Schönbrunn was the Habsburgs' summer palace and the symbol of their dynasty for three centuries. A vast baroque-rococo complex on the western edge of Vienna, it has 1,441 rooms (only a fraction are open) and gardens that climb a hill to the Gloriette pavilion, with the city laid out below.
The Grand Tour of 40 state rooms covers the public apartments and the most ornate private ones — Mirrors Hall, the Vieux-Laque Room, the Million Room. The gardens are free and worth a couple of hours: the Palm House, the Neptune Fountain, the maze, and the Schönbrunn Zoo, which is the oldest in the world. UNESCO World Heritage Site. U-Bahn: Schönbrunn (U4).