The impressive palace and the tour of all the wares it takes to run this massive household will floor you. The silverware collection alone will have your eyes popping. But I found the most impressive thing oddly enough were the 1 square metre serviettes folded into pieces of art in the form of animals like birds and fish. I still... More

This was a great site to visit. Your ticket into the building includes three different museums: the Imperial silver collection, the Sisi museum, and the Imperial apartments. While the Imperial silver and dish collection was impression to see...there was a vast amount of displays of dishes and place settings to go through. The Sisi museum I found to be fascinating... More

There is really so much to see here. We saw the imperial apartments, silver collection, treasury, state hall and Spanish riding school. I highly recommend all of these (although the silver collection may not be to everyone's taste). I think the state hall has been severely underrated. The hall itself is stunning not to mention all the history in the... More

...with all the rooms that are in the Palace (2600 or so of them). I took a tour of the Sisi Museum and also went through the silver display. It's impressive the amount of china, gold and silver that the palace has collected- a local guide I had said it's probably one of the biggest, if not the largest, in... More

The self-guided audio guides to the apartments were excellent, and the rooms were impressive. It was worthwhile to take the 40-room tour. I was surprised that they did not protect the art better by controlling temperature and humidity using A/C. The windows were all open, and it was needed to keep the place from being uncomfortably hot. It was shameful... More

A basic visit here will take several hours. The wait in line went pretty quickly. You automatically get the headsets and they are quite helpful in understanding what you're seeing. The china and silverware collection is unbelieveable. It's easy to get confused by the numbering system here (I had a tough time matching the numbers with what was on the... More

Well worth a visit, and it has the added convenience that the Spanish Riding School is part of the complex.

huge palace! plan to be here for at least half a day!! preferably one day! try to book yout tkts before(hotel or internet), the waiting queue may be very long... recommend the palmenhaus to rest and eat something; don't miss the silberkammer and sissi apartments. Audioguide unuseful, not interesting at all

The Hofburg is a bit of a warren and you definitely need a map to understand what you're looking at. The grand boulevards and wide open spaces make you forget sometimes that you're really looking at a single complex. The one building not to miss visiting is the Schatzkammer where the display of imperial jewels is breathtaking.