Sights and Attractions in Salzburg

Visit Salzburg today and enjoy the best of musical history over hundreds of years and that of a popular musical just over 40 years old. Tourism based on ancient and modern - Mozart’s music genius in the 1700s, and the modern tunes of The Sound of Music, famous now for just over 40 years. Salzburg has it all, the music story, wonderful, old, historic buildings and the majestic mountains bordering a lovely, open rural plain. ‘The Festival City and its beautiful surrounding countryside’ - that’s what my glossy tourism book says and I agree through and through. My winter visit was magic. Snow was not as predominant as it usually is in ...  Read the complete review

LLamas in Salzburg? Doesn't that sound a bit strange? It definitely sounded strange to me, most of all because I didn't even know these animals lived in Austria. Well, it's not actually their real habitat but I just wanted to use my llama-experience to tell you that there are actually quite a few things to see and do in and around Salzburg that you might not have expected. I went to visit Salzburg last year and was absolutely amazed by how much you could do there. At first I was a little bit disappointed because my travel guide more or less exclusively focused on Mozart and I thought that my stay in Salzburg might actually become a bit boring after I had ...  Read the complete review

Ah, Salzburg. The land of Mozart and the Sound of Music. The hills are alive and all that. One of my favourite cities in the world - when the sun's shining, at least. I have been to Salzburg many times on day trips while on holiday in Austria, but until recently had not actually stayed there (though it was only for 3 days). Unfortunately the weather for those three days was not kind, but this did give me the impetus to explore more of what the city itself had to offer. You can't move in Salzburg without being reminded that it's the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - although the city spurned him while he was alive. One place that is ...  Read the complete review

Many times has it been mentioned, but many are too afraid to admit that they have been on The Original Sound of Music Tour! While in Salzburg, I thought it wise to give it a try, especially as I would probably not return to the city for a long time. The day began with me watching the film at my hostel, just to refresh my memory and annoy every one else by singing along. Conveniently, tickets for the tour where available at Reception... so during "Somewhere in my youth or childhood etc etc." (the WORST song in the film) I went and bought a ticket for the tour. At 1:40pm, a coach picked me up from the hostel to take me to Mirabellplatz, along ...  Read the complete review