What to book before going to Vienna

Book these before you travel

• Schönbrunn Palace

  Book ahead

  Buy a timed ticket online and choose the slot in advance. Use the official ticket shop only, since counterfeit tickets are sold elsewhere.

  Open 8:30 am–5:30 pm · last entry 4:45 pm

  Open daily, including public holidays. The palace opens at 8:30 and closes at 17:30 until 2 November 2026, then at 17:00 from 3 November. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing. The park gates open at 6:30 and close earlier in winter.

  See tickets

  Source: Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H., checked October 5, 2026

• Kunsthistorisches Museum

  Book ahead

  Entry is by reserved time slot, so book online for the date and hour you want. Tickets bought before 8 September 2026 stay valid during regular hours with no slot.

  Open 10:00 am–6:00 pm

  Open daily 10:00 to 18:00, and until 21:00 on Thursdays. Rooms are cleared 15 minutes before closing. Public holiday openings are listed on the official page.

  See tickets

  Source: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, checked October 5, 2026

• Vienna State Opera

  Book ahead

  Tours are sold by date and time, so pick a slot on the official tour calendar and buy it online. Dates for the following month appear around the middle of each month, so check again if nothing suits.

  Hours not confirmed. Check the official site.

  There are no fixed daily opening hours for visitors. Tours run on listed dates only, and the opera publishes the dates for the next month around the middle of the current month.

  See the guided visit

  Source: Wiener Staatsoper, checked October 5, 2026

Booking saves you the queue

• Hofburg Imperial Apartments and Sisi Museum

  Booking advised

  Entry is by time slot, so buy a ticket online for the day and hour you want. The entrance is under the Michaelerkuppel dome.

  Open 9:00 am–5:30 pm · last entry 4:30 pm

  Open daily 9:00 to 17:30, with the ticket office closing at 16:30. From 6 October to 18 November 2026 the hours change to 10:00 to 16:30, with the ticket office closing at 16:00, while the Sisi Museum is refurbished. The Silver Collection has been closed since April 2023.

  See the guided visit

  Source: Sisi Museum Hofburg (Schönbrunn Group), checked October 5, 2026

• Upper Belvedere

  Booking advised

  Buy an online ticket and you go straight to the entrance without queuing at the desk. You select a time slot when you buy.

  Open 9:00 am–6:00 pm

  Open daily 9:00 to 18:00. The Lower Belvedere opens at 10:00. Belvedere 21 is closed from 5 October to 4 November 2026 for exhibition setup.

  See tickets

  Source: Belvedere Museum Vienna, checked October 5, 2026

No booking needed

Turn up when it suits the day.

• St. Stephen's Cathedral
• Albertina
• Karlskirche
• Wiener Riesenrad
• NaschmarktFree
• RingstrasseFree
• Leopold Museum
• Natural History Museum
• HundertwasserhausFree
• StadtparkFree