Hofburg tickets & prices: five doors, five tickets
The five tickets at a glance
| Attraction | Official gate price | Bookable on this site | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments | €20 adult · €25 with the official 1 h guided tour · children 6–18 €12 · students 19–25 €18 | €52 flagship skip-the-line tour (2–2.5 h) or €48 small-group tour, entry included | Open daily 9:00–17:30, last admission 16:30; fixed admission times — the official site itself recommends booking online |
| Imperial Treasury | €16 online / €18 at the door · reduced €12/€14 · under-19 free · audio guide €5 | €34 combo with the Neue Burg, valid 10 days | Closed Tuesdays; from 1 April 2026 all admission is by reserved online time slot |
| Neue Burg museums | Covered by the combo or the audio ticket | €23 audio-guided entry, about 1 h | Weltmuseum Wien, the Imperial Armoury and the historic musical instruments under one roof |
| Spanish Riding School | Morning exercise about €17; performances and guided tours priced separately | €17 morning-exercise ticket | Training, not a show; roughly Tuesday–Friday mornings in season |
| National Library State Hall | Separate ticket at its own door | Not sold here | I haven’t verified its current price, so I won’t quote one |
Gate ticket or guided tour: the math
The honest arithmetic first. The gate ticket for the Sisi Museum and Imperial Apartments costs €20 and the visit takes about an hour with the audio guide. The official site also sells a one-hour guided tour at €25 — in English daily at 2 pm, in German at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm. The €52 flagship tour (down from €55 at the time of writing) runs 2–2.5 hours, includes the same admission, skips the ticket queue and carries on through the courtyards to Heldenplatz and the Burggarten. So the premium over the gate is €32, and over the official short tour €27.
When the €20 gate ticket is enough: a January–March weekday, when the Michaelerkuppel queue barely exists; a return visit; or a budget where that €32 is better spent on a €16 Treasury slot and lunch. When the tour earns its money: July and August mornings and December, when the queue genuinely hurts; a first and probably only visit to Vienna; or when you want a licensed guide for 24 rooms that otherwise blur together. I go deeper on the guided options on the guided tours page and on the cheaper self-guided route under entry tickets.
Two closures worth knowing before you pay anything: the Silver Collection has been shut since April 2023 until further notice, and the museum section (the apartments stay open) closes 6 October to 18 November 2026 for refurbishment, with a 25% discount at the gate during that window. Details on my Sisi Museum page.
The Treasury: the ticket people forget
The actual crowns are in the Imperial Treasury, at the Schweizerhof entrance — and every week I meet visitors who queued for the apartments, decided they had “done the Hofburg” and missed them. The gate price is €16 online or €18 at the door, the audio guide is €5, and under-19s go free, which makes it decent value for families. The operator’s site is where the mandatory time slots live from 1 April 2026. If you also want the Neue Burg museums, the €34 combo covers both with audio guides and stays valid for 10 days — my combo review has the detail.
The Treasury closes on Tuesdays, which pushes its crowds to Wednesday. Thursday and Friday mornings are the calm ones.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to get into the Hofburg?
It depends on the door. The Sisi Museum gate is €20, the Treasury €16 online or €18 at the door, the Neue Burg audio ticket €23, and the Riding School morning exercise €17. Guided tours with entry included run €48–€52. Each door also keeps its own hours — see opening hours.
Is the €20 gate ticket enough?
For the apartments alone on a quiet weekday, yes — buy it online, take the audio guide, plan about an hour. It stops being enough when the queue is long, or when you want the context a licensed guide adds over 2–2.5 hours instead of one.
Do children pay at the Hofburg?
At the Sisi Museum, children 6–18 pay €12 and students 19–25 pay €18. The Treasury admits under-19s free. The Riding School doesn’t admit children under 3; ages 3–5 sit free on a lap and 6–18 pay a discounted rate — the honest picture of that ticket is in my training review.
Are the Hofburg courtyards free?
Yes. The courtyards, Heldenplatz and the Burggarten are open to walk through without any ticket, and they make a decent free hour on their own.