Belvedere Palace and Museum Tour

4.8
(69 reviews)
Vienna, Austria

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2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

Discover the Belvedere complex on a two-and-a-half-hour history tour with a scholar guide and familiarize yourself with an architectural masterpiece of a bygone aristocratic splendor. After the one-hour excursion to the grounds and palaces, your guide will give you an introductory hour-and-a-half tour to point out the Art Museum’s highlights.

What's Included

Professional art historian guide
Museum entrance ticket fee
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Belvedere Palace

Please meet your guide at the entrance of the ticket office of the Upper Belvedere Palace. Please be there 15 minutes before the beginning of the tour, to ensure entry to the Palace. This is not the same entrance to the Palace, but the entrance as soon as you come in to the garden from Prinz Eugen Street on the right. The entrance fee to the Belvedere Palace is NOT included in our tour price but your guide will help you purchase the tickets.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    Jardines de Belvedere

    The Belvedere complex is an architectural masterpiece of a bygone aristocratic splendor designed to project a sense of earthly harmony. This terrestrial utopia was founded in the first decades of the 18th c. as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army and one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history. Among the most significant buildings of the 18th c., the grandiose palace of the Upper Belvedere is a masterstroke of Baroque architecture while the surrounding formal gardens were inspired by classical antiquity.

    2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 2
    Belvedere Museum

    Belvedere became one of the first public museums in the world with the intention to make the Habsburgs’ imperial collection accessible to the general public. Today the Belvedere Museum exhibits a world-class compilation of Austrian and international painting from the Middle Ages to the present day, including precious items of the Austrian National Gallery: masterpieces by including some of Gustav Klimt’s most acclaimed paintings: works from his golden period: “The Kiss,” “Judith,” landscapes from the Attersee series and sophisticated portraits of high society ladies.

    2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A maximum of 6 people per tour
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Art Tours
Walking Tours
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