Schmetterlinghaus, Vienna: Photos, Reviews & Location

Art nouveau palm house, home to hundreds of butterflies housed in a tropical rainforest setting.

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#98 of 103 Tourist attractions in Vienna #5 of 5 Botanical gardens in Vienna

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.20

0.1 km from the center of Vienna

Rating breakdown

5 ★53%
4 ★24%
3 ★13%
2 ★5%
1 ★4%

Palmenhaus, Schmetterlinghaus Hofburg Burggarten, 1010 Wien, Austria

schmetterlinghaus.at

+43 1 5338570

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What is the rating of Schmetterlinghaus?: Schmetterlinghaus is rated 4.2 out of 5 based on 6,627 reviews.
How does Schmetterlinghaus rank in Vienna?: Schmetterlinghaus is #98 of 103 Tourist attractions in Vienna by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Schmetterlinghaus located?: Palmenhaus, Schmetterlinghaus Hofburg Burggarten, 1010 Wien, Austria — 0.1 km from the center of Vienna.
How can I contact Schmetterlinghaus?: Phone: +43 1 5338570 · Website: schmetterlinghaus.at

Reviews (8)

dimpitsikas 2024 May 14

A small space, hosting all sorts of butterflies, even some caterpillars (according to the signage)! There you can see all the stages a butterfly goes through, as well possibly be lucky enough to have one or two sit on you! The place itself is very hot and humid for the butterflies' wellbeing, thankfully there is a stand where you can leave your jacket. It surely is a unique experience! Reduced ticket (student discount) costed 7€. 5/5!

Wojciech 2024 May 09

It is rather cramped and confined space that takes up to 15 minutes to walk around. Hot and steamy and it can get quite busy with other people so please make sure you wear lightly. Bit pricey but interestingly enough to get inside and admire lush greenery and abundant of plants and numerous butterflies at the same time. An entrance ticket for adult costs 9,50 euro.
Stop by and visit if you are interested in this kind of sights.

Lily Ravens 2024 Apr 29

Beautiful Butterfly House! We could even experience the “rebirth” of a caterpillar into a butterfly, it was amazing. A tip of my side is to leave your jacket or jumper at the entrance racks as it is quite warm and humid in there :)

Annadine Vlok 2024 Apr 25

Lovely and wonderful to spend time with beautiful butterflies flapping around you. The soft sound of the waterfall with the koi made it extra special. They offer detail information on the species and even have the hatching cases on display. Worth the visit.

Ashwini Shivakumar 2024 Apr 23

Nice little glasshouse with an artificial tropical environment.
Would advise you to wear light clothing inside as it's pretty hot and stuffy.
An interesting place for sure
It is very crowded on weekends
They have some species of butterflies and lovely information all around.
We got lucky and had a beautiful pair of butterflies come sit on us (this was not intentional, the butterflies just did that organically)

Nihal 2024 Apr 13

it was very nice but there were not so many different types of butterflies only few, also i expected more butterflies too but still it was very beautiful! i also thought it would be a bigger place. places to walk are also very narrow so i think it would be not so comfortable on the weekend

Laura Burden 2024 Apr 03

An interesting place to include on a trip to Vienna. Reasonable price, we probably stayed for half an hour walking around and looking at the various species of butterly and enjoying the plants and waterfalls. It was very hot, even in March when it was only 15c outside. There were hundreds of butterflies flying around. Some were sadly dead, not sure if this was because they don't live long or from people but, it could be upsetting for young children. Overall we enjoyed our visit. There's a free cloakroom and rest room as well.

Caitlin Broadhurst 2024 Feb 18

A must visit for all!
A beautiful butterfly 🦋 house 😍
Free cloakroom to store coats as it gets warm inside.
Please don't touch the butterflies - too many people ignoring the signs and touching the animals!