# Salzburg

A Baroque old town beside the Salzach, Hohensalzburg Fortress above it, Mozart's birthplace and the Hellbrunn trick fountains.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/salzburg · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## How many days do I need?

Two days are enough for the essentials. The first, the old town: the cathedral, St Peter's Cemetery, the Getreidegasse with Mozart's birthplace and, in the afternoon, the fortress, which is open until eight from May to September. The second, the other bank and the outskirts: the Mirabell Gardens first thing, and bus 25 to the Hellbrunn trick fountains and the Untersberg cable car, which are on the same line. With a third night you have time for the Salzach boat cruise, a concert or a trip to the Salzkammergut.

## How do I get there from Spain?

W. A. Mozart airport is about 6 km away: bus 10 takes you to the centre in a quarter of an hour (Monday to Saturday) and bus 2 gets you to the central station in about 23 minutes. Direct flights from Spain depend on the season; if you cannot find one, fly to Munich or Vienna and continue by train to Salzburg's central station. You do not need a car for the city: the old town is pedestrianised and hotels charge between €24 and €55 a day for parking.

## Is the Salzburg Card worth it?

If you are going to visit three or more places, yes. It costs €35 for 24 hours from November to March and €38 from April to October (there are 48- and 72-hour versions), half price for children aged 6 to 15, and it includes one admission to each attraction and museum in the city plus the city bus. Mozart's birthplace alone costs €18 and Hellbrunn €16.50. You can buy it online, at tourist offices, at the airport and at many hotels.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Christmas markets of Europe, Classical music and opera in Europe, Classic film locations
- Cerca: Berchtesgaden (a 19.0 km · Germany), Salzkammergut (a 52.4 km), Hohe Tauern (a 85.8 km), Munich (a 115.7 km · Germany)

