Category: Parks and gardens

Mirabell Palace with Gardens is a historic building in the city of Salzburg, Austria. The palace and its gardens is a listed cultural heritage monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1606, prince-archbishop Wolf Dietrich constructed Mirabell Palace as a…

Located on a piece of land between the Danube and old Danube (Alte Donau), Donau Park is a landmark green oasis just a few minutes from Vienna center. Much larger than nearby Augarten, Donau Park is a very recently built park in Vienna in general. It covers an area of…

Augarten is a large public park with gardens, recreation, and a general green area in the second district (Leopoldstadt) in Vienna. With the size of almost 53 hectares, it is one of the biggest parks in Vienna. It is also the oldest Baroque-style garden in the city. Apart from manicured…

Stadtpark (“City Park”) in Vienna is dating back from 19 century (it will be 160 years old soon), so it is one of the ‘youngest’ parks when comparing it to Prater, Augarten or Schonbrunn. Nevertheless, this park has everything that modern city park needs: lots of greenery, lawns, flowerbeds, a…

Park Burggarten, together with its ‘counterpart’ Volksgarten, across from Heldenplatz, is another small park/garden in Vienna, but with very central and popular location. Set on the Ringstrasse and bordering Hofburg (Neue Burg palace wing) and Albertina Palace, Burggarten is impossible to miss and walk through it while visiting popular Vienna…

Volksgarten is a relatively small public park in Vienna, but very centrally located and quite popular with locals and tourists alike. It is situated in the 1st district, on the Ringstrasse, across from Austrian Parliament and next to Hofburg and Heldenplatz. With location like that the park is a perfect…