Park at Schönbrunn Palace

Stroll down long avenues between artfully trimmed hedges, passing statues, fountains and splendid flower beds - maybe towards the Palm House from 1882, the largest in Europe, to the Maze, the Japanese Garden, or up the hill to the Gloriette, where you can enjoy a wonderful view in a Viennese café. A splendid baroque garden awaits you in the formerly private imperial gardens next to the palace, along with a unique collection of cacti in the Desert Pavilion from 1904. Visitors to the world's oldest zoological garden can enjoy the colorful activities of exotic and regional animals. You can admire the variety of the species and their habitats in the Schönbrunn Zoo.

Park at Belvedere Palace

One of the most significant gardens in Europe, this baroque garden (year-round, free admission) was constructed by Prince Eugen von Savoyen in about 1700. In the upper Belvedere you can experience the flowering of 4,000 alpine types of plants from March to August - in the world's oldest alpine garden, founded by the archduke Johann 200 years ago. Regional and exotic plants are featured in the nearby Botanical Garden.

Did you know that the Park at Schönbrunn Palace and the Palace Gardens of Belverdere are designated World Heritage sites?

Augarten

The Augarten is a public park with a size of 52.2 hectares that has the oldest baroque garden in Vienna. It is located in the second Viennese municipal district. Arranged in the French style, the garden offers not only a ground-floor area with elaborate flower landscapes but also an extensive network of shady avenues lined with chestnut trees, elms, lime trees, ash trees and maple trees. However, as is the case in nearly all of Vienna's state gardens, night-time visits are not possible since the five park gates are closed (from dusk to early morning - the seasonal hours are displayed on metal signs at the gates). The Augarten is also home to a wide range of facilities such as the Vienna Boys' Choir in the Augarten Palais, the Augarten Porcelain Manufaktur, the Augarten Contemporary and the Film Archive Austria.

Park at Schönbrunn Palace

13., Schönbrunner Schlossstraße
www.schoenbrunn.at

Park at Belvedere Palace

Upper Belvedere: 3., Prinz Eugen Strasse 27
Lower Belvedere: 3., Rennweg 6
www.belvedere.at
www.botanik.univie.ac.at/hbv

Augarten

Main entrance: 2., Obere Augartenstrasse1a
www.bundesgaerten.at