Around the Hofburg
This is the index of around the hofburg on Hofburg Palace Tickets. Each page below answers one question fully, and every one of them links back here so you can move between them without searching.
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Heldenplatz: The Square in Front of the Hofburg
The public space in front of the palace, with the president's office in the wing behind it. What stands there, and the balcony of 15 March 1938.
Josefsplatz: Vienna's Most Complete Baroque Square
The State Hall, the Redoutensäle, the Augustinian Church and the Lipizzaner stables all open onto it, and standing in it costs nothing.
Michaelerplatz: The Hofburg's Front Door
The domed palace entrance, a Roman excavation in the middle of the road, the building Franz Joseph is said to have hated, and the fiaker rank. What is on it.
The Burggarten: The Palace Garden
A public park built for the imperial family after Napoleon destroyed the city walls. The Mozart monument, the Palmenhaus and the butterfly house.
The Volksgarten: Vienna's First Public Park
Built on a bastion Napoleon's troops destroyed, opened 1 May 1823, free. Over 3,000 rose bushes, a Greek temple and the Sisi memorial, beside the Hofburg.
Walking the Hofburg Courtyards for Free
The courtyards are a public route, so you can cross the whole palace without a ticket. In der Burg, the Swiss Court and the best order to walk them.