## Qué hacer
- **Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular** (2 h 30 · All ages · Desde 15.5 € adult, with funicular up and down): What it is
Hohensalzburg Fortress crowns the Mönchsberg, above the old town, and can be seen from almost every street in Salzburg. It is open 365 days a year. You go up on the FestungsBahn funicular, which leaves from the Festungsgasse, next to the Kapitelplatz, or on foot by a steep path of about twenty minutes. At the top you walk through courtyards, bastions and the chapel, and the museums depending on your ticket: the fortress museum, the Rainer regiment museum, the marionette museum and the armoury.
Tickets and hours
There are four tickets. With the funicular, the basic one costs €15.50 and the full one, which adds the Princes' Chambers and the magic theatre, €19.20. If you walk up, €12 and €14.50. Children aged 6 to 14 pay between €4.90 and €7.30. It is open from 9:30 to 17:00 from October to April and from 8:30 to 20:00 from May to September (museums and rooms, from 9:00 to 19:00).
From 9 to 13 November 2026 the funicular is under maintenance and the interiors are closed; from 11 January to 14 March 2027 it stops again, but the museums are open and you walk up.
With a dog
Dogs enter on a lead in the outdoor areas; they do not go into the museums or the rooms, and on the funicular they wear a muzzle.
- **Mozart's birthplace, at Getreidegasse 9** (1 h · From age 8; not wheelchair accessible · Desde 18 € adult): Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 on the third floor of number 9 Getreidegasse. The Mozarteum Foundation turned it into a museum: on three floors it tells how the family lived, when he began to play, who his friends and patrons were and his passion for opera. There are instruments that were his, including his childhood violin. The visit takes an hour, with texts on the walls and a guide for your phone.
It is open every day from 9:00 to 17:30 (last entry half an hour earlier). Admission costs €18; with the Mozart Residence, on the Makartplatz, €25 and valid for 48 hours. Young people aged 15 to 18, €7; children aged 6 to 14, €6; under-6s, free; family, €32. With the Salzburg Card you get in free. Buy only on the official website: the foundation warns that it does not accept tickets from other sellers. The house is not wheelchair accessible.
- **Mirabell Palace and Gardens** (45 min · All ages; wheelchair accessible · Free): Archbishop Wolf Dietrich had the palace built in 1606 for his mistress, Salome Alt, and their fifteen children; his successor renamed it Mirabell. Today it is the town hall, but you can visit the Angel Staircase, with marble putti, and the Marble Hall, where Leopold Mozart and his children played and where weddings and concerts are now held. They are open Monday to Saturday; the hall, with reduced hours.
The Baroque garden, laid out around 1690 to plans by Fischer von Erlach, lines up its parterres towards the cathedral and the fortress: it is the classic photo of Salzburg. Look for the Pegasus fountain, the hedge theatre and the dwarf garden, with marble figures from the Untersberg, the oldest in Europe (the last two close in winter). The "Do-Re-Mi" scene of The Sound of Music was filmed here. Admission is free and the garden is open from 6:00 until dusk; the Orangery garden is under works until December 2026.
- **Hellbrunn Palace and its trick fountains** (2 h · All ages; the children end up wet · Desde 16.5 € adult): What it is
Archbishop Markus Sittikus built Hellbrunn in the early 17th century as a pleasure palace south of the city, and filled it with water pranks: stone tables that soak the guests, grottoes with mechanical birds that sing with the water and a theatre of automata driven by the current. The guided tour of the trick fountains lasts about 50 minutes and comes with an audioguide on your phone, also in Spanish; add half an hour for the palace exhibition and, if you like, an hour for the Monatsschlössl museum, ten minutes' walk through the park.
Prices, hours and how to get there
Admission costs €16.50; ages 4 to 18, €6.50; family of two adults and one child, €36.50, and €3.50 for each additional child. It is open from 28 March to 1 November, from 9:30 to 17:30 in April and October, until 18:30 in May, June and September and until 19:00 in July and August; the last tour leaves an hour earlier. In winter the trick fountains and the palace close (they reopen on 25 March 2027), but the park is open all year from 6:30 to 21:00. You can visit in any weather.
From the centre (Rathaus stop) or the station, bus 25 takes 25 or 30 minutes. By bike or on foot, along the Hellbrunner Allee avenue from Nonntal. Parking costs €3 for the first two hours.
- **Getreidegasse and the old town passages** (1 h · All ages · Independent · free): It is the busiest street in the old town, narrow and pedestrianised, between the Alter Markt and the Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz. Look up: the wrought-iron signs hanging from the facades, many of them gilded, advertise each shop, and they are still made by hand by the Wieber workshop on the street itself. The houses have windows that narrow floor by floor and dates and inscriptions on the doorways.
Look for the Durchhäuser, passage houses with an arcaded courtyard that link the Getreidegasse with the streets behind. The best known, the Schatz-Haus one, leaves from number 3 towards the Universitätsplatz, where there is a daily market. At number 9 is Mozart's birthplace. Go early or late: in mid-morning the street is a river of people.
- **Untersberg Cable Car, to 1,776 m** (3 h · All ages at the station; the trails above require mountain footwear · Desde 34 € adult, return): The Untersberg is the mountain that closes Salzburg to the south, on the border with Bavaria. Its cable car leaves from St. Leonhard, in Grödig, and in eight minutes climbs to 1,776 m. At the top you see the city, the Salzach valley and the Berchtesgadener Land; the station has a restaurant and a quarter of an hour's walk takes you to the Zeppezauerhaus hut. From there mountain routes of several hours begin, for anyone with boots and good weather.
