The Spanish Riding School (Wiener Hofreitschule) occupies a number of buildings on the Michaelerplatz and the Josefsplatz by the Hofburg Imperial Palace in the city centre of Vienna in Austria and is one of Austrian major tourist attractions. The Spanish Riding School is the oldest and last Riding School in the world where classic dressage is still practised in its purest form.
Stay close to the Spanische Hofreitschule or Spanish Court Riding-School. Many excellent hotels can be found within easy walking distance.
Distance to The Hofburg: 3 minutes walk
Walking Distance, Luxury, Top Hotel
Distance to The Hofburg: 7 minutes walk
Walking Distance, Located on Kärntnerstrasse Shopping Street
Distance to The Hofburg: 4 minutes walk
Walking Distance, Good Value, Modern Boutique Hotel
Distance to The Hofburg: 4 minutes walk
Walking Distance, Pension (Affordable/Cheap)
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Spanish Riding School is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses. The performances of the white Lipizzaner horses are held at the Imperial Palace in the city centre of Vienna in Austria. The leading horses and riders of the school also periodically tour and perform worldwide. Hotels, apartments, b&b’s and hostels can be found only a few steps from the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
Location of Spanish Riding School : the horse school is situated between Michaelerplatz and Josefsplatz near the Hofburg Palace in the city centre of Vienna Austria. The Kohlmarkt and Graben luxury shopping streets as well as the St. Stephen’s Cathedral can be reached within easy walking distance.
Several hotels near the Spanish Riding School offer free WiFi access, indoor swimming pool, sauna and fitness centre. Graben and Kärntnerstraße shopping streets can be reached on foot from these hotels.
Address of Spanish Riding School : Hofburg Vienna – Main Entrance Michaelerkuppel, Michaelerplatz 1, A-1010 Vienna Austria.
The horses and riders of the Spanish Riding School regularly tour the world, putting on shows of their unparalleled equestrian skills, nothing comes close to seeing them perform in the grand surroundings of their home city — Vienna.
Nearest Main Train Station : the closest principal railway station are Vienna Main Hbf Hauptbahnhof, and Vienna West Train Station.
Nearest Metro Stations : the closest underground stations are Herrengasse U-Bahn Station on U3 line, and Stephansplatz U-Bahn station on U1 and U3 metro line. The school can also be reached by lines U2 and U4 via Karlsplatz station, a bit further away.
Bus Station : get off at Michaelerplatz on bus lines 2A and 3A.
By Tram : 1, 2, D, get off at Kärntner Ring, Oper or Burgring for 62 get off at Kärntner Ring, Oper.
Nearest major airport : the closest major airport is Vienna Schwechat Int airport, located to the southeast of the city.
Vienna Hofburg Palace
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien — Museum of Natural History of Vienna or NHMW.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum — Museum of Art History opened in 1891 at the same time as the Naturhistorisches Museum, by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary.
Austrian National Library — Österreichische Nationalbibliothek is the largest library in Austria, located in the Hofburg Palace.
Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury — Imperial Treasury or Schatzkammer displays a collection of 1,000 years of treasures compiled by the Imperial House of Habsburg, including the medieval Imperial Regalia.
The Burgtheater or Imperial Court Theatre — is the Austrian National Theatre, opened in 1741.
Hofburg Congress Center — located in part of the Old Imperial Palace and consists out of 35 conference rooms. The main convention and exhibition centre of Vienna is Messe Wien, Vienna Exhibition and Congress Center.
The Imperial Apartments — former private apartments of the imperial family.
Ephesus Museum — museum at the Imperial Palace.
Albertina — houses the renowned collection of Duke Herzog Albert of Saxe-Teschen. It’s one of the most visited museums in Vienna.
Collection of Ancient Instruments — collection of instruments on which musicians as Beethoven and Chopin once played.
Palais Mollard-Clary — houses the Globe Museum, the Department of Music and the Department of Planned Languages and Esperanto Museum.
Volksgarten Park — public park created between 1820 and 1823. At the center of the park is the Theseus Temple, a replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, also known as the Theseion. Other monuments are the Kaiserin Elisabeth-Denkmal and Grillparzer Monument.
Michaelerplatz — one of Vienna’s most famous squares.
Heldenplatz — Heroes Square.
