ENGLISH:
 Introduction,map
locator,opening times and other information :
The Imperial Butterfly House (
3D Virtual Tour )
The historical Vienna butterfly house (Schmetterlinghaus) is located right in the heart of the city,
part of the Hofburg palace,
just 200 meters from the opera building.
Welcome to the "Schmetterlinghaus " the
Imperial Tropical Butterfly House in
central Vienna.
Come and be amazed by hundreds of live,
free-flying tropical butterflies, in an exciting
recreation of
their natural rain forest environment.This magical experience is right in the
centre
of Vienna, just 200 meters from the opera building.The butterfly house is to be found inside one
of the worlds most magnificent
"Jugendstil" greenhouses,
a part of the royal palace (Hofburg)
and a tourist attraction in its own
right. this masterpiece of design and engineering, which used
to be the private domain of
Kaiser Franz Josef and Sissi is now open to the public and is one
of the most popular tourist attractions in central
Vienna. As you walk around the butterfly house,
under waterfalls and
inside hollow trees, colourful live tropical butterflies will flutter around you.
Come and be
transported into a magical world, right in the heart of Vienna.
Welcome to
the "Schmetterlinghaus ", the Imperial Butterfly House,
part of the Hofburg Palace, in the heart of central
Vienna.
Visit our photo
album page and our 3D virtual tour
Map Locators :http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=48204455&x=16368277&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/530381/
Tagzania Map
Google Picasa
Opening hours : We are open all year: April - October
: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10 - 16.45
Saturday
Sunday & all public holidays
10 - 18.15
November - March: Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday 10 - 15.45 Saturday
Sunday & all public holidays
10 - 15:45
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Public transport :
We are right in the centre of town, in the area by the opera and St.
Stephens cathedral.
Ubahn ( underground/subway) U1,U2,U4 to:
Karlsplatz/Oper and then walk toward the
Opera building.
Tram 1,2,D.J, to
Opernring
Prices in
Euros : Adults 6:00 Seniors 5 Students 4:50 (
show your card please ) Children (3 - 16 years) 3
During the year we have special exhibitions featured here
:
news
follow this link and see the life cycle of a butterfly and more....
The butterfly house is one of Vienna´s favourite
marriage locations.
We can help you with every aspect of the most
romantic and special day of your life.
Wedding arrangements website ( external)
The butterflyhouse is a co operation between :
Stephen
Fried Ltd.
&the
Federal
Gardens department of Vienna & Innsbruck 
who are responsible for the
upkeep of some of the
former Royal gardens of Austria.
Stephen Fried GmbH .Schmetterlinghaus.Palmenhaus.Burggarten
Hofburg Wien 1010. Tel 01:5338570 Tel 01 5332018 fax 01 5322872
info@schmetterlinghaus.at
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