The cabins leave on the hour and half hour: from May to September, from 8:30 to 17:30; in January, February and December, from 9:00 to 16:00. From 2 November to 13 December 2026 it is closed for maintenance. Return, €34 per adult, €17 for ages 6 to 14 and €12 for a dog, which goes up on a lead and muzzled. The station car park costs €4 a day, with the first half hour free. If you are not driving, bus 25 comes, heading for Untersbergbahn and passing Hellbrunn: you can combine the two in one day.
- **Salzburg Cathedral and Domplatz** (45 min · All ages · Desde 7 € adult, conservation contribution): Santino Solari built the present cathedral after the fire of 1598, and Paris Lodron consecrated it in 1628: it was the first Baroque church north of the Alps. A bomb brought down the dome in 1944 and it was reconsecrated in 1959. The facade is of Untersberg marble, with statues of St Peter, St Paul, St Rupert and St Virgil. Inside, look for the bronze baptismal font of 1311, where Mozart was baptised, and Joseph Mohr, author of the words of "Silent Night", and go down to the crypt, with remains of the two earlier cathedrals.
Admission is a conservation contribution of €7 (€3.50 for ages 14 to 18; free up to age 13; €5.50 with the Salzburg Card), and the audioguide is €3. From Monday to Saturday it is open from 9:00 until 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00 depending on the month; Sundays and public holidays, from 13:00. It cannot be visited during Mass and the midday music, and in July and August it closes earlier on days when Jedermann is performed in the square.
- **40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus** (40 min · All ages; one child under 4 per adult · Desde 19 € adult): The Amadeus Salzburg is a 16.45 m boat made for the Salzach, drawing only 38 cm and moving by jet propulsion. It leaves from the old town landing stage, at Franz-Josef-Kai 1a, beside the Marko Feingold footbridge (the one with the padlocks, opposite the Hotel Sacher), goes upriver past the villas in the south of the city until the Hagen mountains and the Tennengebirge appear, and comes back. It takes 40 minutes.
The ticket costs €19 for adults and €10 for ages 4 to 14; it holds 80 people, 62 inside and 18 on the outer deck. The ticket office, a glass pavilion beside the landing stage, opens an hour before the first departure. In 2026 it sailed from 30 March to 3 November. With the Salzburg Card you do not book: you go to the ticket office to redeem it, subject to space. The same company has a boat to Hellbrunn with admission to the trick fountains.
- **Salzburg Festival, summer opera, concerts and theatre** (3 h · Adults and young people; there are tickets for under-27s): Every summer the festival fills Salzburg with opera, Vienna Philharmonic concerts and theatre. Its emblematic work is Jedermann, performed in the open air in the Domplatz. The venues are beside the Mönchsberg: the Grosses Festspielhaus, the Haus für Mozart and the Felsenreitschule, with arcades hewn into the rock. In 2027 the Whitsun edition runs from 14 to 17 May and the summer one from 16 July to 29 August.
Tickets are requested on the festival's website, which publishes the programme each winter (the 2026 one came out on 4 December 2025), and by telephone on +43 662 8045 500. There are tickets for young people. Even if you do not go to any performance, you can feel the festival: more expensive, fuller hotels and people in evening dress around the old town. If you are travelling on those dates, book accommodation months in advance.
- **St Peter's Cemetery and the catacombs** (30 min · All ages): St Peter's Abbey, founded in the 7th century, is the oldest monastery still active in the German-speaking world, and its cemetery is older still. Between the Gothic chapel of St Margaret and the wall of the Mönchsberg are crowded wrought-iron graves and barred crypts. In the rock open the catacombs, hewn chambers of early Christian origin reached by stairs; they are open from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 18:00 from May to September, and until 17:00 the rest of the year. It is a quiet corner two minutes from the cathedral, on the way to the fortress funicular.
- **Salzburger Christkindlmarkt on the Domplatz** (2 h 30 · All ages · Free entry): The Salzburg Christkindlmarkt is set up in the heart of the old town, next to the cathedral, on the Domplatz and the Residenzplatz. It is a market with choirs, trumpets from the tower and nativity scenes, closer to tradition than to a funfair.
Dates and hours
In 2026 it opens on Thursday 19 November and closes on Friday 1 January 2027. The usual hours are Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 20:30, Friday from 10:00 to 21:00, Saturday from 9:00 to 21:00 and Sundays and public holidays from 9:00 to 20:30. Some days have their own hours: 8 December from 9:00 to 20:30, 24 December from 9:00 to 15:00, 25 and 26 from 11:00 to 18:00, 27 to 30 from 10:00 to 20:30, 31 with the sales stalls open until at least 18:00 and the food and drink ones until 1:00, and 1 January from 11:00 to 18:00.
What you see
There are choir performances, singing open to the public, the sound of trumpets from the tower, appearances of the Christkind and an exhibition of nativity scenes in the Residenzhof. The traditional dates of 2026: the Krampuslauf, on 5 December at 18:30; the Nikolo with the Kinderkrampus, on 6 December at 15:30, and the Perchtenlauf, on 21 December at 13:00.
How to organise it
The old town is explored on foot. Combine the market with the Getreidegasse, Mozart's birthplace and the Hohensalzburg fortress, which can be seen lit up from the square.
Getting there and when to go
The Domplatz is in the centre of the old town, at the foot of the Mönchsberg, and you reach it on foot from the central station in about 25 minutes or by city bus. If you come by car, leave it in a car park on the outskirts and walk in, because the centre is a pedestrian zone. The market can be seen comfortably in an hour and a half, and combines with the climb to the fortress or an afternoon of museums if the weather is bad.

