What to do · Salzburg
Hohensalzburg Fortress and the FestungsBahn funicular
Information
- From
- €15 adult, with funicular up and down
- Duration
- 2 h 30
- Season
- All year, every day
- Who it's for
- All ages
- With a dog
- On a lead in courtyards and bastions; not allowed in the museums or rooms; muzzle compulsory on the funicular
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.
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