{"id":3333,"date":"2016-06-15T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2025-09-28T12:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:19:46","slug":"kammergarten-privy-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kammergarten-privy-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Belvedere privy garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"#ticket-and-visitor-tips\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/privytickets.jpg\" alt=\"Gates to the privy garden\" class=\"wp-image-44600\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Belvedere is famous for the gardens connecting the upper and lower palaces. But the west wing of Lower Belvedere and the orangery offer access to another garden: the Kammergarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Small baroque privy garden with no crowds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good for an 18th-century feeling and views of the Orangerie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occasional special plant arrangements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/lower-belvedere-tickets-l190381\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_LowBelVenue\" rel=\"sponsored\">Lower Belvedere tickets<\/a>*<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lower-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3384\">Lower Belvedere palace<\/a> overview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3308\">Belvedere overview &amp; visitor tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-privy-garden\">The privy garden <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/privygarden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/privygarden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/privygarden-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Privy Garden one October)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere&#8217;s main gardens have sculpted hedges and cascading waters that scream &#8220;baroque prince with money to spare&#8221;. The Kammergarten is a little less ostentatious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This long, private garden hides away behind high walls, hedges and decorative gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the aviaries, pavilions and pergolas that once provided private amusement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prince-eugene-savoy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58031\">Prince Eugene<\/a> and honored guests are largely gone. But you might still pop in for three particular reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, few people visiting Belvedere find their way to the Kammergarten, so you gain a little respite from the crowds if it&#8217;s a busy time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I once found myself there entirely on my own on a Saturday morning in July.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/belvederekammergarten1730.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing of an outdoor pavilion from 1730\" class=\"wp-image-75980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/belvederekammergarten1730.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/belvederekammergarten1730-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Inside the central pavilion of the Kammergarten around 1730, as drawn by Salomon Kleiner; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 195077; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, the Bundesg\u00e4rten federal gardens agency and visiting artists do a grand job of maintaining the garden, often in the form of an outdoor exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, one summer featured the flowers of Gustav Klimt with &#8220;real-life&#8221; versions of the plants found in his landscape paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot depends on the timing of your visit. I&#8217;ve been there in late May and seen only empty flower beds; by mid-June those same beds had become a riot of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re in luck, then, the gardens form a flower and shrub-filled delight with the odd fountain or two gurgling along for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/privy.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Salesian church dome\" class=\"wp-image-13652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/privy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/privy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View from the Kammergarten across to the Salesian church)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, your third reason for visiting&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find your way right to the very back and the former location of a baroque aviary. You should come across a secluded area hemmed in by tall hedges. Stand in the right place when the foliage is out, and all you can see around you are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To the west, the tops of the trees in the grounds of the neighboring Palais Schwarzenberg (the plans for these gardens date back to 1697)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To the east, the large dome of the Salesian church and convent (completed in 1719)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re back in the 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you now require to become a member of the baroque nobility is a decent wig, some uncomfortable clothes, and a few servants to oppress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ticket-and-visitor-tips\">Ticket and visitor tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any ticket valid for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lower-belvedere\/\">Lower Belvedere<\/a> includes entry to the Kammergarten. (The main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/baroque-gardens\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3395\">Belvedere gardens<\/a> are free to visit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Booking service provided by Tiqets.com*, who I am an affiliate of)<\/p><div data-tiqets-widget=\"availability\" data-product-id=\"1025105\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"AW_LowerBel\" data-layout=\"full\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The gardens have also hosted occasional events in the past, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/cinema-kammergarten\/\">Kino im Kammergarten<\/a> (summer open-air cinema, though that event has taken a break in recent years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, the city apparently once intended leasing the Kammergarten to the composer Richard Strauss, but he chose instead to build a villa on the other side of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/botanical-garden\/\">botanic gardens<\/a>. His loss. Our gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"finding-the-kammergarten\">Finding the Kammergarten<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gettingthere3\/\">directions for the lower palace<\/a>. Enter via the west wing, for example through the glass doors next to the orangery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ksawXWFMVD9bljA48Gi7_VvWSfI\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belvedere is famous for the gardens connecting the upper and lower palaces. But the west wing of Lower Belvedere and the orangery offer access to another garden: the Kammergarten. The privy garden (The Privy Garden one October) Belvedere&#8217;s main gardens have sculpted hedges and cascading waters that scream &#8220;baroque prince with money to spare&#8221;. 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