## Dónde comer
- **Augustiner Bräu Kloster Mülln** (Bar, Salzburg (Mülln), €). Qué pedir: a mug of Augustiner and whatever you fancy from the stalls in the corridor: roasts, bread, cheese and radish.
- **Bärenwirt** (Restaurant, Salzburg (Mülln), €€). Qué pedir: the Backhendl, the house's breaded chicken, and for dessert the Salzburger Nockerl if they have them that day.
- **Café Tomaselli** (Café, Salzburg (old town), €€). Qué pedir: an Austrian breakfast with bread rolls and the house brioche, or a coffee with cream and a cake from its bakery.
- **St. Peter Stiftskulinarium** (Restaurant, Salzburg (old town), €€€€). Qué pedir: the surprise menu at the Peter restaurant, or the Mozart Dinner with a concert if you want music.

## Car-free: Salzburg on foot, by bus and by boat
Salzburg is done without a car, and better so: the old town is pedestrianised, hotel garages cost between €24 and €55 a day and everything you will see is on foot or a bus ride away. You arrive by plane or train at the central station, buy the Salzburg Card and forget about it.
Presupuesto orientativo: 110–220 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Sacher Salzburg** (Hotel): The house
It was built between 1863 and 1866 as the Österreichischer Hof and has been called Hotel Sacher Salzburg since 2000; it is the city's only grand historic hotel and it is family-run. It is on the right bank of the Salzach, opposite the old town with the fortress straight ahead: from the rooms with a view you have the postcard in your window. The Marko Feingold footbridge, the one with the padlocks, is at the door, and on the other side the Getreidegasse begins; just below, the Salzach boat departs.
Rooms and services
There are 110 rooms and suites, all different, decorated by the co-owner Alexandra Winkler: deluxe with or without a view, junior suites, family suites and the presidential suite. There is free wifi throughout the hotel, a gym (Health Club), 24-hour concierge and several restaurants: the Zirbelzimmer, the Sacher Grill, the Café Sacher and the bar. It has no pool. Entrance is step-free, with lifts and wheelchair-adapted rooms.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00. Smoking is not allowed inside; if you need to, ask for a room with a balcony. Dogs are welcome for €55 a day, with a basket, bowls and towels in the room and a food menu for them.
Getting there
From the airport it is 6 km, about 15 minutes by car or taxi; the hotel arranges transfers. Buses 1, 3, 5 and 6 stop at the Makartplatz, next door. If you arrive by car, the valet leaves it in a nearby garage for €55 a day.
- **Hotel Stein** (Small hotel): The house
The Stein is on the Giselakai, on the bank of the Salzach, between the old town and the Andräviertel district: you cross the Staatsbrücke bridge and you are in the town hall square. The building is medieval at its core, with 1950s elements and an interior the house sums up as "Salzburg meets Venice": Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso, Rubelli fabrics and contemporary art. It is adults only, over 16.
Its most sought-after spot is the Steinterrasse, on the seventh floor: a restaurant and bar with the fortress and the old town in front of you. Breakfast is also served there. It has a sauna, a gym and massages.
Rooms
Standard doubles are 21 to 27 m²; junior suites, 30 to 36 m², with a coffee machine; suites, 53 to 55 m², with a bath and shower. All have air conditioning, soundproofed windows, free wifi and a minibar with non-alcoholic drinks included. There is one adapted room. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out at 11:00; reception is open 24 hours. Dogs pay €24 a day.
Getting there
From the airport, bus 10 towards Sam drops you at the Rathaus stop in about 20 minutes, for €3, and you cross the bridge on foot in three. By taxi, about 15 minutes and €20–25. By car, you can unload at the door; the hotel car park is 500 m away, on the Imbergstraße, for €24 a day by reservation.
- **YoHo Hostel** (Hostel): The house
The YoHo is a large yellow building on the Paracelsusstraße, in the district behind the central station: a few minutes' walk from the trains and a stroll from the old town. It is a classic hostel, with no curfew and no daytime lockout, with reception open 24 hours and a minimum age of 18. It does not ask for a hostel membership card.
Rooms and services
It has dorms of 4, 6 and 8 beds (mixed, men only or women only, some with a shower inside), rooms for 3 and 4 with a bathroom and doubles and twins with their own bathroom. Each bed has a light and each person a locker. Bed linen is included; a towel can be rented for €1.
The buffet breakfast costs €8 and is served from 7:00 to 10:30. The bar is open from 18:00 until midnight. There is free wifi, free left luggage in the basement for after check-out, a washing machine and dryer at €3 each with detergent, bike hire at €15 a day and, every day, a screening of The Sound of Music in the common room. Prices per night can be checked on its booking website; the tourist tax, €1.85 per person per night, is paid separately.
Getting there
From the central station, leave by the back (Lastenstraße), follow the Weiserstraße and turn onto the Lasserstraße as far as the Paracelsusstraße. From the airport, bus 2 drops you at the station in about 20 minutes.
### Servicios
- **Airport bus to the centre and the station**: Line 10 to the centre in 15 min (Monday to Saturday) and line 2 to the central station in 23 min, every 15–20 min.
- **Central station (Hauptbahnhof) and tourist office**: Long-distance and regional trains, city and regional buses and a tourist office on the Südtiroler Platz.

