Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) Tours and Tickets

Visitors to the Spanish Riding School can experience performances of the Lipizzaner horses inside the baroque Winter Riding School. Performances, which are different from the training sessions held each morning, include both young and more mature stallions performing to classical Viennese music. Performances last from 45 to 90 minutes, depending on which type you book.

Yes, you can take a guided tour of the Spanish Riding School to see what it’s like behind the scenes there. On a 1-hour shared or private guided tour, you’ll get to see the Lipizzaner stallions, learn about the school’s history, and visit the Winter Riding School, Summer Riding School, and Stallburg stables.

Yes, you can watch riders from the Spanish Riding School train with their Lipizzaner horses if you buy tickets for admission to the school’s Morning Exercise session. During the 1-hour training session, you will have the chance to see both young and fully trained stallions perform assorted exercises accompanied by classical music.

No photography, videography, or audio recordings are allowed to be made during any visit to the Spanish Riding School, from watching performances and training to going on a guided tour of the facilities. This applies to both personal and commercial use.

There is no dress code for visitors to the Spanish Riding School, so you can wear what is comfortable as you sit in the stands to watch a performance or go on a guided tour of the facilities. Generally, you will find people dressed in smart casual, matching the tone of the setting and Vienna’s more formal standard of dressing across the board.

Performances and guided tours of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, including the Winter Riding School and Stallburg stables, are wheelchair accessible. However, the school requests visitors with wheelchairs to get in contact before their visit to ensure that the limited wheelchair spaces are not already occupied.