This is a beautiful palace & a great setting for a market. When we went there was a choir singing Christmas songs, it really added to the ambience. There is also an amazing huge Christmas tree in the middle of the market. Perfect photo op. This market sells the same as all of the other markets. Food drink & homemade... More

Flew in to Vienna 8th Dec and headed for the Christmas markets the next morning. Strolling from our hotel (AM Parkring at the Stadpark) along to Stephenzplatz was beautiful. The Viennese know how to decorate in style - i was really impressed. from here I walked to the Hofburg Palace - there were gi-normous huge chandeliers hanging overhead down the... More

Fun family place to experience Christmas Markets. Lots of families and school children the afternoon we were there. Lots of booths with crafts, drinks and food.

The setting of this big Christmas market is unique, with the palace as dramatic background. 10 minutes walk from the Schönbrunn U-bahn station (15 mins from the city centre). The market was very crowded and the thing to be bought not that special, but the experience was still very nice. We went at dusk, I think this makes for the... More

Very large christmas tree surrounded by over 30 wooden stalls filled with christmasy gitfs and yummy food and drink! Also worth a visit while there is the Zoo which was just fantastic!

It's all there, everything you could want for Christmas, and lots of very tasty snacks

We had visited the Palace and then explored this Christmas market. In the middle of the afternoon it was not crowded and it was easy to look carefully at all the stands. Prices were a bit higher but the items were unique. The vendors were very friendly, helpful, and proud to be selling goods made in Austria. In general we... More

This past December was my second visit to Scholss Schonbrunn and if memory served me correctly, I really liked this market four years ago. The vendors here tend to be slightly higher end than many markets and my visit in 2010 brought me back to vendors I remembered from previous years. I bought my gluhwein which comes in a bright... More

Of all the christmas markets in Vienna this was the most dissapointing. There was very little christmas atmosphere here. The markets are located in front of the palace in the massive courtyard and are spread out over a wide area, hence the lack of atmosphere. There was a massive amount people coming off tour buses and there were long queues... More