Schönbrunn Opening Hours & Ticket Prices

The palace gardens are open every day and can be visited free of charge. The opening hours for Schönbrunn Palace and other attractions can be found directly below. In the following sections you will find a ticket prices overview and some combo tickets tips.

Opening Hours

Palace Gardens

Daily open from 6:30 am.
The opening times vary throughout the year.
In winter time open at least until 5:30 pm.
From March to the end of October at least until 7:00 pm.
In April, August and September until 8:00 pm.
From beginning of May till the end of July until 9:00 pm.

Schönbrunn Palace

Open daily at least from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
From April 2nd to November 3rd 2024
open until 5:30 pm.

Gloriette Viewing Platform

From April 2nd until November 3rd 2024 open from 9:30 am.
From April 2nd - June 30th until 5:30 pm.
In July and August until 6:30 pm.
From September 1st - October 26th until 5:30 pm.
From October 27th to November 3rd until 4:00 pm.

Zoo

Daily open from 9:00 am.
November, December and January until 4:30 pm.
February until 5:00 pm.
March and October until 5:30 pm.
From April to September until 6:30 pm.
Last admission 30 minutes before the end of the opening hours.

Maze

Desert House

Daily open from 9:00 am.
January - April and October - December until 5:00 pm.
May - September until 6:00 pm.

Neptune Fountain & Obelisk Fountain

The fountains are usually in operation from May to the middle of October, daily from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Palm House

Daily open from 10:00 am.
From May to September until 6:00 pm.
From October to April until 5:00 pm.
Last admission 30 minutes before the end of the opening hours.

Crown Prince Garden

Information about the Christmas Market is available at following link.

Refer to following links for detailed opening times: www.schoenbrunn.at www.zoovienna.at

Ticket Prices

Schönbrunn Palace

State Apartments with audio guide (roughly 25 minutes): approx. 22,00 Euro
Imperial Tour with audio guide (25 rooms and roughly 40 minutes): approx. 27,00 Euro
Grand Tour with audio guide (40 rooms and roughly 60 minutes): approx. 32,00 Euro
Guided Tour Maria Theresia (25 rooms and roughly 60 minutes): approx. 37,00 Euro

Palace Gardens Attractions

Maze approx. 5,50 Euro, Gloriette Viewing Platform approx. 5,50 Euro, Crown Prince Garden approx. 5,50 Euro, Desert House approx. 8,00 Euro, Palm House approx. 9,00 Euro

Zoo

Per person approx. 27,00 Euro, for groups with 10 people and more approx. 25,00 Euro.
By ordering the tickets online (see link below) you will avoid the queues in front of the ticket office, which sometimes can be quite long.

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Tips for combined tickets

Schönbrunn Classic Pass

For approx. 38,00 Euro you receive a ticket for the Grand Tour with audio guide, the Maze, the Gloriette Viewing Platform, the Crown Prince Garden and the Orangery Garden. (only available from April 2nd till November 3rd 2024)

Zoo

Schönbrunn Zoo and Giant Ferris Wheel for approx. 33,00 Euro.
Schönbrunn Zoo, Desert House and Palm House for approx. 35,00 Euro.

Vienna Pass - All Inclusive

The sightseeing pass gives you free entrance to following Schönbrunn highlights: Grand Tour in the palace, Zoo, Gloriette, Desert House, Crown Prince Garden, Maze, Orangery Garden, Imperial Carriage Museum and free use of the Panorama Train in the palace gardens is inclusive. For adults from approx. 87 Euro and many more free entrances to attractions in Vienna. More Vienna Pass Info.

You have the possibility to visit the following attractions without any admission: Palace Gardens, Neptune Fountain, Roman Ruin and Obelisk Fountain. The above mentioned values are valid for full price adult tickets.

Check one of the following links to get more details about the entrance fees: www.schoenbrunn.at www.zoovienna.at

Further Schönbrunn Subjects:

Schönbrunn Palace Top 10

Schönbrunn Vienna Tips

Christmas Market Schönbrunn Palace