The stud farm can be visited on very popular, 50-minute guided tours. The interesting, informative tours are available in a number of languages; a tour covers the farm's unique heritage and the breeding of the animals, and visits the pastures and stables. It ends at the very good, hands-on museum called Lipikum (entrance included in tour). A highlight is the performance of these elegant horses as they go through their complicated paces pirouetting and dancing to Viennese waltzes with riders en costume .
Performances take place at 3pm on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday May to September. On Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, you can watch training sessions at 10am and 11am (adult/child €14/7 including guided tour). It pays to check the website or call to confirm these schedules, rather than arrive and be disappointed.
Horse-drawn carriage jaunts around the estate might appeal (15/30/60 minutes €14/20/40, not available Mondays).
In April and October there is a reduced number of performances and training sessions; from November to March there are none. You can still take a tour in winter, but there are fewer horses around. Hint: if you can, avoid visiting on Mondays, when there are no performances, training sessions or carriage rides.
