Below is a list of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria during her reign (which lasted from 1837 until 1901), giving the names of the places she stayed and any known reasons for her visit.
Despite being head of the British Empire, which included territory on all inhabited continents, Queen Victoria never travelled outside of Europe, only travelling as far north as Golspie, southwesterly as San Sebastián, southeasterly as Florence and as far easterly as Berlin. The majority of her visits were made to the duchies and kingdoms of Germany (often via Belgium or the Netherlands) which was the home of many members of her family and the birthplace of her husband, Albert. She also made a few official visits to France and frequently holidayed there towards the end of her life and reign, once including a brief crossing into northern Spain. She also holidayed a few times in Italy and once in Switzerland. During their married life, the couple tended to make foreign trips in late summer, however from the 1870s, the widowed queen travelled during the spring.
1840s
| Date(s) |
Locations |
Country |
Details |
| 1843 |
September 2 — September 7 |
Château d'Eu, Eu |
 July Monarchy |
Visiting Louis Philippe I |
| 1845 |
August 11 — August 14 |
Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Aachen Cologne, Bonn |
 Prussia |
Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia and seeing the unveiling of a new statue commemorating Beethoven. |
| August 14 — August 16 |
Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz |
| August 16 — August 18 |
Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, |
 Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia |
| August 18 — August 19 |
Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg, |
 Kingdom of Bavaria |
Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria |
| August 19 — August 27 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg |
 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| August 27 |
Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen |
Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
| August 27 — August 28 |
Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda |
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| August 28 — September 3 |
Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha |
Visiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| September 3 |
Wartburg, Eisenach |
 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Visiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| September 3 — September 4 |
Kurfürst Hotel, Fulda |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
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| September 4 — September 5 |
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt |
 Free City of Frankfurt |
Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| September 5 — September 6 |
Hotel, Deutz |
Prussia |
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| September 6 — September 7 |
Antwerp |
 Belgium |
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium |
| September 8 — September 9 |
Château d'Eu, Eu |
July Monarchy |
Visiting Louis Philippe I |
1850s
1860s
| Date(s) |
Locations |
Country |
Details |
| 1860 |
September 24 — September 25 |
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt |
Free City of Frankfurt |
|
| September 25 — October 10 |
Palace, Coburg |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| October 10 — October 11 |
Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz |
 Hesse |
|
| October 11 — October 13 |
Palace, Koblenz |
Prussia |
Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia |
| October 13 — October 16 |
Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels |
Belgium |
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium |
| 1862 |
September 2 — September 4 |
Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken |
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium |
| September 5 — October 3 |
Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
|
| October 3 — October 17 |
Palace, Coburg |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| October 18 — October 2 |
Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken |
Belgium |
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium |
| 1863 |
August 12 — August 14 |
| August 15 — September 7 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| 1865 |
August 11 — September 5 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| 1868 |
August 6 |
Paris |
 Second French Empire |
|
| August 7 — September 9 |
Pension Wallis, Lucerne |
 Switzerland |
1870s
1880s
| Date(s) |
Locations |
Country |
Details |
| 1880 |
March 27 — March 30 |
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden |
 Baden |
|
 German Empire |
|
| March 30 — April 1 |
Schloss, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine |
| German Empire |
| April 1 — April 15 |
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden |
Baden |
| German Empire |
| 1882 |
March 16 — April 12 |
Chalet des Rosiers, Menton |
 French Third Republic |
|
| 1884 |
April 17 — May 6 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Wedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine |
| German Empire |
|
| 1885 |
April 1 — April 22 |
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains |
French Third Republic |
|
| April 22 |
via Switzerland |
| April 23 — May 1 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse |
| German Empire |
|
| 1887 |
April 1 — April 4 |
Villa Edelweiss, Cannes |
French Third Republic |
|
| April 6 — April 28 |
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains |
| 1888 |
March 24 — April 22 |
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence |
 Kingdom of Italy |
| April 23 |
Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck |
 Austria-Hungary |
Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| April 24 — April 26 |
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg |
German Empire |
Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor |
| 1889 |
March 7 — March 27 |
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country |
French Third Republic |
| March 27 |
San Sebastián Basque Country |
 Spain |
Unofficial meeting with Queen Regent Maria Christina, mother of Alfonso XIII. |
| March 27 — April 27 |
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country |
French Third Republic |
Visiting Queen Regent Maria Christina |
1890s
| Date(s) |
Locations |
Country |
Details |
| 1890 |
March 26 — April 22 |
Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains |
French Third Republic |
|
| April 22 |
Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne |
Switzerland |
| April 23 — April 29 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| German Empire |
|
| 1891 |
March 25 — April 29 |
Grand Hotel, Grasse |
French Third Republic |
|
| 1892 |
March 21 — April 25 |
Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères |
| April 26 — May 2 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| German Empire |
|
| 1893 |
March 23 — April 26 |
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence |
Kingdom of Italy |
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| 1894 |
March 16 — April 16 |
Villa Fabbricotti, Florence |
| April 17 — April 28 |
Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| German Empire |
|
| 1895 |
March 15 — April 23 |
Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice |
French Third Republic |
|
| April 24 — April 29 |
Altes Palais, Darmstadt |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| German Empire |
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| 1896 |
March 11 — April 29 |
Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice |
French Third Republic |
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| 1897 |
March 12 — April 28 |
| 1898 |
March 12 — April 28 |
| 1899 |
March 12 — May 2 |
Sources
- Queen Victoria's Journals
Free City of Frankfurt
