100 ReviewsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived in this house from 1773-1778. His father died here on 28 May 1787. The museum displays original works by Mozart and items and furniture belonging to the Mozart family...
201 ReviewsThe Hohensalzburg Fortress, the chief landmark of Mozart's city, is the largest completely preserved fortress in central Europe. It was built in 1077, enlarged in 1500 and completed in 1681. It has...
140 ReviewsWhen the weather permits you should go for a walk through the Mirabell Garden and maybe have a look at the Castle too. The Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg had these gardens and the castle especially...
30 ReviewsWe went to Salzburg specifically for the Sound of Music tours, as my friend and I are really big fans. It's a great way to see and explore the city! Even if you are not a fan of the movie, I think...
47 ReviewsGetreidegasse is THE street in Salzburg. It is where absolutely every tourist goes, so it is very busy, very expensive and very crowded. It certainly is beautiful with all the signboards, but still I...
89 ReviewsSalzburg's DOM Cathedral is probably the city's most significant piece of church architecture and its ecclesiastical center. With its magnificent façade and mighty dome it represents the most...
42 ReviewsHellbrun Palace was built as a summer residence by prince-bishop Marcus Sitticus. The purpose of our visit was to see the palace’s main attractions, chiefly the surprise fountains in the garden. The...
43 ReviewsOur sightseeing day begins with a walk from the Bus - stop, along the river front to Mozart Platz.
Surrounded by tall buildings, is the square where the statue of Mozart stands. The statue was...
55 ReviewsThe Judengasse is a narrow roadway which in the 12th century was known as "The alley of the Jew's."
It was home to the Jewish community from 1248 up until their expulsion in 1498. The Jewish School at...
21 ReviewsThe Salt Mines tour opened with an interesting short movie about the history of the mines. The lady guide toured us around the mine. We took the voyage across the subterranean lake and even went to...
60 ReviewsThe White room, and as you guessed, it is white. Even though all white, I found it quite a striking room. Once again, beautiful stucco work and chandeliers and a painting from the classical period of...
17 ReviewsWhen I first saw a photo of the Kapitelschwemme, I knew it was a sight I had to see in Salzburg.
I found it, and wasn't disappointed!
It was a luxurious pond, where the watering and washing of horses...
11 ReviewsThis is not an activity for the not so fit as it involves freezing temperatures (even in August) and some very treacherou and slippery trekking. If however, you think that you can handle all this and...
30 ReviewsThe turquoise Blue Zalzach river flows through Salzburg. I walked alongside it on the New town side, and on the other side, I walked along the footpath by the shops. There are some good shops for some...
15 ReviewsI just couldn't walk past this shop, as there in the shop window were dozens of beautifully painted and decorated eggs. Wow! Inside I went, and I couldn't believe my eyes at what I was seeing!
All...
4 ReviewsAfter watching the HBO documentary "Band of Brothers" (which details the American 101st Airborne Division drive into Germany), we wanted to visit this WW II relic. Since we were already in Salzburg,...
56 ReviewsAn interesting church to visit is St Andrä, located right next to the Mirabellplatz bus stop. The church, completed in 1896, was all but destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. What you see...
6 ReviewsThe views from the fortress in the direction of both the city and the Alps are exceptional. On a clear day you can literally see for miles around. The largest peak visible from this vantage point is...
26 ReviewsStill in Mozart Platz, we are now going to visit the Salzburg Museum located in the New Residence.
I thought this was a very well laid out and informative Museum. Some Museums can be boring, but this...
8 ReviewsOn a hill opposite the castle sits a city park Monchburg that contain the modern art museum and the ruins of fortification built in 1630 during the 30 years war. Easy access to the park and...
32 ReviewsAs a lover of cemeteries, I would have to say, St. Peters is one of the best I have seen.
It really is a beautiful walled cemetery where all the graves are well kept, many have flowering plants. The...
7 ReviewsThe Kapitelplatz is another square with sights to see and even games to play, for located here, is a larger than life Chess set. A game of Chess was being played while I was there.
We came across this...
