Mirabell Palace and Gardens

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.