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The World’s 100 Best Parks

Schönbrunn Palace Park

Vienna, Austria

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Schönbrunn Palace Park

A large Baroque palace park spreads behind Schönbrunn Palace up a hill to the Gloriette, with formal flowerbeds, fountains, sculptures and shaded tree-lined paths. Visitors stroll, run and picnic, climb to the hilltop for views over the palace and Vienna, and visit the zoo and greenhouses.

Highlights

  • Gloriette hilltop viewpoint
  • Neptune Fountain
  • Palm house greenhouse

Good to know

  • Main gardens free to enter
  • Zoo, maze, Palmenhaus cost extra
  • Events can block front paths

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