Abbeys & Monasteries

Benediktinerstift Melk

Contact & Informations

3390 Melk
Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Str. 1

+43 2752 555 232
+43 2752 55524 9

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Melk Abbey incorporates everything Baroque and is one of the most beautiful and finest Baroque examples in Europe. Visitors can expect fascinatingly designed museum rooms, magnificent halls such as the Marble Hall and library, an unforgettable view of the Danube valley and the high Baroque Abbey Church. The Abbey Park invites you to relax from April to October. From the panoramic terrace of the Northern Bastion you can enjoy a far-reaching view of the park, the monastery buildings and the surrounding areas.

For more information, please go to: www.stiftmelk.at

Highlights

For more than 925 years, it has been the spiritual and cultural centre of the country.
Holy Mass on Sundays and Holidays: 09:00 in the Abbey Church
Prayers “In the Middle of the Day” daily 12:00 – 12:15 in the Abbey Church
Special exhibitions:
Northern Bastion’s Wachau Lab | YOUth (as of May 2024)
Columned Hall & Small Baroque Cellar Transformation by LINE 4 as of 23rd March 2024
Arcade | Restoration and Life II

Infrastructure

Melk Abbey Restaurant: Open as of 1st April 2024, 10:00 – 16:00
restaurant@stift-melk.com
Easily accessible from the A1 motorway / Connection to the coach park allows easy access to the Abbey
Groups and individual visitors who purchase admission tickets to Melk Abbey may use the parking lot free of charge. The parking ticket must be validated at the cash desk (first courtyard) when buying the admission tickets.
Wheelchair Accessible
Shop

Opening Times

Opening hours

March, 23 – October 2024
Visits are possible without or with a guided tour

9.00 am to 5.30 pm (last admission 5.00 pm)

Guided tours for individual travelers in English at 10.55 am and 2.55 pm (April – Oct)
10.55 am, 1.55 pm and 2.55 pm (May – September)

Guided tours for groups are possible between 9.00 and 4.30 pm, with prior reservation.

November 1, 2024 – November 3, 2024
Visits are possible without or with a guided tour

9.00 am to 4.30 pm (last admission 4.00 pm)

Guided tours for individual travelers (in English & German) at 11.00 am, 1.30 pm and 3.00 pm
Guided tours for groups are possible between 9.00 and 4.00 pm, with prior reservation.

November 4, 2024 to January 6, 2025

• Monday – Friday: visit only with guided tour at 11 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm

• Saturday/Sunday/Christmas holidays (December 25, 2024 to January 6, 2025)
Visits are possible without or with a guided tour from 10 am to 4.30 pm (last admission 4 pm) •
Dezember 24, 2024: a visit is only possible with a guided tour at 11 am
(Guided tours for groups are possible between 9 am and 12 pm)
January 7, – February 28, 2025
Visit only with a guided tour at 11 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm

March 1, 2025 to March 28, 2025
• Monday – Friday: Visit only with guided tour at 11 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm
• Saturday/Sunday: Visits are possible without or with a guided tour from 10 am to 4.30 pm (last admission 4 pm)

March 29, – March, 31 and Nov, 1. – Nov, 2
Visit with or without a guided tour
9.00 am – 4.30 pm (last admission 4.00 pm)
April, 1 – October, 31
9.00 am – 5.30 pm (last admission 5.00 pm)
Visit with or without a guided tour

(subject to change)