Day 11 – Tour of Schonbrunn Palace

 

As part of our week-long stay in Vienna for the Convention, we are able to sign up for organized tour activities with our Austrian brothers as our guides. They provided us a transportation pass that allows us to use the buses, trains and underground system. We joined a group of delegates going to tour the Schonbrunn Palace which was used as a summer retreat for the ruling Hapsburg Royal Family since the mid 1500s.

The palace is just one stop away from our hotel on the subway. At the subway station.
Our guides are Alex on the right and Daniel in the middle. The other brother with the hat was guiding a different group. All over town we have met delegates with their convention badges.
We took this train around the entire 400 acre grounds to see the gardens.
Tourists taking selfies.

A view from the far end of the grounds back toward the palace and downtown Vienna in the distance.

One of the smaller structures on the grounds dedicated to queen Maria Theresa.
The fountain near the main entrance.
Alex and Daniel with the easy-to-spot-in-a-crowd guide umbrella.