40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus

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.