Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the Spanish Riding School. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

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Admission to the Spanish Riding School varies depending on the type of activity or performance you want to attend and the type of seat. Watching the morning exercises starts at €17 for adults for standing-room tickets; guided tours in German cost €24 for adults; and performances start at €26 and go up to €188. Kids ages 3–6 get free admission but must sit on an adult’s lap for seated tickets; kids ages 7–12 get reduced admission, but young ones under 3 aren’t allowed at the Spanish Riding School.

Yes, visiting the Spanish Riding School is definitely worthwhile during your stay in Vienna, especially if you're interested in horses or horseback riding. Take a guided tour (in German) or watch the horses and riders during their morning practice or a polished performance. It's a great way to experience a part of Austrian culture and learn about Viennese history. Many city tours offer pass-by experiences of the Spanish Riding School, as well.

Per one customer who booked the Best of Vienna: Historic Center Walking Tour, "Dace was fantastic! So knowledgeable of every little corner and street and history of everywhere we went and explained everything beautifully. Was quite funny too!! What an enjoyable tour of places we would have surely missed if not for this walk."

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.

There are tons of fun things to do when you're done visiting the Spanish Riding School. According to travelers, these are some of the top attractions in Vienna:

• Schönbrunn Palace

• Hofburg Imperial Palace

• St. Stephen's Cathedral

• St. Peter's Church

• Historic Center of Vienna

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