## Luxury: Salzburg with a fine hotel and a special table
Salzburg has historic hotels opposite the old town, restaurants with Gault&Millau toques and, in summer, the festival. Luxury here is a room with the fortress in the window, crossing the river on foot to dinner and having tickets for a concert.
Presupuesto orientativo: From €300 por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir in style
- **Hotel Sacher Salzburg** (Hotel): The house
It was built between 1863 and 1866 as the Österreichischer Hof and has been called Hotel Sacher Salzburg since 2000; it is the city's only grand historic hotel and it is family-run. It is on the right bank of the Salzach, opposite the old town with the fortress straight ahead: from the rooms with a view you have the postcard in your window. The Marko Feingold footbridge, the one with the padlocks, is at the door, and on the other side the Getreidegasse begins; just below, the Salzach boat departs.
Rooms and services
There are 110 rooms and suites, all different, decorated by the co-owner Alexandra Winkler: deluxe with or without a view, junior suites, family suites and the presidential suite. There is free wifi throughout the hotel, a gym (Health Club), 24-hour concierge and several restaurants: the Zirbelzimmer, the Sacher Grill, the Café Sacher and the bar. It has no pool. Entrance is step-free, with lifts and wheelchair-adapted rooms.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00. Smoking is not allowed inside; if you need to, ask for a room with a balcony. Dogs are welcome for €55 a day, with a basket, bowls and towels in the room and a food menu for them.
Getting there
From the airport it is 6 km, about 15 minutes by car or taxi; the hotel arranges transfers. Buses 1, 3, 5 and 6 stop at the Makartplatz, next door. If you arrive by car, the valet leaves it in a nearby garage for €55 a day.
- **Hotel Stein** (Small hotel): The house
The Stein is on the Giselakai, on the bank of the Salzach, between the old town and the Andräviertel district: you cross the Staatsbrücke bridge and you are in the town hall square. The building is medieval at its core, with 1950s elements and an interior the house sums up as "Salzburg meets Venice": Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso, Rubelli fabrics and contemporary art. It is adults only, over 16.
Its most sought-after spot is the Steinterrasse, on the seventh floor: a restaurant and bar with the fortress and the old town in front of you. Breakfast is also served there. It has a sauna, a gym and massages.
Rooms
Standard doubles are 21 to 27 m²; junior suites, 30 to 36 m², with a coffee machine; suites, 53 to 55 m², with a bath and shower. All have air conditioning, soundproofed windows, free wifi and a minibar with non-alcoholic drinks included. There is one adapted room. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out at 11:00; reception is open 24 hours. Dogs pay €24 a day.
Getting there
From the airport, bus 10 towards Sam drops you at the Rathaus stop in about 20 minutes, for €3, and you cross the bridge on foot in three. By taxi, about 15 minutes and €20–25. By car, you can unload at the door; the hotel car park is 500 m away, on the Imbergstraße, for €24 a day by reservation.

