# Salzburg Stadt-Schifffahrt

Boat en Salzburg

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/salzburg-stadt-schifffahrt

The Salzach shipping company in Salzburg: a 40-minute city cruise and a boat to Hellbrunn from the old town.

## Who they are

The Salzburg Stadt-Schifffahrt is the tourist boat service on the Salzach river, in the centre of Salzburg. Today it is sold under the Salzburg Highlights brand, which also brings together Mozart concerts at the fortress, a restaurant and a bar on the river, an English double-decker bus and other city tours. The river has a long history of navigation: the salt that gave the city its name came down it, but the last commercial boat was withdrawn in 1891 because the water was shallow and the engines could not cope with the current. Boat trips returned in 2002.

## The boat

They sail with the Amadeus Salzburg, a boat built for this river: it is 16.45 m long, draws only 38 cm, has 1,085-horsepower engines and reaches about 50 km/h. It has capacity for 80 passengers, with large windows and an outdoor deck.

## What routes they do

The shortest trip is tour 1, a 40-minute loop on the river between the old town's bridges, with views of Hohensalzburg Fortress and the city's towers. Tour 2 goes down the Salzach to Hellbrunn, and tour 3 adds the visit to Hellbrunn Palace with its famous water games and the return by double-decker bus. You can also combine the boat with a Mozart concert at the fortress, with or without dinner, and at Christmas and New Year's Eve there are special programmes. The boat season runs from late March to early November; outside that period there are no trips.

## Tickets and prices

Tour 1 costs €19 per adult and €10 for children aged 4 to 14 inside; the Premium ticket, with priority boarding and choice of seat, rises to €22 and €13. Children under 4, to be checked. Supplements for the outer deck are sold the same day, depending on the weather and with limited places. Tickets are bought online, by phone (+43 662 825858-15) or at the ticket office, a glass pavilion next to the landing stage that opens an hour before the first departure. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before. With the Salzburg Card you cannot book: you have to scan it at the ticket office to get the ticket, subject to availability.

## Boarding, accessibility and dogs

The boat leaves from the Marko Feingold Steg landing stage, at Franz-Josef-Kai 1a, in the old town, and you should be there ten minutes before. Because of the boat's construction, wheelchair access is limited; let them know beforehand by phone or in writing. Dogs travel free on a lead, and those of 10 kg or more also with a muzzle. The website is in German and English and does not say what languages the on-board commentary is in. The departure timetable for each season is published as a PDF on its website.

## What they run

- [40-minute Salzach cruise on the Amadeus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/salzburg/things-to-do/salzach-boat-cruise), in Salzburg. Boat tour of the city, tour 1. Desde 19 € adult. 40 min. From 30 March to 3 November in 2026. Children aged 4 to 14, €10. With priority boarding and a seat of your choice, €22 and €13. There are versions with a concert in the fortress and with the Hellbrunn water games

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Address: Franz-Josef-Kai 1a, 5020 Salzburg
- Phone: +43 662 825858
- Meeting point: Old-town landing stage, next to the Marko Feingold footbridge, Franz-Josef-Kai 1a, 5020 Salzburg

## Contact

- Web: https://www.salzburghighlights.at/en/salzburg-boat-cruise/
- Coordenadas: 47.80128, 13.04169