Vienna · A Photo Session · All year
In short
Schönbrunn at first light is a private photo session in Vienna: the palace grounds before the gates open, a photographer who knows where the light lands, and a set of portraits from a morning you would want to remember anyway. It is available all year, and Avellera arranges it as part of a tailor-made journey.
By Clemens & Kamilla Sengwein-Réti, Co-Founders
The palace grounds before the gates open, a photographer who knows where the light lands, and a set of portraits from a morning you would have wanted to remember anyway.
Good to know
Yes. With Schönbrunn at first light, Avellera arranges a photographer who knows where the light lands to meet you in the palace grounds before the gates open. Schönbrunn, the former summer residence of the Habsburgs in Vienna, is at its quietest then, and you leave with a set of portraits from the morning. Avellera arranges it within a tailor-made journey.
Early morning, before the gates open, is the best time, which is why Schönbrunn at first light is built around it. The light is soft and the grounds are empty. The session is available all year, and each season gives the Vienna palace a different backdrop. Avellera times the start to sunrise on your chosen day and plans the rest of it around the shoot.
Tell Avellera your travel dates and wishes, and the Vienna team builds Schönbrunn at first light into a private, tailor-made journey through Vienna and Austria, together with hotels, transfers and guides. It works well early in a stay, before a slow breakfast. Planning is free, and the online planner on avellera.com returns a personal trip idea and PDF right away.
Journeys with this experience
AustriaVienna 4 · Salzburg 3 · Hallstatt 2 · Wachau 1
Classic by railPrague 3 · Vienna 3 · Budapest 3
SwitzerlandLucerne 2 · Interlaken 3 · Zermatt 2 · Zurich 1
Vienna & the Imperial City
01A Baroque hall booked for your party alone, and an orchestra that plays only for you. Mozart and Strauss in the kind of room they were written for, with champagne in the interval.
02An afternoon with a ballroom master until the left turn finally works, then the evening itself: gowns, an orchestra, and the ball season as guests rather than spectators.
03The doors open an hour early and the state rooms are yours. A curator walks you through, the galleries are silent, and the crowd arrives only as you are leaving.
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