Lake Constance: Mainau Flower Island Entry Tickets

Your experience

Visit Mainau Flower Island on Lake Constance with access to themed gardens, the Palm house, and the Butterfly house.

Getting started

Enter Mainau Island using your pre-booked ticket and proceed through the main entrance. Your ticket is checked at the access point, so keep it ready on your phone or in print. Once inside, you are free to plan your own route across the island's paths and garden areas at your preferred pace.

Mainau Flower Island

What to expect

Explore a 45 hectare island in Lake Constance, known for its carefully designed park and gardens. Across the seasons you can see tulips, rhododendrons, roses, perennials, dahlias, and other plant displays arranged in themed garden areas. The island also features Mediterranean style zones with palm trees and citrus plants, historic buildings, and family friendly play spaces.

Features

• Walk through the themed gardens where seasonal flower displays change across the year, including beds of tulips in spring and dahlias later in the season.

• See Mediterranean planting areas with palm trees and citrus plants that create a warm climate feel in summer.

• Visit the Teutonic Knights' Castle and the Baroque Castle Church of St. Mary from the outside as part of your island exploration.

• Enjoy access to all public garden zones with your ticket, including the main parkland and designated themed sections.

Palm house

What to expect

Step into the Palm house to experience a controlled climate space focused on palm species and other warm climate plants. This indoor area contrasts with the outdoor gardens, giving you a chance to see tall palms and dense planting up close in a sheltered environment.

Features

• View mature palm trees that reach up toward the roof structure, surrounded by companion planting suited to a mild, sheltered climate.

• Use your ticket to enter the Palm house without additional payment as part of your Mainau Island visit.

Butterfly house

What to expect

Enter the Butterfly house to observe butterflies in a humid, plant filled indoor space. Paths lead you through the enclosure so you can watch the insects at close range as they move among flowers and foliage.

Features

• Follow the route inside the Butterfly house to see a variety of butterflies resting on leaves and flying through the air around you.

• Benefit from included access to the Butterfly house with your Mainau Island ticket, so you can combine it with time in the outdoor gardens.