Visit beautiful Castle Ambras in Innsbruck, a Renaissance castle and palace located in the hills overlooking the city. Explore the picturesque Renaissance castle, one of Innsbruck’s most popular attractions, and also see the precious art collections and magnificent grounds with your entrance ticket.
Posted By : Navigator175664
Great tour for some history. You pay to get inside the castle; however, you could walk around the castle for free. There are 2 places to go inside. The first is by the souvenir shop and you walk around and see the medieval armor and weaponry used for the time and some other stuff. I was surprised to see samurai armor. If you ever watched Shogun on TV you’ll love the find. The 2nd entrance is the main castle which houses many portraits of the people there through the time. Interesting descriptions of their life as well. Careful with photos. Some places you can and some you can’t and they have people there to enforce it. Outside are beautiful grounds/gardens. Like I said before that part is free. We didn’t have a lot of time so we only went to the back bridge that is against the woods. Lots of walking trails and waterfalls. I’ll have to go back some other time to explore those. Great little tour to take if you’re in the area.
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Posted On : 2024-07-01 14:28:14 
Posted By : BoardingPassDC
A must visit. The grounds offer beautiful gardens and walking trails. The castle and its contents offer a unique window into the Renaissance Period. The collection goes well beyond the family items for Ferdinand II.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 03:22:00
Posted By : DeGustibus67
About 20 minutes by bus (for holders of the Innsbruck Card free ticket and free entry to the castle) from the center stands this Renaissance castle built in 1563 by Archduke Ferdinand II.
The structure is divided into lower and upper castle and the collection, which aimed to collect stories of centuries of art and war and Habsburg relics, includes paintings by Van Dyck, Titian, Cranach and Velasquez; the armor room (of the Thirty Years' War, of the imperial family, baroque, sixteenth century and tournament); the Hall of Arts and Wonders with a splendid piano that belonged to Archduke Ferdinand II, the only example existing in the world; the Antiquarium (with the particular Plate of Fools); the wonderful Hall of the Emperors with the Habsburg family tree and images of the various Emperors; the large park can be used in summer until 9.30 pm.
A visit not to be missed!
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Posted On : 2024-04-17 07:28:38
Posted By : Carla_B
1/2 of the building is closed. The upper castle is unavailable. The lower case is very nice. There was almost no one there.
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Posted On : 2024-03-08 04:04:08 
Posted By : temaromi
If there is one museum you must visit, it is this one. So varied, so fascinating, so atypical. The Spanish Hall… 'impressive'. Yes, but above all of an unseen splendor, colors, materials, execution ...
The room for art and curiosities: what an exceptional collection. The realization that these objects were collected hundreds of years ago, the perfect craft,... We could walk around in them for a day!
The arsenal, the collection of armor, the weapons,…. Also the presentation of it, with a little imagination there was suddenly a horde of knights in front of you.
And then dream away at the unique starry sky (so beautiful), the glass collection and so on.
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Posted On : 2024-02-10 14:13:23
Posted By : FellowTraveler99257
Be sure to walk through the old town! Ambras Castle, the Ferdinandeum, the Court Church and much more are absolutely worth seeing.
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Posted On : 2024-01-22 16:06:12
Posted By : Richard_S
Perfect way to start a tour of Innsbruck. This self guided tour is inexpensive and super informative. Collections from the very FIRST museum ever started in the world! We went on a weekday and had the entire castle and museum to ourselves. One word of caution is that when you leave the castle (which is above and overlooking the city) the city bus is really the only option and you must get a ticket to ride in the city (nowhere near the castle!). The bus driver was really nice and let us ride back to the city without a ticket. We repaid the local people with Karma in various ways for the wonderful treatment that they showed us tourists.
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Posted On : 2023-10-24 05:35:33
Posted By : Renate1957
Well worth seeing, all areas are incredibly interesting. You should plan enough time to be able to look at the wonderful castle in peace. The gardens are also very beautiful and well-kept.
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Posted On : 2023-10-07 12:25:59
Posted By : Cririta
Interesting for lovers of the Habsburg family and Archduke Ferdinand. Children without guidance or targeted activities may become bored.
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Posted On : 2023-09-04 10:42:17
Posted By : ciro_ra
wonderful experience...the strong point is the armory with a unique collection of armour. The structure is wonderful and well maintained and the garden is also well looked after. The only flaw is the parking... there are few places outside to park.
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Posted On : 2023-08-19 02:16:20
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