Gloriette
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Ready-made walk · Vienna

Schönbrunn: Palace, Palm House and Gloriette

4 stops · ~40 min · 2.4 km

Royal Heritage

Explore the Habsburgs’ summer retreat, starting at the Baroque Schönbrunn Palace and wandering its park to the great glass Palmenhaus. Pass the zoo that grew out of the imperial menagerie, then climb to the Gloriette for the classic view back over the palace.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Gloriette
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    Stop 1: Gloriette

    ~3 min here

    Gloriette is the monumental garden building before you, created in 1775 by architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg.

  2. Tiergarten Schönbrunn
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    Stop 2: Tiergarten Schönbrunn

    ~3 min here

    Tiergarten Schönbrunn is a living zoo set within the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, and its story reaches back to the imperial court.

  3. Palmenhaus
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    Stop 3: Palmenhaus

    ~3 min here

    Palmenhaus is a vast greenhouse for plants gathered from around the world, and it is the most prominent of the four plant houses in Schönbrunn Palace Park.

  4. Schloss Schönbrunn
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    Stop 4: Schloss Schönbrunn

    ~3 min here

    Schönbrunn Palace is the former summer retreat of the Habsburg rulers, and its Baroque architecture gives this vast residence a ceremonial presence.

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