13 ReviewsSt. Rupert originally founded St. Peter's Abbey in 696 AD. The present building was constructed in the Romanesque period. As I entered the Church, I passed through a beautiful porch with Romanesque...
14 ReviewsI went to the Augustinerbrau Biergarten on a tip from a local - something I always wanted to do. It was ok - no more; no less. The quality of the beer was ...well, ok. Admittedly, I'm not a huge...
9 ReviewsOur next stop was ResidenzPlatz where a beautiful fountain is sprouting water.
Designed by an Italian sculptor, I loved the way he had 4 snorting horses coming out the fountain centre, each with water...
Salzburg is a nice town at the Salzach river, with a lovely old town. The old town is not that large, but you can spend quite some time strolling around, looking at all the shops and trying to find all the various areaways. Some are pretty unspectacular, but there are interesting ones with nice inner courts!Above the old town sits the fortress, Festung Hohensalzburg. You can take a tour with an audio-guide through a part of the fortress, but better come early as there are quickly queues. The tour also will get you on the tower where you can enjoy the view on the town. The fortress is on the Mönchsberg moutaing and there’s a nice path on it from where you have great views on the town. You also can walk up the Kapuzinerberg mountain on the opposite side of the Salzach river, this gives you another great view on the old town.Salzburg also has many churches and you will need more than one...
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Fortress Hohenwerfen
by himalia11
The fortress Hohenwerfen is an impressive landmark, located on a hill between the high mountains of the Tennengebirge and Hochkönig. It was built in 1077 and was extended the following centuries. You can learn a lot about the history of the castle during the guided tours which took about one hour and was very interesting. They take place almost hourly and you will see the chapel, walk on the battlement and climb up the belfry. For non-German speakers, there are audio guides in various languages available. Besides, you can visit the exhibitions, like one about weapons and another one about falconry. There are also birds of prey demonstrations twice a day with good information about falconry, but these were only in German.To get to the castle you either can walk up the hill which takes about 15 minutes, or you take the inclined lift. The inner court is wheelchair accessible by a stair...
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Krimmler Wasserfall (waterfalls of Krimml)
by himalia11
The waterfalls of Krimml ar the highest in Europe. With their drop of 380m they are indeed impressive! You can walk up along the waterfalls on a wide path and they’ve built several viewpoints that bring you very close to the rushing water. You also can get a great view on the waterfalls if you take the Gerlos Alpine Road. There’s a car park about half way up from where you can get an impressions how high that waterfall really is.Also close to the waterfalls is the WasserWunderWelt, a kind of museum with hands-on experiments and information about water, as well as a little park outside with some more experiments.Please see my Krimml page for more details.The waterfalls are open mid of April until end of October.Admission (2011) for the waterfalls: 2,50 € adults, 0,50 € children. There are tickets that include the waterfalls and WasserWunderWelt which are 7€ adults, 3,50€ children.
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Kitzlochklamm (Kitzloch gorge)
by himalia11
The Kitzlochklamm is another great gorge and is found in Taxenbach. The gorge is named like this because young goats (“Kitz” in German) enjoyed the cool gorge and tunnels in summer. After the entrance, you will quickly reach a nice waterfall and then the gorge starts, with a path along the gorge and over wooden bridges. You will also pass a dripstone cave, but it’s only open during guided tours. Then you need to climb up lots of stairs and above you can look at the “devil’s gorge”, a small gorge with high rocks around. There are also some interesting rock formations. The path then goes through a tunnel and afterwards over a spectacular bridge, goes up a bit more along the rocks until you reach the end of the gorge. At that point we turned and went back the same way until after the tunnel. There, another path brings you back to the car park, and you will pass a tunnel that was build by...
