Opening Times for 2009 / 2010
 
March 28, 2009 to November 1, 2009
March 27, 2010 to November 7, 2010

Visits possible daily with or without a guided tour

May to September:
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (admission until 5:00 p.m.)
March 28, 2009 to April 30, 2009 and October 1 to November 7, 2009
 March 27, 2010 to April 30, 2010 and October 1 to November 7, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (admission until 4:00 p.m.)

 Tours for individuals:

From April 1 to October 31 we offer a daily guided tour in English
at 2:55 p.m. 
From May 1 to October 31 we offer daily guided tours in English
at 10.55 a.m. and 2.55 p.m.
 

Tours for groups:

Tours in English, German, French and Italian (sometimes also possible - Dutch and Spanish) may be reserved for any day of the week.

May to September:
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

March, April, October and November:
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

reservation

 
November 3, 2008 to March 28, 2009
November 2, 2009 to April, 2010

Visits possible only with a guided tour

Tours for individuals

are offered during this time daily in German and English at 11.00 a.m.
and 2:00 p.m.

Tours for groups:

Tours in English, German, French and Italian may be reserved
for any day of the week between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

reservation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 


Please be sure to reserve group tours sufficiently in advance!

Tour length: ca. 1 hour
Time needed to visit the abbey park: ca. 30-45 minutes
Time we recommend you spend at the abbey: ca. 2 hours

wheelchair accessible (for help please call +43-(0)2752-555-232)

The large monastery parking lot (for 30 busses and 250 cars) is easily reachable from the highway (A1) and the main road (B1)

Directly on the bike path Passau-Vienna.
Bike stands with lockers at the entrance to the abbey

Opening Times for Abbey Park and Garden Pavilion
May 1 to October 31
 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
 

 

Tour reservations:

 Stift Melk, Stiftsführungen, A-3390 Melk
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-232
Fax: +43-(0)2752-555-249
e-mail: tours@stiftmelk.at

Reservations for the abbey restaurant:

Stiftsrestaurant Melk, A-3390 Melk
Tel: +43-(0)2752-52555
Fax: +43-(0)2752-54444
e-mail: stiftsrestaurant@stiftmelk.at



   Admission Prices

All admission prices contain a 10% value-added tax.

pdf, Prices 2009        pdf, Prices 2010

Adults per person:
without guided tour: € 7,70
with guided tour*: € 9,50
Groups (of 20 or more) per person:
without guided tour+): € 7,00
with guided tour+)*: € 8,80
Pupils, Students (27 and under, with student ID) per person:
without guided tour: € 4,50
with guided tour*: € 6,30
Pupils traveling as a class (up to 19 years of age) per person:
without guided tour: 4,00   
with guided tour*: 5,00   
Family ticket (parents with their children under 16 years old):
without guided tour: € 15,40
with guided tour*: € 19,00
Small group tour (less than 20 people)
admission € 7,70
plus flat fee for the tour:  45,00
*: Tours only in the rooms of the abbey, not in the park
Tours for Groups are available in German, English, French, and Italian (by special arrangement in Spanish and Dutch).
 

The abbey park can be visited from May 1st to October 31st  from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
There is no additional charge if a ticket for the monastery has already been purchased.
However, it is also possible to visit only the abbey park.


Admission Tickets only for the Abbey Park (without a visit to the monastery):

Adults:  3,00
Students:  2,00
Children (6-16 years old):  1,00

Reduced combination tickets with the castles Schallaburg and Artstetten and Stift Göttweig are available.

Individual travelers can also make a special arrangement with the Austrian Railways and with the Blue Danube (DDSG) Ship Company or with the Brandner Ship Company (available where Austrian Railways tickets are sold).

 

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