Salzburg - Wikivoyage, the free collaborative travel and tourism guide - Salzbourg — Wikivoyage, le guide de voyage et de tourisme collaboratif gratuit

Salzburg ​((of)Salzburg)
Panorama from the Mönchsberg
Information
Country	Austria
Region	State of Salzburg
Watercourse	Salzach
Area	65,65 km²
Population	155 021 hab. (1er january 2020)
Density	2 361,33 inhab./km²
Nice	Salzburgers
Postal code	5020, 5023, 5026, 5061, 5071, 5081, 5082
Telephone prefix	43 662
Spindle	UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00
Location
47 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N 13 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
edit

Salzburg is the 4^e city Austrian in population, but one of the most important tourist towns in the country.

Understand

Tourist information

• Salzburg Tourist Office :
  • 47.8129613.044981 Salzburg Central Station Südtiroler Platz 1,   43 662 889870, e-mail : [email protected] – free. (last updated Jan 2021)
  • 47.7990613.048012 Mozart Square Mozartplatz 5,   43 662 889870, e-mail : [email protected] –  (last updated Jan 2021)

To go

Circulate

Car rental

You can opt for car rental in Salzburg. Indeed, the city has a number of providers who will allow you to move easily and safely in the city.

To see

Its historic city center is classified Unesco World Heritage.

• Cathedral (Dom)  (last update August 2015)
• The residence (Residenz)  (last update August 2015)
• Mozart Square (Mozartplatz)  (last update August 2015)
• St. Pierre Abbey (Erzabtei St. Peter)  – And its cemetery. (last update August 2015)
• St. Michael's Church (St. Michaelskirche)  (last update August 2015)
• Alter Markt  (last update August 2015)
• Franciscan Church (Franziskanerkirche)  (last update August 2015)
• Rupertinum  – Modern Art Museum. (last update August 2015)
• Mozart's birthplace (Mozart's Geburtshaus)  (last update August 2015)
• Mirabell Castle and Garden (Schloss Mirabell)  (last update August 2015)
• Hellbrunn Castle (Schloss Hellbrunn)  (last update August 2015)

Do

• City center carriage ride (Herbert-von-Karajan Platz).
• The sumptuous Christmas market (especially if it snows).
• The Salzburg Festival: Opera, theater and classical music festival (see dates at Music festivals)

To buy

The Mozart balls which are montages of chocolate, praline and marzipan. The originals are made by Confiserie Fürst and sold only in the 4 stores in Salzburg.

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

• Hotel-Pension Adlerhof (located near the station, 03 min walk.) – Hotel-Pension, and near the old town of Salzburg (10 min walk) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Döllerer's Genießerhotel  – A family-run 4-star hotel with twelve extravagant rooms near Salzburg. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Zur Goldenen Ente Goldgasse 10,   43 662 84 56 22, fax : 43 662 84 56 22-9, e-mail : [email protected]  49 € (~ 54.15 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 73.37 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ $ 59.16 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 32,124.7 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021). (last update Feb. 2018)

• Hotel Gasthof Kamml Brückenstraße 5,   43 662 850267, fax : 43 662 850267-13, e-mail : [email protected] (last update Feb. 2018)

• Hotel Stein Giselakai 3-5,   43 662 8743460, fax : 43 662 8743469, e-mail : [email protected] (last update Feb. 2018)

• Hotel Sacher Salzburg Schwarzstrasse 5-7,   43 662 88977-0, fax : 43 662 88977-551, e-mail : [email protected] (last update Feb. 2018)

Around

To the east is the Salzkammergut region, with mountain landscapes and numerous lakes. It is more convenient to get there by car. Among the buses traveling the region (hours), number 150 runs between Mirabellplatz in Salzburg and Bad Ischl (1 h 30 for the entire trip). Trains also run in the area, but going from Salzburg to Bad Ischl or Hallstatt will take you a detour.

• Around Wolfgangsee lake There are three villages, in order of road distance:
  • Sankt Gilgen (at the west end)  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • Strobl (at the east end)  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 47.73813.4481 Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut (on the north shore of the lake) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Bad Ischl (To 9 km east of Lake Wolfgangsee.)  – A spa resort. (last update Feb. 2018)
• Hallstatt (To 20 km south of Bad Ischl, from where it is accessible by train and bus)  – On the shores of Lake Hallstättersee, a village listed Unesco World Heritage (last update Feb. 2018)