Ambras Castle: Skip-the-Line Entrance Ticket to Renaissance Castle in Innsbruck

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Take in the stunning Castle Ambras in Innsbruck, a palace and fortress from the Renaissance era, situated amongst the hills with a gorgeous city view. Wander through the lovely Renaissance fortress, one of Innsbruck’s leading attractions, and marvel at the valuable art exhibits and superb landscape, all covered in your admission ticket.

Duration: 6 hours

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Highlights

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck - Explore the wonderful world of the Renaissance and visit Castle Ambras (Schloss Ambras) in Innsbruck. Situated in the hills above Innsbruck and visible from afar, the castle is one of the provincial city’s most popular attractions.

Be amazed by the impressive jousting armor suits in the Armory Cabinets (Rüstkammer), glance at the artifacts in the Chamber of Art and Curiosities and see the bathing facilities used by Philippine Welser, which will give you an idea of the ‘spa culture’ in the 16th century.

Admire the stunning Spanish Hall, one of the most beautiful Renaissance halls of its kind in the world, and see the famous Habsburg portrait gallery. Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand II ordered the redesign of the original fortress for his wife Philippine as well as the construction of another building to accommodate his valuable collections.

What's Included

Castle grounds
Art collection

What's Not Included

Transportation to/from attractions
Food and drinks

Additional Information

Children under the age of 18 years are free of charge
The castle is open for visitors daily from 10am to 5pm

Location

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Schlossstrasse 20,

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Smile20002017

Aug 6, 2024

Beautiful castle...to see - Around Innsbruck is this beautiful castle, well preserved and enhanced surrounded by a beautiful garden with animals and flower beds. The castle is divided into low castle and high castle, the first collects a collection of armor and very interesting weapons, in the high castle instead there are huge oil paintings of noble families. Beautiful Spanish room.

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Navigator175664

Jul 1, 2024

Ambras Castle - Great tour for some history. You pay to get inside the castle; however, you could walk around the castle for free. There are 2 places to go inside. The first is by the souvenir shop and you walk around and see the medieval armor and weaponry used for the time and some other stuff. I was surprised to see samurai armor. If you ever watched Shogun on TV you’ll love the find. The 2nd entrance is the main castle which houses many portraits of the people there through the time. Interesting descriptions of their life as well. Careful with photos. Some places you can and some you can’t and they have people there to enforce it. Outside are beautiful grounds/gardens. Like I said before that part is free. We didn’t have a lot of time so we only went to the back bridge that is against the woods. Lots of walking trails and waterfalls. I’ll have to go back some other time to explore those. Great little tour to take if you’re in the area.

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Temaromi

Feb 10, 2024

If you can only do one museum, this is it! - If there is one museum you must visit, it is this one. So varied, so fascinating, so atypical. The Spanish Hall… 'impressive'. Yes, but above all of an unseen splendor, colors, materials, execution ... The room for art and curiosities: what an exceptional collection. The realization that these objects were collected hundreds of years ago, the perfect craft,... We could walk around in them for a day! The arsenal, the collection of armor, the weapons,…. Also the presentation of it, with a little imagination there was suddenly a horde of knights in front of you. And then dream away at the unique starry sky (so beautiful), the glass collection and so on.

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Fellowtraveler99257

Jan 22, 2024

Alpine dream - Be sure to walk through the old town! Ambras Castle, the Ferdinandeum, the Court Church and much more are absolutely worth seeing.

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Richard_s

Oct 24, 2023

Not just a castle tour....quite a museum too! - Perfect way to start a tour of Innsbruck. This self guided tour is inexpensive and super informative. Collections from the very FIRST museum ever started in the world! We went on a weekday and had the entire castle and museum to ourselves. One word of caution is that when you leave the castle (which is above and overlooking the city) the city bus is really the only option and you must get a ticket to ride in the city (nowhere near the castle!). The bus driver was really nice and let us ride back to the city without a ticket. We repaid the local people with Karma in various ways for the wonderful treatment that they showed us tourists.

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Boardingpassdc

May 8, 2024

A Great Window into the Renaissance Period - A must visit. The grounds offer beautiful gardens and walking trails. The castle and its contents offer a unique window into the Renaissance Period. The collection goes well beyond the family items for Ferdinand II.

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Degustibus67

Apr 17, 2024

The Habsburg castle among family heirlooms and art - About 20 minutes by bus (for holders of the Innsbruck Card free ticket and free entry to the castle) from the center stands this Renaissance castle built in 1563 by Archduke Ferdinand II. The structure is divided into lower and upper castle and the collection, which aimed to collect stories of centuries of art and war and Habsburg relics, includes paintings by Van Dyck, Titian, Cranach and Velasquez; the armor room (of the Thirty Years' War, of the imperial family, baroque, sixteenth century and tournament); the Hall of Arts and Wonders with a splendid piano that belonged to Archduke Ferdinand II, the only example existing in the world; the Antiquarium (with the particular Plate of Fools); the wonderful Hall of the Emperors with the Habsburg family tree and images of the various Emperors; the large park can be used in summer until 9.30 pm. A visit not to be missed!

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Paris76_11

Jul 14, 2024

Average - The very nice outdoor park in the middle of nature with peacocks running free. Inside on several floors there are exhibitions of armor, artifacts, stubes and paintings. The salons I found majestic and really beautiful, the paintings were too many and in the long run become boring if you are not fond of real portraits. Every room staff follows you, watches you. It is not a castle where you can see the furnishings of the rooms, it is just a museum.

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Carla_b

Mar 8, 2024

Check ahead if it is ALL Open - 1/2 of the building is closed. The upper castle is unavailable. The lower case is very nice. There was almost no one there.

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