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Liechtensteinklamm (Liechtenstein gorge)
by himalia11
The Liechtensteinklamm is an impressive gorge near St Johann im Pongau. A path leads along the gorge and it gets more and more interesting until you have only rocks around you. There are several stairs but it’s easy to walk. The path also goes through two lighted tunnels, and at the end of the path there’s a nice waterfalll. It took us about 1 hour to the waterfall, with several breaks to enjoy the gorge. We went there rather early so it wasn’t yet full in the gorge, but on our way back we had lots of opposing traffic. It’s a pretty touristy place, there also are several souvenir shops in front of the entrance. If you are interested in another less touristy gorge I recommend the Kitzlochklamm, we enjoyed it as much as the Liechtensteinklamm!Open daily from 8:00 to 18:00 (May until end of September).Admission: 4€ adults, 2,50 € children. Free with the Salzburger Land Card or Hohe Tauern...
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Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (High Alpine Road)
by himalia11
The Großglockner High Alpine Road is a toll road that was finished in 1935. Many harpin curves bring you higher and higher with many car parks, from where you can enjoy the view on the Alps with it’s over 3000m high mountains. There are also several exhibitions along the road which are included in the toll. The road goes from Ferleiten to Heiligenblut, with a byroad going to the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe with its visitor’s centre. From there you have a wonderful view on the Großglockner (3798m), the highest mountain of Austria. In front of the Großglockner, you will see the Pasterze glacier, and if you want you can take the glacier railway down and then walk to it. There’s also a high path above the glacier which goes through some tunnels which is interesting to walk and gives you some more nice views on the Großglockner and the Pasterze. The Großglockner High Alpine Road was one of the...
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Kaprun
by sandysmith
Visit Kaprun with its amazing dams.Kaprun is a wonderful village, not far from Zell am See, with a breathtaking glacier and amazing dams. These dams with their mountain framed reservoirs and view of the Grossglockner are one of the most spectacular sights in all of Austria in my opinion. We were here again in 200 and its still just as spectacular. Bit of a journey: need to take bus from KAprun village to the Kefallhouse station. From her a short bus ride to the open air lift which hauls the group up to another bus ride weaving uphill and through tunnels to the upper reservoirs.
The Seven Wonders of Salzburgerland
by Manara
When deciding what to see in Salzburgerland a visitor has the embarassment of riches. Those who find it too difficult to decide by themselves will be happy to find that there is a widely advertised list of the Top 7 attractions. However, when one looks at the list one discovers that it includes actually eleven places of interest. Probably those who made the list started with the intention to limit it to seven, but then realized they could not possibly leave out any of the following: Residenz Salzburg, Salzburg Castle, Hohenwerfen Castle, Mauterndorf Castle, the Eisriesenwelt ice caves, Freilicht open air museum, the panoramic road of the Grossglockner in the Hohetauern mountains, the Wonder World of Water in Krimml, the castle and fountains of Hellbrunn, the salt mines of Bad Dürenberg, the dam and artificial lake of Hochbirges-Stanseen Kaprun.
The Natural Park of the Hohe Tauern
by Manara
This park was founded in 1981 and covers over 1800 square km of Austria. It is distributed among Carinthia, Tirol and Salzburgerland. Almost 10% of its surface is covered by glaciers and there are about 150 lakes.It is the home of about 10,000 animal species and of a very rich flora. It is not only a preserve for wildlife, but also a structure with educational purposes. There are themed routes, exhibitions and other information tools to help people to know more about the geography, the geology and the wildlife of this section of the Alps, the Hohetauern mountains.The part of the park in Salzburgerland is south of the Salzach valley. The Wildgerloos valley and the Reichenspitze mountain mark its western end, the Murtörl mountain marks its eastern end. The Seebachsee, Kratzenbergsee, Märtersee and Palfnersee are lakes situated within the park.If you want to make trips into the park you...
Relax at a spa
by Manara
I have created a page with many tips about the little town of Bad Gastein, but I take advantage of one more opportunity to advertise this charming place. Apparently people from Austria (and not only from Austria) go there mainly in winter, for skiing, but I fell in love with Bad Gastein during my summer holidays.Bad Gastein combines the beauty of alpine landscapes with the charms of that 19th century style that is typical of many thermal resorts. This means also that you can enjoy a holiday of sports (skiing in winter, hiking in summer) and include in it relaxing sessions of baths and massage. In the Felsentherme you will be able to enjoy that mix of activity and relax that will make you feel well.
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