna’s imperial history with a tour of Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens. Skip the line, explore the showrooms, and feel like royalty in this 2-hour experience.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Schonbrunner Gardens - Prior to entering the Palace, there will be a brief overview of the palace from the exterior, along with an introduction to the gardens located behind it. Occasionally, due to time limitations, this may occur after the Palace tour.
  • Schonbrunn Palace - Experience the highlights tour, exclusively available with a live guide.
What's Included
  • Professional Guide
  • Skip-the-Line entry and tour Schönbrunn Palace
  • Headsets to hear your guide clearly
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the splendid summer residence and gardens of the imperial family on this 2-hour tour. Journey back in time as a guide leads you through the stunning showrooms, allowing you to explore the exquisite baroque gardens and feel like royalty for a few hours. Bypass the long queues with your guide as you enter the palace, a World Heritage Site and…

Location
Parade Court Fountains
Schönbrunn
Our tour of the palace and the garden will start at the Ehrenhofbrunnen, that is the first fountain on your right side after you will enter through the big black gate to the grounds of the Schönbrunnpalace. Please look for the tour guide holding a green umbrella. Please be at the meetup location 10-15 minutes prior to the scheduled meet up time. The voucher is only valid on the date and time specified! No refunds will be given for no-shows and latecomers
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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W828vechristophers
May 29, 2026
Overview - Our guide was highly organized and fantastic!!
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Barbara_l
May 29, 2026
Schönbrunn by Brigitte - Everything about our tour was perfect. Brigitte was eloquent, funny, and enthusiastic. Her stories made the Palace live.
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Ian
May 29, 2026
Lots of walking, beautiful sites, beginner friendly - Our tour guide was great, you could tell she didn't like the heat so the outdoor parts felt rushed but there is a lot to see and behold outside. The inside apartments are where she excelled, and Schonbrunn provides a lot to take in; the apartments and the history revealed were interesting for both a novice and an expert! Everyone especially first-timers should book this tour!
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Linda_l
May 26, 2026
Not just a pretty building - Andy made this tour more than looking at a beautiful palace with frescos and ornate rooms. He told fascinating stories about the royal family and how those related to the social and political history of Austria. He gave you a sense of what living in Austria was like as a royal, an aristocrat and a commoner. Much much more than just a tour of a pretty building. Gardens were impressive and there was much to explore after the tour ended— the zoo, the orangerie, and the palm house. Well worth the time and money.
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Marian_a
May 26, 2026
Good information. Not too... - Good information. Not too long. Prompt timing. Good group size of twenty. Don’t wear sandals! Lots of gravel to walk on.
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Joannerx8794ud
May 25, 2026
Great way to see Schönbrunn - Andy was a great guide - very knowledgeable and helpful. He was very considerate and kept us all in the shade when he could (we went during the heat wave!). The palace is beautiful. The tour takes about 2hrs. The tickets are a little pricy but it is an expensive place to go to and the little extra you pay for the guide is worth it. It’s much better hearing it all from a person, rather than an audio guide.
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Leandro_s
May 25, 2026
Fantastic - Amazing tour in Vienna! Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and made the whole experience unforgettable. Highly recommend!
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Siew_m
May 23, 2026
Excellent! Worth joining... - Excellent! Worth joining to understand the story of the dynasty. We would not know anything if our tour leader didn’t explain to us.
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Lori_c
May 25, 2026
Take note tours at the palace are overcrowded - Tours at the palace are heavy congestion due to too may tours going on at one time. Management at the palace is very disorganized and needs to time the distance between each tour group. Our tour guide was great but with so many people it was hard to hear her and at times we had to keep the line to one side as other tours were traveling in opposite direction. I was turned off by the lack of organization by the management to allow such kaos. It’s nice to say I went there but couldn’t wait to get out. The second part of the tour was the outside gardens which because of my frustration with the overcrowded tours, I went on my own instead of with the group. I wanted to tour quickly and get out.
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Phyllis_m
May 26, 2026
Buy Only the guided palace skip the line! - “Skip-the-line” Palace & Garden guided tour was Too expensive for the short tour especially free entrance to gardens that you don’t have to pay for and then guided for 10 plus minutes in the garden. The Palace and gardens are well maintained & beautiful.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).