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Salzburg

Salzburg is a city in Austria, with a population of some 148,000 in 2005. If you've seen the movie The Sound of Music, you may think you know all there is to see in Salzburg. Admittedly, it's tough not to burst into song when you're walking along the Salzach River, or climbing up to the Hohensalzburg fortress which looms over the city. But there's a lot more to this compact, courtly city than Julie Andrews and Mozart's birthplace...
The city will be one of the eight host cities in the 2008 European Football Championships.

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Hotels in Salzburg

Holiday Inn Salzburg City Score 8.4 from 140 reviews
Sterneckstraße 21 8.4/10
Holiday Inn Salzburg City is only a 10-minute walk from the Mirabell Gardens and a 15-minute walk from the Getreidegasse street. All other attractions of the historic old town are also easily reachable from Holiday Inn Salzburg City. 2 bus stops are very close by. Holiday Inn Salzburg City’ bright and quiet rooms have air conditioning. The breakfast buffet is served from 06:30 to 11:00. The bar offers a selection of snacks and drinks around the clock. ... more
 
Villa Turnerwirt Score 7.85 from 86 reviews
Linzer Bundesstr. 56 7.85/10
There are 2 bars and a restaurant within walking distance of the villa. A Country & Western Saloon serving great steaks is also within walking distance. ... more
 
Akiv- & Wellnesshotel Alpina Score 0 from 0 reviews
Kirchboden 97 0/10
This family-run 4-star hotel offers a central and quiet location immediately adjacent to the Flying Mozart cable car in Wagrain. Aktiv- & Wellnesshotel Alpina features spacious rooms with many amenities, a sun terrace, an elegant lobby with an open fireplace, and a hotel bar with an open fireplace. The restaurant serves international cuisine and regional dishes. Relax in the panoramic indoor pool with its waterfall or in the 350 m² spa area. Here you will find 2 Finnish saunas, an aromatic steam bath, a Kneipp basin, a solarium, a relaxation room, and much more. Enjoy a variety of oil and salt baths in the cedarwood bathtub or let yourself be pampered in the massage room. Leisure facilities at Aktiv- & Wellnesshotel Alpina also include a fitness room, billiard, darts, and table tennis. The ski school (with a children’s area) and the Wasserwelt Amadé indoor adventure pool are in the immediate vicinity. An ice rink and a cross-country ski run are only a few minutes away. ... more
 
Alpenhof Annaberg Score 9.175 from 10 reviews
Zentrum 36 9.18/10
Guests hoping to find out more about the region can rent bicycles directly at the hotel. Attend ski school during winter or have fun playing darts with new-found friends. Barbecue facilities and an airport shuttle service are just some of the amenities at your disposal. ... more
 
Gasthof Brunnhäusl Score 0 from 0 reviews
Niedernfritzerstraße 37 0/10
Gasthof Brunnhäusl offers room with free Wi-Fi access and free parking in a quiet location between Bischofshofen and Eben im Pongau. The restaurant offers traditional regional cuisine. In the morning a rich breakfast buffet with homemade specialities is served. Half-board includes a 3-course dinner with a choice of dishes and a salad buffet. The ski areas of the Ski Amadé region are only a few kilometres away from Gasthof Brunnhäusl. The centre of Eben is 3 km away, and the A10 motorway can be reached in a few minutes’ drive. ... more
 
More hotels in Salzburg

Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)

Kranzlmarkt 1. Built in 1407. Reconstructed 1616-1618. Marble portal with a statue of the Goddess of Justice by Hans Waldburger (1616). Lunar clock. Present appearance since 1772.

type:Historic Buildings

City and Country Highlights 5 hours

City and Country Highlights

Panoramic City Tour:
This tour will provide you with an opportunity to see the as many historical and cultural highlights as possible in the city where Mozart was born.

Your tour will commence from Mirabell Square and take you through Mozarteum, the new part of the City, then continue to Mozart's Residence. Continue over the Staatsbrucke into the baroque Old Town with its resplendent Dome and the festival quarter.

Passing the Nonnberg Abbey you will see Castle Leopoldskron, used as the von Trapp family home in the film, "Sound of Music". Lastly the tour will return to Mirabell Square.

Lakes and Mountains Tour:
On this tour you can experience the breathtaking beauty of one of Austria's most beautiful regions - the Lake District just beyond the gates of Salzburg.

Your tour begins at 2:00pm with a scenic view of Salzburg and then will introduce you to the scenic and historical landmarks on the way to the beautiful Lake District. You will see the impressive hunting castle Fuschl, today a luxury hotel, where the Prince Archbishops spent many seasons.

In St Wolfgang there is time to visit the famous winged gothic altar by Michael Pacher, and there will be a stop at the White Horse Inn for refreshments. From St Wolfgang you be able to enjoy a 25 minute boat ride (May 01 - October 26 only) to St Gilgen, where Mozart's mother was born, on the other side of Lake Wolfgang.

Passing Castle Huttenstein, you will continue along the Mondsee. The ever-changing and contrasting scenery will make this tour an unforgettable memory.

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Mozart Concert and Dinner at Stiftskeller 2 hours

Mozart Concert and Dinner at Stiftskeller

Enjoy the most popular compositions by W.A. Mozart by candlelight.

With music played by Salzburg artists in historic costumes and a three course dinner, prepared according to traditional recipes from the 17th and 18th centuries. Dine where the monks created possibly the oldest restaurant in history, and sample delicacies of the old world, in the enchantingly lit Stiftskeller.

Imagine the joy of living in Mozart's Salzburg with all its colorful costumes and its culinary joys, let yourself be enchanted!

Please note: on December 31 there will be a Mozart Gala Performance with a 4 course meal instead of the regular program.

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St. Blaise's Church (Civil Hospital Church)

St. Blaise's Church (Civil Hospital Church)

Located at the end of the Getreidegasse, a famous street in Salzburg, where many of the world-renown guesthouses and shops are located in the old town is St. Blaise's Church looking toward the Moenschsberg. The Gothic St. Blaise's Church (Blasiuskirche) is located at the very base of the limestone cliff, and has been described as "Gothic Salzburg at its unaltered best." Unlike many of the other churches in the town, this one is pristine, as it was not damaged or rebuilt numerous times. Construction began in 1327 and it was consecrated in 1350 and served as a hospital church. Being a rather stark Gothic church, it lacks some of the elaborate decor of later baroque churches in the city, but is no less magnificent. It contains some rare medieval art, including paintings, sculpture, a marble relief of St. Sebastien on the exterior north wall and a 15th century tabernacle which is quite famous. It features a Gothic sacramental hall and a beautiful arcaded courtyard.

type:Churches and Cathedrals
address:Bürgerspitalgasse 2.