## Backpacking: Salzburg on a backpack budget, by hostel or tent
Salzburg is not cheap, but it can be managed: a hostel next to the station or a campsite with a bus to the door, dinner at the Augustiner brewery stalls and plenty of things you see for free from outside, from the Mirabell garden to St Peter's Cemetery. If you are going to go into three or four places, the Salzburg Card is worth it.
Presupuesto orientativo: 45–90 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're backpacking
- **YoHo Hostel** (Hostel): The house
The YoHo is a large yellow building on the Paracelsusstraße, in the district behind the central station: a few minutes' walk from the trains and a stroll from the old town. It is a classic hostel, with no curfew and no daytime lockout, with reception open 24 hours and a minimum age of 18. It does not ask for a hostel membership card.
Rooms and services
It has dorms of 4, 6 and 8 beds (mixed, men only or women only, some with a shower inside), rooms for 3 and 4 with a bathroom and doubles and twins with their own bathroom. Each bed has a light and each person a locker. Bed linen is included; a towel can be rented for €1.
The buffet breakfast costs €8 and is served from 7:00 to 10:30. The bar is open from 18:00 until midnight. There is free wifi, free left luggage in the basement for after check-out, a washing machine and dryer at €3 each with detergent, bike hire at €15 a day and, every day, a screening of The Sound of Music in the common room. Prices per night can be checked on its booking website; the tourist tax, €1.85 per person per night, is paid separately.
Getting there
From the central station, leave by the back (Lastenstraße), follow the Weiserstraße and turn onto the Lasserstraße as far as the Paracelsusstraße. From the airport, bus 2 drops you at the station in about 20 minutes.
- **Camping Nord-Sam** (Campsite): The campsite
Nord-Sam is in the north of the city, 3 km from the old town and 700 m from the Salzburg-Nord exit of the A1 motorway, which makes it practical both for staying several days and for stopping on the way south. The pitches are separated by hedges and trees and have electric hook-ups. There is a service station for campervans, with chemical toilet emptying and water.
It has its own renovated pool, with sun loungers and parasols, heated in the summer months. The toilet blocks are heated in winter and on cold days, with showers, individual washbasins, a baby-changing table, sinks, a washing machine and a dryer. Reception has a small supermarket and café, sells bread in the morning and serves breakfasts, and sells bus tickets and the Salzburg Card. There is wifi.
Getting to the centre without a car
Bus 23 stops at the gate (Mauermannstraße stop) and goes direct to the central station; it is about 15 minutes to the centre. A flat cycle path along the Salzach also leaves from the campsite and reaches the old town, and they hire out bikes. The same path links with the Mozart cycle route towards the Salzkammergut.
In high season, reception is open from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00. Opening dates and prices can be checked on its booking website.
### Servicios
- **Airport bus to the centre and the station**: Line 10 to the centre in 15 min (Monday to Saturday) and line 2 to the central station in 23 min, every 15–20 min.
- **Central station (Hauptbahnhof) and tourist office**: Long-distance and regional trains, city and regional buses and a tourist office on the Südtiroler Platz.

