Vienna: Skip the Line Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens Guided Tour

Overview

Available languages

German

English

Italian

Spanish

2 hours

Mobile ticket

Visit the magnificent summer residence and the gardens of the imperial family in this 2 hour tour. Travel back in time as you are guided through the impressive showrooms, explore the beautiful baroque gardens, and feel like a prince or princess for a few hours. Skip the long line with your guide as you enter the palace, listed as a World Heritage Site and one of the most visited places in Austria. in year 2018 palce was visited by 4 Milion tourists. To ensure you do not miss one moment of this tour, headsets are provided to hear the guide at all times.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Professional Guide

Skip-the-Line entry and tour Schönbrunn Palace

Headsets to hear your guide clearly

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Food and drinks

Gratuities

What To Expect

Schonbrunner Gardens

Before we enter to the Palace you will have a short introduction of the palace from outside and a short introduction of the gardens behind the palace. Sometimes, due to time constraints we might do this after the tour of the Palace.

50 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Schonbrunn Palace

We will show you the highlights tour that you can book only with the live guide.

1 hour • Admission Included

Options

Live Guide only in Spanish

Live Guide in Italian only

Live Guide in English only

Live Guide only in German

Reviews

4.60

1,441 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

1125

163

Don’t sleep on the Schonbrunn Palace!
Pam G,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Doing the skip the line tour at Schonbrunn Palace was well worth it. I loved the historical information that we got about the palace, about Maria Theresa and her family too. What makes a Viator tour over the top is tour guides like Catherine who was able to tell us other facts about the family or palace that the regular audio tour cannot. I highly recommend this tour and Catherine!
Great tour
Tiffany W,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Rafi was wonderful and was so entertaining ! So much amazing history of this Palace Great timing that the Christmas market was open
A Must-See in Vienna
Kathleen S,
Nov 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Our guide was easy to find outside with the green umbrella. With this ticket we didn't have to wait in the long line. He was very knowledgeable about the history of this "summer home". After the inside tour, he took us outside to the gardens and regaled us with more stories of the royal occupants. A highly informative and entertaining tour.
Visit
j123b1975,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Rafaele was an excellent tour guide - super lively, knowledgeable, and always ready to answer our questions. A truly enjoyable and informative experience!
Palace overview
MaryJane R,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Excellent interesting tour. We went in early November. Before the Christmas markets opened. So it wasn’t crowded which was great. Just a little cold. Our tour guide Raffa was excellent! Knowledgeable and intelligent.
A great tour option
Suzanne S,
Oct 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This tour was efficient and gave us a thorough overview of the palace history without being too information heavy. Our guide was nice. The palace is very beautiful and we were able to take plenty of pictures. I would definitely recommend doing an official tour rather than using the self-guided tour. The people using the self-guided tour looked lost half of the time and kept intercepting with our group.
Stunning architecture, history and views!
gmauter,
Oct 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This tour was more than just a palace tour, it was a history lesson in itself. Our guide Allie was fun, extremely knowledgable and an excellent ambassador for Austrian history and culture. I’m so glad we did this and would recommend to anyone!
Great tour. Interesting...
Stephanie Z,
Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great tour. Interesting history. Beautiful grounds. If you can, allow more time after the tour finishes to experience the gardens.
The guide unfortunately does not...
Raffi,
Oct 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00
The guide unfortunately was not native Italian and this made the visit not pleasant. It is not enough to speak Italian, because to have notions you might as well take an audio guide, safe easier to follow.
Schonnbrunn palace tour
Dave H,
Oct 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Our guide was well informed and quite funny. She gave us a wonderful tour of the palace and gardens.