Europe Explored » Zoo https://europeexplored.com Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:49:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Butterfly House – butterfly paradise in the heart of Vienna, Austria https://europeexplored.com/2011/08/29/butterfly-house-butterfly-paradise-in-the-heart-of-vienna/ https://europeexplored.com/2011/08/29/butterfly-house-butterfly-paradise-in-the-heart-of-vienna/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:37:48 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=4802 The stable temperature reaching 26 °C, humidity 80 percent, tropical plants and colorful butterflies. It is not Equatorial Africa, but the center of Vienna. In the Butterfly House, located in a complex of former emperor’s private gardens between Hofburg Palace and Vienna Opera, you can spend a few hours in the tropical rainforest and admire […]

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]]> The stable temperature reaching 26 °C, humidity 80 percent, tropical plants and colorful butterflies. It is not Equatorial Africa, but the center of Vienna. In the Butterfly House, located in a complex of former emperor’s private gardens between Hofburg Palace and Vienna Opera, you can spend a few hours in the tropical rainforest and admire here more than one hundred kinds of exotic butterflies.

The Butterfly House is the perfect imitation of their natural environment, so they lay eggs here, pupate and turn into caterpillars and eventually became colored beauties, whose wings range can be in some cases up to 30 centimetres.

Butterfly House was built several years ago and now, on 280 m2, it is a home to about four hundred butterflies, that come from special farms in Thailand, Belize, Costa Rica or the Philippines.

Visitors can observe the entire butterfly life cycle. Information boards explaining what they eat, how they develop, or how long they live. The Butterfly House is suitable for both small kids and adults.

Practical Info

The Butterfly House is located in the heart of Vienna’s emperor’s private gardens, about 200 meters from the Vienna Opera. It is open all year round and the basic admission is €5,50. Parking is available at the Opera House.

For more information visit Official site of Butterfly House.

You may need to browse through some Vienna hotels if you would like to stay here and visit other great attractions in Vienna as well, as it is not possible to see all of them in one day.


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]]> https://europeexplored.com/2011/08/29/butterfly-house-butterfly-paradise-in-the-heart-of-vienna/feed/ 2 Zoo Schönbrunn – the oldest zoo in the world and best zoo in Europe | Vienna, Austria https://europeexplored.com/2011/03/04/zoo-schonbrunn-the-oldest-zoo-in-the-world-and-best-zoo-in-europe-vienna-austria/ https://europeexplored.com/2011/03/04/zoo-schonbrunn-the-oldest-zoo-in-the-world-and-best-zoo-in-europe-vienna-austria/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:53:03 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=2758 If you are looking for a trip to world-class zoo, then you should visit the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna where is located the oldest existing zoo in the world with the only preserved Baroque menagerie. Here you can follow works of Maria Theresa and other members of Habsburg family, who created such an […]

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]]> If you are looking for a trip to world-class zoo, then you should visit the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna where is located the oldest existing zoo in the world with the only preserved Baroque menagerie. Here you can follow works of Maria Theresa and other members of Habsburg family, who created such an interesting park.

The local animal park was founded in 1752 by Emperor Francis Stephen of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresa, in order to invite his noble guests, and simply to show them what his summer residence Schönbrunn could offer. Since those times a lot of time have passed so today’s zoo elegantly combines baroque menagerie with the most modern pavilions for animals. From historical events could be mentioned that in 1906 the first elephant in captivity was born here, which was a rarity as it was previously considered impossible.

The staff in Zoo Schönbrunn do their best to get customer satisfied and Zoo offers even night tours with a guide and a night vision device. Such kind of visit you have to book in advance and the maximum number of participants is 20 persons.

The Day Pass costs €14 for adult, but there are discounts for children, family, and Year Pass.

Zoo Schönbrunn is one of the best and most modern in the world. Visiting it either in day or night means you take a lot of experiences, impressions and knowledge.


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