Salzburg has a Baroque old town beneath a medieval fortress, with Mozart's birthplace, the Salzach river and Alpine day trips nearby. Summer brings the Salzburg Festival; December has Christmas markets.
Good to know
- Buy the Salzburg Card for entry to sights and free public transport.
- Festival tickets sell out months ahead; check the program.
- The Mozart Week in January is smaller but lovely.
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UNESCO old town of wrought-iron shop signs and Baroque squares.
Candlelit dinner and performance at St. Peter Stiftskeller.
Vienna-style cafe since 1700, great for cake and coffee.
One of Europe's largest medieval castles, reached by funicular.
The yellow house where Mozart was born, with instruments and manuscripts.
Baroque gardens with a Pegasus fountain and the dwarf garden, famous from The Sound of Music.
Half-day bus tour to filming locations in the lake district.
Baroque cathedral where Mozart was baptized, with a grand organ and a vast marble interior.
17th-century palace with water pranks in the gardens.
Fairy-tale lakeside village of Hallstatt and alpine scenery in the Salzkammergut, about 1.5 hours away.
Cable car to a mountain with panoramic views over the city and the Bavarian Alps.