In the gardens of the Hofburg Palace is a place with enchanting architecture and even more intriguing residents. Housed in a 100 year old art nouveau greenhouse live hundreds of butterflies and exotic plants.
The Schmetterlinghaus, or The Imperial Butterfly House, used to be just a greenhouse, but after renovations in the late 1980's was transformed into a butterfly house. Butterflies live among tropical flowers and visitors can observe them while traversing winding staircases and bridges, passing close to waterfalls and even closer to the 400 butterflies that occasionally land on visitors.
All of the butterflies in the Imperial Butterfly House are obtained from recognized butterfly farms or are bred in the butterfly house. There are no endangered species present and no butterflies from this location are sold to collectors.
The Imperial Butterfly House is located in the Burggarten Hofburg, Hanuschgasse, 1010 Wien, Austria. It is open from 10:00 am to 4:45 pm Monday through Friday and from 10:00 am to 4:45 pm on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Adult tickets are 6 euros and guided tours are available for groups for an extra 40 euro charge.
I have visited the butterfly house at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond before and really enjoyed the up close encounter with the butterflies. Seeing a butterfly garden on a larger scale would be very interesting. Additionally, the Schmetterlinghaus has been hailed as one of the most beautiful art nouveau greenhouses in the world and I think it would be a great opportunity to see some distinctive art nouveau architecture in contrast to the many Gothic cathedrals and Baroque palaces in Vienna.
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