The most visited site in Vienna is the Schönbrunn Palace. It has 1,441 rooms and an enormous garden. We’re not so interested in looking at the 1,441 rooms (well actually you can only see 29 of them, and no one knows who actually counted them), but the gardens sound interesting. Because it is the most visited, it is also the most expensive to visit. Although, it’s not published, they offer a garden only ticket for a much more reasonable price. I felt like I just won the lottery!
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| Lemon/Lime tree |
The gardens are immense (google says 435 acres) with massive fountains, all built in the 1770’s. One is designed to look like the ruins of a Roman temple. Another has nonsensical hieroglyphics looking writing (hieroglyphics were not translated until 1832).
Deb used her secret maze trick to skillfully navigate a couple of mazes. I am unfortunately sworn to secrecy. Once completed, you can climb up on a platform to watch the struggling masses.
The final attraction of the day was the Gloriette. A gloriette is by definition a “little room” elevated above a garden. I guess if your summer home has 1,441 rooms, it’s all relative. The Gloriette requires a pretty steep climb and has fantastic views of the entire city. The “little room” is now a restaurant that seats a couple of hundred customers.
As predicted, the rain came in the afternoon, which was fine. We used the time to pack for the rest of our journey.
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| Gloriette |
From Deb - you can graph similar plants. We tried to graph a lemon tree with a lime tree in North. But we moved. So this was interesting to see!
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