This is the oldest zoo in Europe. You couldn't tell though because it's one of the most…read moreprogressive. They've massively expanded spaces for the animals who need to roam like the elephants and rhino. The polar bear exhibit is spacious and gives the animals a place to hide. The panda has one of the best environments that I've ever seen. It's a nice centralized zoo with one center restaurant that comes to the middle. It's very much about the animals. They put a lot of revenue in and don't do a lot of marketing. There are good sit down foods. Beer gardens. Petting zoo and big play area. Even the walkways and public spaces are amazingly well planted and kept up. After Singapore, my second best zoo in the world.

The Schönbrunn Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn) is touted as the oldest zoo in the world, so we did pop…read morein to see it while wandering the Schönbrunn grounds. It unfortunately does seem like it's the oldest zoo, too. I don't like zoos in general, but where I live, we have one of the world's best zoos (The Henry Doorly Zoo), where the animals have lots of room to roam and live their best lives - as best they can while being in a zoo anyway. But the Schönbrunn Zoo seemed very cramped and a lot older of a set up for the animals there. It kind of made me sad to see them in smaller enclosures. They seemed to be hiding a lot from all the people too. We decided to leave pretty quickly after looking around a bit. I think it's a good thing for kids to do vs. what the parent's probably are wanting to do (seeing the Schönbrunn Palace and grounds), so maybe it's a good thing to have, but just was not up my alley.

Wonderful wildlife park with some wolves to see. Very good…read morefor familys with children. Also nice region to hike.

We had a wonderful day here! It's an amazing zoo and castle. Territory is very big and…read moregood-looking. Perfect place for weekend trip with kids. I would recommend to take some water and snacks with you, because prices for food and drinks are too high in my opinion. Also they are very dog friendly. Entrance for dogs is 1 euro and it includes pedigree sticks. Every were you would find drinking place for dogs. We were impressed.

From the owner: Egal ob Tierliebhaber, Romantiker, Blumenfreund oder Kunstfan - In der Tierwelt Herberstein ist für…read morealle etwas dabei. Entdecken Sie die rund 700 Tiere aus allen Kontinenten, die in der Tierwelt beinahe wie in freier Wildbahn leben. Hören Sie bei den kommentierten Fütterungen Wissenswertes über unsere Bewohner. Geheimnisvoll verborgen in der wildromantischen Feistritzklamm liegt das Gartenschloss Herberstein. Baugeschichtlich vereint es Gotik, Renaissance und Barock zu einem einzigartigen Juwel, das von über 700 Jahren Familientradition erzählt. Prächtig blühende und duftende Gärten sowie ein Besuch des modernen Gironcoli-Museums versprechen einen spannenden Ausflug. Weiteres ist die Tierwelt Herberstein ein tolles hundefreundliches Ausflugsziel!

A small butterfly conservatory…read more For 7€ a person, it is absolutely with it. There is only one room, with a bridge, lots of flowers and 6 different butterfly species. Although when we went one was 95% seen. It will take you about half an hour to walk around and see the whole exhibition. You do learn some interesting fun facts about butterflies. Special note: it is really warm in there, leave your jackets outside, there are free coat hangers

Still rainy, so let's stay inside…read more As part of the Hofburg Royal Palace, The Imperial Butterfly House is housed within an Art Nouveau greenhouse in the Burggarten. Admission in 7€. The gravel path makes a loop through the garden and round a small creek and waterfall. The path is quite narrow in spots. As you walk in there is a case of chrysalises. Some butterflies as recently emerged. Not sure if it was the time of year, December, but there were not many butterflies flitting around, or a large variety. I believe I saw around a half dozen or so different types. A single atlas moth larger than my hand was resting near the door as you walked in. You can watch them eat on bananas and special flowers sprayed with honey water. I looped the garden twice, in about 45 minutes. There's a room off from the gift shop that shows a loop film about the life cycle of butterflies and moths. Ok for a rainy day. I wouldn't return.