List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria

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 an empire on which the sun never sets, 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, as well as holidaying 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 (in her widowhood), Victoria travelled during the spring. 

1840s
1843
September 2 — September 7: Château d'Eu, Eu, France
Visiting Louis Philippe I

1845
August 11 — August 14: Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Rhenish Prussia
Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia at Aachen, Cologne and Bonn
August 14 — August 16: Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia
August 16 — August 18: Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, Rhenish 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, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
August 27: Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
August 27 — August 28: Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
August 28 — September 3: Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-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: Kurfust Hotel, Fulda, Grand Duchy of Hesse
September 4 — September 5: Hotel d'Angleterre, Free City of Frankfurt
Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
September 5 — September 6: Hotel, Deutz, Rhenish Prussia
September 6 — September 7: Antwerp, Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 8 — September 9: Château d'Eu, Eu, France
Visiting Louis Philippe I

1850s
1855
August 18 — August 27: Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
Visiting Napoleon III at Paris, Versailles and Saint-Germain

1858
August 5 — 6 August: Cherbourg, visiting Napoleon III
August 11 — August 12: Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf, Rhenish Prussia
August 12: Herrenhausen, Hanover
Visiting George V of Hanover
August 12 — August 28: Babelsberg Palace, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia
Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
August 28 — August 30: Hotel de Bellevue, Cologne, Rhenish Prussia

1860s
1860
September 24 — September 25: Hotel d'Angleterre, Free City of Frankfurt
September 25 — October 10: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 10 — October 11: Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz, Rhenish Hesse
October 11 — October 13: Palace, Koblenz, Rhenish 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, Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 5 — October 3: Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
October 3 — October 17: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 18 — October 24: Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium

1863
August 12 — August 14: Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
August 15 — September 7: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Also Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Hall of Giants
1865
August 11 — September 5: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1868
August 6: Paris, France
August 7 — September 9: Pension Wallis, Lucerne, Switzerland

1870s
1872
March 25 — April 6: Villa Delmar, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
Visiting Princess Feodora of Leiningen

1876
March 29 — April 10: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
April 10 — April 20: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1879
March 26 — March 27: British Embassy, Paris
Receiving President Grévy
March 28 — April 23: Villa Clara, Baveno, Italy
April 24 — April 25: British Embassy, Paris

1880s
1880
March 27 — March 30: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
March 30 — April 1: Schloss, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
April 1 — April 15: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany

1882
March 16 — April 12: Chalet des Rosiers, Menton, France

1884
April 17 — May 6: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Wedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

1885
April 1 — April 22: Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains, France
April 22: Via Switzerland
April 23 — May 1: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse

1887
April 1 — April 4: Villa Edelweiss, Cannes, France
April 6 — April 28: Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains, France

1888
March 24 — April 22: Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy
April 23: Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck, Austria
Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
April 24 — April 26: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor

1889
March 7 — March 27: Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country, France 
March 27: San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Visiting Queen Regent Maria Christina
March 27 — April 27: Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country, France

1890s
1890
March 26 — April 22: Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains, France
April 22: Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne, Switzerland
April 23 — April 29: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

1891
March 25 — April 29: Grand Hotel, Grasse, France

1892
March 21 — April 25: Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères, France
April 26 — May 2: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

1893
March 23 — April 26: Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy

1894
March 16 — April 16: Villa Fabbricotti, Florence, Italy
April 17 — April 28: Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1895
March 15 — April 23: Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice, France
April 24 — April 29: Altes Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

1896
March 11 — April 29: Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice, France

1897
March 12 — April 28: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France

1898
March 12 — April 28: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France

1899
March 12 — May 2: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France

Sources
Queen Victoria's Journals

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