## By plane: Fly to Salzburg or Munich and take a bus or train to the centre
Salzburg has its own airport, W. A. Mozart, about 6 km from the centre: a taxi takes about 15 minutes and the city bus a little over 20. From Spain direct flights depend on the season, so many people fly to Munich or Vienna and continue by train. For the city you do not need a car; hire one only if you are continuing to the Salzkammergut or the Alps.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Hotel Sacher Salzburg** (Hotel): The house
It was built between 1863 and 1866 as the Österreichischer Hof and has been called Hotel Sacher Salzburg since 2000; it is the city's only grand historic hotel and it is family-run. It is on the right bank of the Salzach, opposite the old town with the fortress straight ahead: from the rooms with a view you have the postcard in your window. The Marko Feingold footbridge, the one with the padlocks, is at the door, and on the other side the Getreidegasse begins; just below, the Salzach boat departs.
Rooms and services
There are 110 rooms and suites, all different, decorated by the co-owner Alexandra Winkler: deluxe with or without a view, junior suites, family suites and the presidential suite. There is free wifi throughout the hotel, a gym (Health Club), 24-hour concierge and several restaurants: the Zirbelzimmer, the Sacher Grill, the Café Sacher and the bar. It has no pool. Entrance is step-free, with lifts and wheelchair-adapted rooms.
Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00. Smoking is not allowed inside; if you need to, ask for a room with a balcony. Dogs are welcome for €55 a day, with a basket, bowls and towels in the room and a food menu for them.
Getting there
From the airport it is 6 km, about 15 minutes by car or taxi; the hotel arranges transfers. Buses 1, 3, 5 and 6 stop at the Makartplatz, next door. If you arrive by car, the valet leaves it in a nearby garage for €55 a day.
- **Hotel Stein** (Small hotel): The house
The Stein is on the Giselakai, on the bank of the Salzach, between the old town and the Andräviertel district: you cross the Staatsbrücke bridge and you are in the town hall square. The building is medieval at its core, with 1950s elements and an interior the house sums up as "Salzburg meets Venice": Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso, Rubelli fabrics and contemporary art. It is adults only, over 16.
Its most sought-after spot is the Steinterrasse, on the seventh floor: a restaurant and bar with the fortress and the old town in front of you. Breakfast is also served there. It has a sauna, a gym and massages.
Rooms
Standard doubles are 21 to 27 m²; junior suites, 30 to 36 m², with a coffee machine; suites, 53 to 55 m², with a bath and shower. All have air conditioning, soundproofed windows, free wifi and a minibar with non-alcoholic drinks included. There is one adapted room. Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out at 11:00; reception is open 24 hours. Dogs pay €24 a day.
Getting there
From the airport, bus 10 towards Sam drops you at the Rathaus stop in about 20 minutes, for €3, and you cross the bridge on foot in three. By taxi, about 15 minutes and €20–25. By car, you can unload at the door; the hotel car park is 500 m away, on the Imbergstraße, for €24 a day by reservation.
- **YoHo Hostel** (Hostel): The house
The YoHo is a large yellow building on the Paracelsusstraße, in the district behind the central station: a few minutes' walk from the trains and a stroll from the old town. It is a classic hostel, with no curfew and no daytime lockout, with reception open 24 hours and a minimum age of 18. It does not ask for a hostel membership card.
Rooms and services
It has dorms of 4, 6 and 8 beds (mixed, men only or women only, some with a shower inside), rooms for 3 and 4 with a bathroom and doubles and twins with their own bathroom. Each bed has a light and each person a locker. Bed linen is included; a towel can be rented for €1.
The buffet breakfast costs €8 and is served from 7:00 to 10:30. The bar is open from 18:00 until midnight. There is free wifi, free left luggage in the basement for after check-out, a washing machine and dryer at €3 each with detergent, bike hire at €15 a day and, every day, a screening of The Sound of Music in the common room. Prices per night can be checked on its booking website; the tourist tax, €1.85 per person per night, is paid separately.
Getting there
From the central station, leave by the back (Lastenstraße), follow the Weiserstraße and turn onto the Lasserstraße as far as the Paracelsusstraße. From the airport, bus 2 drops you at the station in about 20 minutes.
### Servicios
- **Airport bus to the centre and the station**: Line 10 to the centre in 15 min (Monday to Saturday) and line 2 to the central station in 23 min, every 15–20 min.
- **Car hire at the airport**: Alamo, Avis, Buchbinder, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Megadrive and Sixt, in the car park opposite the terminal.

## As a family: A small city with a fortress, water and a mountain

Salzburg is manageable with children: the centre is small and pedestrianised, distances are covered on foot and what they like best, the fortress with its funicular and the Hellbrunn trick fountains, is a walk or a bus ride away. Two or three days is enough for everything without rushing.

### What works best
Hohensalzburg Fortress with the funicular; children aged 6 to 14, from €4.90

The Hellbrunn trick fountains, with a €36.50 family ticket, April to November

The Untersberg cable car, €17 return for ages 6 to 14

The Salzach boat, 40 minutes, and the Mirabell garden

### Where to sleep
Hotel Sacher Salzburg, with family suites

Camping Nord-Sam, with a pool in summer and a bus to the centre

### Where to eat
Augustiner Bräu, with large halls and garden and stalls where everyone chooses

Bärenwirt, with high chairs and large portions

### Bear in mind
Mozart's birthplace is not accessible with a pushchair

The trick fountains close from November to late March

The Salzburg Card costs half price for children aged 6 to 15

### Qué hacer as a family
- Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular
- Mirabell Palace and Gardens
- Hellbrunn Palace and its trick fountains
- Getreidegasse and the old town passages
- Untersberg Cable Car, to 1,776 m
- Salzburg Cathedral and Domplatz
- 40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus

## With young children: Salzburg with little ones

With children up to six, Salzburg works in mornings: one big visit, a park or a boat, and the afternoon free. The children's rate starts at age 4 at Hellbrunn and on the boat, and at 6 at the fortress and Mozart's house.

