Two listings, honestly
Two listings on this site take you into Schönbrunn Palace with a guide, and both skip the ticket line. The $17 tour is a Highlights Tour of 22 palace rooms, or a gardens-only tour with a licensed guide, one to two and a half hours, 4.8 on 8,090 reviews. The $65 tour is two hours through the staterooms and the gardens, 4.8 on 1,990 reviews. For the Hofburg and the Sisi Museum, or the Belvedere, see the three palace listings further down.
Quick answer
The short answer. Book the $17 tour: it has four times the reviews of the other one, the same 4.8 score, and costs $48 less. Choose the $65 tour if you want one fixed two-hour visit that covers both the staterooms and the gardens.
What the money buys
Two listings with nearly the same name and nearly four times the price apart.
The $17 listing gives you a choice at booking: the Highlights Tour of 22 rooms of the palace, or a tour of the gardens only with a licensed guide. That is why its length is a range, one to two and a half hours. Its description calls the palace a UNESCO World Heritage Site and says you skip the lines.
The $65 listing is one fixed visit of two hours: skip-the-line entry, the staterooms and the gardens, with your guide telling the history of the palace and the Habsburgs. If you want rooms and gardens in one booking, that is the listing whose text promises both.
Every trip, current fare
The two Schönbrunn listings, then the Hofburg, Sisi Museum and Belvedere for comparison. A dash means the listing quotes a range.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna: Skip-the-Line Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens TourSkip-the-line Schönbrunn Palace entry | 1 - 2.5 h | $17 | Highlights Tour of 22 palace rooms | — | 4.8 · 8,090 |
| Vienna: Skip-the-Line Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens TourSkip-the-line palace entry | 2 h | $65 | Schönbrunn staterooms and gardens | $32.50 | 4.8 · 1,990 |
| Vienna: Skip-the-Line Sisi Museum, Hofburg and Gardens TourHofburg courtyards and gardens | 2 - 2.5 h | $58 | Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments | — | 4.8 · 8,012 |
| Vienna: Hofburg Palace and Sisi Museum Skip-the-Line TourSkip ticket lines with group | 2 - 4 h | $238 | Imperial Apartments and Sisi Museum | — | 4.7 · 227 |
| Vienna: Upper Belvedere & Permanent Collection Entry TicketPermanent Collection access | 90 min | $26 | Upper Belvedere Museum entry | $17.33 | 4.6 · 18,103 |
Which one, honestly
Five situations, each matched to the listing whose own text fits it.
The $17 Highlights Tour of 22 rooms, 4.8 on 8,090 reviews.
The same $17 listing has a gardens-only option with a licensed guide. Pick it at booking.
The $65 tour: staterooms and gardens, two hours, 4.8 on 1,990 reviews.
Her museum is at the Hofburg, not Schönbrunn. The $58 tour covers the Sisi Museum, the Imperial Apartments, courtyards and gardens, 4.8 on 8,012 reviews.
The $26 Upper Belvedere entry ticket with the permanent collection and its Klimt paintings, 18,103 reviews, the most of any listing on this site.
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Both Schönbrunn listings, plus the Hofburg and Belvedere entries most people compare them with.
★ 4.8 · 8,090 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1,990 reviews
★ 4.8 · 8,012 reviews
★ 4.6 · 18,103 reviews
Is it worth it
On the data, rarely. The two listings share a score of 4.8; the cheaper one has 8,090 reviews against 1,990, and the gap is $48. What the extra money buys, by the descriptions, is a fixed visit with the staterooms and the gardens together and the Habsburg story told along the way.
For a private guide at a palace, the listing on this site is at the Hofburg, not here: the $238 tour skips the ticket lines with your group and covers the Imperial Apartments and the Sisi Museum, two to four hours, 4.7 on 227 reviews.
The hop-on hop-off bus at $37 names Schönbrunn Palace on its route; its description does not say that palace entry is included.
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Every Vienna tour, by price→Common questions
On this site, $17 for the Highlights Tour of 22 rooms or the gardens-only option, and $65 for a two-hour tour of the staterooms and gardens. The palace’s own counter price is not in these listings.
Yes. Both descriptions say so: the $17 tour says you skip the lines, the $65 tour says skip-the-line entry.
One to two and a half hours on the $17 listing, depending on the option; two hours on the $65 one.
Yes, on the $17 listing, which offers a gardens-only tour with a licensed guide.
Not on these listings. The Sisi Museum is part of the Hofburg tours: $58 in a group, $238 with your own group.
Both Schönbrunn listings show Free cancellation at the time of reading. The cut-off is on the live listing.
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