The 400-year-old water gardens a prince built to surprise his guests — booked to your chosen time so you walk straight in.
Choose your date & timeOne adult — trick fountains, palace exhibition and folk museum, on your chosen timed slot
€29
One child aged 4 to 18 — same tour, same slot as the adults in your party
€14
Two adults and one child on one ticket — add extra children at checkout
€62
“We were dry for about ninety seconds. The kids are still talking about the fountains that got Dad. Having the time booked meant no queue at all.”
“Booked the family ticket for a Salzburg day trip. The email came through the same afternoon and we walked straight in at our slot.”
“The audio guide in Italian was a lovely surprise, and the old pleasure palace is genuinely strange in the best way. Easy from the city on bus 25.”
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Before you go, here's what makes Hellbrunn unlike any other palace in Salzburg — in five minutes.
Sent by email with your tickets.
Hellbrunn was never meant to be slept in. When Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems built it on the southern edge of Salzburg in the 1610s, he built a villa for daytime pleasure — banquets, music, and above all mischief. There isn't a single bedroom in the whole palace.
The mischief is the trick fountains. Hidden jets spring from the stone benches, the grottoes and the garden paths, soaking guests exactly where they least expect it — the same practical jokes the prince played on his dinner guests four centuries ago, still worked by the original water pressure and still catching everyone out today.
Beyond the water games there is the pleasure palace itself with its “GrandDelight” exhibition, the folklore museum in the little hilltop Monatsschlössl, and the wide free gardens where the glass gazebo from The Sound of Music now stands. We handle the one thing that trips visitors up — getting a timed ticket for the day and hour you actually want — so you can just turn up and enjoy the surprise.
hellbrunnpalace.com is an independent ticket-concierge service. We book official timed-entry tickets on your behalf and deliver them by email. We are not affiliated with Schloss Hellbrunn or its operators, and we do not set or represent official pricing.
Plan your visit
Season, time of day and weather — how to catch the water games at their best.
The bus, the drive and the walk — the simplest ways to reach the trick fountains.
The water games, the pleasure palace and the hilltop museum — what your ticket covers.
Every ticket covers all three Hellbrunn experiences: the Trick Fountains audio-guided tour, the Palace Exhibition “GrandDelight”, and the Folklore Museum in the Monatsschlössl. The mobile audio guide is available in 14 languages.
Yes. Hellbrunn admits visitors on timed slots, especially in summer, so you pick a date and an entry time when you book. We reserve that exact slot for you.
We book your official timed tickets after payment and email them to you, usually within a few hours and always before your visit date. You show them on your phone at the entrance.
Almost certainly — that's the whole idea. Hidden jets are built into the benches, paths and grottoes. It's all in good fun and easy to dry off on a warm day, but dress accordingly.
Yes. The glass pavilion from “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” stands in the Hellbrunn gardens. The gardens are free to walk, so you can visit the gazebo with or without a fountains ticket.
Children under 4 enter free and need no ticket. Children aged 4 to 18 use the discounted child ticket. The family ticket covers two adults and one child, with more children addable at checkout.
About two hours covers the fountains, the palace exhibition and the folk museum. Leave extra time if you'd like to explore the wider gardens and the Sound of Music gazebo.
It's around 15 minutes south of the old town. City bus 25 runs there directly from the main station and the Rathaus, stopping right by the entrance. There's also parking if you drive.
The trick fountains run daily from late March to 1 November. They open at 9:30am, with last admission in the late afternoon in spring and autumn and early evening in high summer. The site closes for winter.
Yes. Tickets can be rebooked to another date within the season — just contact our concierge team and we'll move your slot.
All sales are final once your timed tickets are secured. If the attraction cancels or fails to honour a booking on its side, we refund you in full.
The gardens and most of the fountain route are step-free, though a few grottoes are narrow. The folk museum sits on a short hill above the gardens.
Online we offer adult, child (4–18) and family tickets. Reduced student rates are handled at the palace on the day with valid ID; message us if you'd like advice on the best option for your group.
The fountains and palace exhibition are self-guided with a mobile audio guide, offered in 14 languages including English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese.
We charge a service fee for booking, delivering and supporting your timed tickets so you don't have to navigate the official system yourself. You're paying for the concierge service and the certainty of your slot.
No. We're an independent ticket-concierge service. We secure official timed-entry tickets on your behalf and deliver them by email. We're not affiliated with Schloss Hellbrunn or its operator.