Belvedere in Vienna: Upper Belvedere Ticket or Combination Ticket?
Updated October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
If you want Klimt’s The Kiss, buy the Upper Belvedere & Permanent Collection ticket and nothing else. The Kiss hangs in the Upper Belvedere, the ticket costs €23, and it is the most-reviewed Vienna listing on GetYourGuide, with 18,103 reviews and 4.6 stars. A combination ticket only makes sense if you also want the temporary exhibitions in the Lower Belvedere.
What each ticket buys
| Ticket | Covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Belvedere & Permanent Collection | The permanent collection, including Klimt | €23 |
| Lower Belvedere & Temporary Exhibitions | Changing exhibitions in the former residence of Prince Eugene | €20 |
| 2-in-1 day ticket | Upper and Lower Belvedere | €32 |
| 3-in-1 day ticket | Upper, Lower and Belvedere 21 | €34 |
| Belvedere 21 alone | Contemporary art | €12 |
The prices are the Belvedere’s own. The GetYourGuide ticket for the Upper Belvedere costs the same, so you pay nothing extra for booking it there. The combination tickets are sold by the museum.
Children and young people under 19 enter free at all three venues, according to the Belvedere’s visitor information. Seniors and students under 26 pay a reduced rate.
When the combination ticket pays
The 2-in-1 saves €11 against two single tickets, and the 3-in-1 saves €21. That sounds generous, but it only pays if you would actually use the extra venues. The Lower Belvedere shows temporary exhibitions, so what is on changes. Look at the current programme before you buy.
Belvedere 21 is a separate museum for contemporary art. Add it only if modern art is why you are in Vienna.
A combination ticket also lets you visit the other venues before or after your booked slot on the same day, so you do not need a second time slot.
Time slots and when to go
The Upper and Lower Belvedere can only be visited with a ticket for a time slot. Once you are in, there is no time limit. That means the slot controls how many people arrive together, not how long they stay.
I have no measured crowd data for the Klimt room, and the museum does not publish any. The usual advice is the first slot of the day or one of the last, on a weekday. There is no measurement behind that, only the logic of a timed ticket: fewer arrivals overlap when you come first or late.
Allow around 90 minutes for the Upper Belvedere, which matches the listing.
Do you need a guide?
The paintings carry their own weight. A guide gives you the stories behind them and the architecture, which is baroque and easy to walk past.
Two guided tours are worth comparing:
- Belvedere Palace Skip-the-Line Tour: 1.5 hours, €53, rated 4.8 stars by 310 reviewers. The listing names Klimt and van Gogh.
- Belvedere Palace Skip-the-line Tour & Official Guide: 2 hours, €58.52, 4.8 stars from 527 reviews, with the palace and its gardens.
Both cost €30 to €35 more than the plain ticket. Check on the booking page that the entry fee is in the price. If you know what you want to see, the plain ticket and a good look at the room is enough.
What to pair it with
The Belvedere takes about half a day with the garden. The Schönbrunn ticket article covers the other big palace, and the Hofburg and Sisi Museum is the imperial side of the city. All three in one day is too much. Browse the other options under attraction tickets in Vienna.
