The Best Hofburg Tours and Tickets

Updated September 18, 2026

We scraped 124 listings for the Hofburg and kept ten, one per thing a visitor might actually want. These are ranked by purpose rather than by price, with the rating and review count for each, because at this address the review count matters more than the score: several listings carry a high rating on a handful of reviews. Prices and ratings read on 18 September 2026.

1. 

   #1

   Entry ticket with official audio guide

   $38

   The straightforward first visit, about $38.

   ★ 4.4 89 reviews

   Admission to the Imperial Apartments and the Sisi Museum with multilingual audio commentary. Rated 4.4, but from only 89 reviews. The official office sells the same admission for EUR 20, so this premium buys free cancellation and pay-later rather than access.

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2. 

   #2

   Skip-the-line tour with the courtyards and gardens

   $60

   The best-reviewed Hofburg tour by a distance.

   ★ 4.8 7,853 reviews

   About $60, rated 4.8 from 7,853 reviews, two hours, skip-the-line entry included, and the only tour that walks the courtyards and the gardens as well as the rooms. One language per tour, chosen at booking.

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3. #3

   Imperial Treasury entry

   The crown of the Holy Roman Empire, about $18.

   The cheapest serious museum here and the densest hour. Under-19s free, closed Tuesdays, admission stops 30 minutes before closing. Rated 4.4 from 1,972 reviews.

4. #4

   Spanish Riding School guided tour

   The hall and the stables without a performance, about $28.

   Rated 4.7 from 7,788 reviews, the strongest combination of score and volume at this address. The right pick if the building interests you as much as the horses.

5. #5

   Lipizzaner performance

   The full programme in the Winter Riding School, about $46.

   Rated 4.4 from 4,723 reviews. Collect the ticket at the Visitor Centre on Michaelerplatz no earlier than an hour before. The school's own box office quotes performances from EUR 26.

6. #6

   Morning training session

   The cheapest way into the hall, about $20.

   Rated 3.9 from 10,194 reviews, and the low score is expectation rather than quality: this is schooling, not a show. Best value here if you know that going in.

7. #7

   Neue Burg museums ticket

   Three collections, one audio-guided ticket, about $26.

   Weltmuseum Wien, the Imperial Armoury and the historic instruments. Rated 4.1 from 755 reviews. Closed Mondays, and quiet when everything else queues.

8. #8

   Hofburg concert

   Mozart and Strauss in the palace, about $103.

   A 90-minute concert by the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra in the palace rooms. Rated 4.7 from 215 reviews: the highest score of the evening options, on a modest review base.

9. #9

   Vienna PASS

   Worth it only on a dense day, about $125.

   Covers the Hofburg, the Treasury, the Albertina, the Spanish Riding School and Schoenbrunn among 85 attractions, plus the hop-on hop-off buses. Rated 4.4 from 3,218 reviews. Needs four or more paid sights in a day to beat single tickets.

10. #10

    Vienna City Card

    Transport and discounts, about $22, not entry.

    Rated 4.4 from 1,400 reviews. Useful if you need a transport ticket; misleading if you expected museum admission, which it does not include.