### What works best
The Hellbrunn trick fountains: jets that soak and figures that move; children's rate from age 4

The Mirabell garden, with the Pegasus fountain and the dwarf garden (closed in winter)

The Salzach boat, 40 minutes, one child under 4 per adult

The fortress: the funicular saves the climb; children's rate from age 6

### Where to sleep
Hotel Sacher Salzburg, with family suites and a lift

Camping Nord-Sam, with a pool in summer and a baby-changing table in the toilets

### Where to eat
Café Tomaselli first thing, with breakfast and pastries

Bärenwirt, with high chairs and children's chairs

### Bear in mind
Bring a change of clothes to Hellbrunn: the trick fountains soak

Mozart's birthplace has stairs and does not take a pushchair

### Qué hacer with young children
- Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular
- Mirabell Palace and Gardens
- Hellbrunn Palace and its trick fountains
- 40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus

## With teenagers: Salzburg for teenagers

Teenagers get into Salzburg through the fortress, the mountain and the Hellbrunn pranks more than through the museums. Give them a map and some leeway: the centre is small and safe for them to move around on their own.

### What works best
The fortress, with its armoury, bastions and views

The Untersberg cable car, €24 return for ages 14 to 18, with trails at the top

Hellbrunn, where the trick fountains soak people of any age

Mozart's birthplace, €7 for ages 15 to 18, if they play an instrument

### Where to sleep
Hotel Sacher Salzburg, in the centre

Camping Nord-Sam, with bikes to get to the centre

### Where to eat
Augustiner Bräu, for the stalls and the atmosphere

Bärenwirt, for the breaded chicken

### Bear in mind
Hotel Stein does not admit under-16s and YoHo, under-18s

Up to age 15 the Salzburg Card costs half price, with bus and admissions included

### Qué hacer with teenagers
- Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular
- Mozart's birthplace, at Getreidegasse 9
- Hellbrunn Palace and its trick fountains
- Untersberg Cable Car, to 1,776 m
- St Peter's Cemetery and the catacombs

## With a dog: Salzburg with a dog

Salzburg accepts dogs in more places than usual: they ride the fortress funicular muzzled, the Untersberg cable car with their own ticket and the Salzach boat free. Museums and interiors, no.

### Walks
The Getreidegasse and the old town, on a lead and better first thing

The courtyards and bastions of the fortress, on a lead; the dog does not enter the museums

The Untersberg, on a lead and muzzled, €12 return ticket

The Salzach boat, free, on a lead; muzzled if it weighs more than 10 kg

### Where to sleep
Hotel Sacher Salzburg, €55 a day, with a basket and bowls in the room

Hotel Stein, €24 a day

### Bear in mind
On the fortress funicular a muzzle is compulsory

There is no published rule on dogs in the Mirabell gardens or at Hellbrunn: ask beforehand

### Qué hacer with a dog
- Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular
- Getreidegasse and the old town passages
- Untersberg Cable Car, to 1,776 m
- 40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus

### Dónde dormir with a dog
- Hotel Sacher Salzburg: €55 a day, with basket, bowls and blankets in the room
- Hotel Stein: €24 a day

## Consejos

### Go up to the fortress at the end of the day
In summer it is open until 20:00: afternoon light over the city and fewer groups.

### Combine Hellbrunn and the Untersberg
Bus 25 passes both; start with the cable car if the day is clear.

### Have dinner in Mülln
The Augustiner brewery and the Bärenwirt are a walk from the centre and the most Salzburg thing to do in the evening.

### Book early for the festival
From 16 July to 29 August 2027, hotels go up in price and fill months ahead.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What are the must-sees in Salzburg?
Hohensalzburg Fortress, the old town with the cathedral and the Getreidegasse, Mozart's birthplace, the Mirabell Gardens and, from April to October, the Hellbrunn trick fountains.

### How much does it cost to go up to the fortress?
By funicular, €15.50 for the basic ticket and €19.20 for the full one; on foot, €12 and €14.50. Children aged 6 to 14 pay from €4.90.

### Can you go with a dog?
To quite a few places: the fortress courtyards, the Untersberg cable car and the Salzach boat admit dogs under their rules, and the Sacher and Stein hotels accept them for a supplement.

### When is the Salzburg Festival?
In 2027, from 16 July to 29 August, with a Whitsun edition from 14 to 17 May.

### Can you do it in a day?
You can see the old town and the fortress, but Hellbrunn and the Untersberg need a second day.

### Where is the tourist office?
At Mozartplatz 5, next to the cathedral, and at the central station.