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Must-see attractions in Salzburg & Salzburgerland

  • Christmas Market, Christkindlmarkt Hellbrunn Palace, Hellbrunn Advent Magic, Salzburg, Austria, Europe, 19. December 2017
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    Schloss Hellbrunn

    Salzburg

    A prince-archbishop with a wicked sense of humour, Markus Sittikus, built Schloss Hellbrunn in the early 17th century as a summer palace and an escape…

  • Festung Hohensalzburg

    Festung Hohensalzburg

    Salzburg

    Salzburg's most visible icon is this mighty, 900-year-old clifftop fortress, one of the biggest and best preserved in Europe. It's easy to spend half a…

  • Austria, Werfen, Eisriesenwelt, snow covered building in front of cave

    Eisriesenwelt

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    Billed as the world’s largest accessible ice caves, Eisriesenwelt is a glittering ice empire spanning 30,000 sq metres and 42km of narrow passages…

  • Waterfalls

    Krimmler Wasserfälle

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    Enshrouded in mist, arched by a rainbow, frozen solid – this waterfall always looks extraordinary, no matter what time of year. The Wasserfallweg …

  • Gasteiner Wasserfall

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    Bad Gastein’s star attraction is this 341m waterfall, which rages over rugged cliff faces and through thick forest to tumble into three turquoise pools…

  • Boardroom, Salzburg Residenz Palace (16th century), Salzburg, Austria

    Residenz

    Salzburg

    The crowning glory of Salzburg's DomQuartier, the Residenz is where the prince-archbishops held court until Salzburg became part of the Habsburg Empire in…

  • Salzwelten

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    During Salzburg’s princely heyday, the sale of salt filled its coffers. Today, at Austria’s biggest show mine, you can slip into a boiler suit and descend…

  • Salzburg Museum

    Salzburg

    Housed in the baroque Neue Residenz palace, this flagship museum takes you on a fascinating romp through Salzburg past and present. Ornate rooms showcase…

  • Mirabell Gardens and Schloss Mirabell, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

    Schloss Mirabell

    Salzburg

    Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich built this splendid palace in 1606 to impress his beloved mistress, Salome Alt. It must have done the trick because she…

  • People walk on the path at Untersberg with cloudy sky in Salzburg, Austria.

    Untersberg

    Salzburg

    Rising above Salzburg and straddling the German border is the rugged 1853m peak of Untersberg. Spectacular views of the city, the Rositten Valley and the…

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    Erzabtei St Peter

    Salzburg

    A Frankish missionary named Rupert founded this abbey-church and monastery in around 700, making it the oldest in the German-speaking world. Though a…

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    Museum der Moderne

    Salzburg

    Straddling Mönchsberg’s cliffs, this contemporary glass-and-marble oblong of a gallery stands in stark contrast to the fortress, and shows first-rate…

  • Overhead of the Dom (cathedral) from Festung Hohensalzburg (fortress).

    Dom

    Salzburg

    Gracefully crowned by a bulbous copper dome and twin spires, the Dom stands out as a masterpiece of baroque art. Bronze portals symbolising faith, hope…

  • House where Mozart lived, now a museum, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

    Mozart-Wohnhaus

    Salzburg

    Tired of the cramped living conditions on Getreidegasse, the Mozart family moved in 1773 to this roomier abode, where the prolific Wolfgang composed works…

  • Mozart's Birthplace, now a museum, in Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

    Mozart's Geburtshaus

    Salzburg

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Salzburg’s most famous son, was born in this bright-yellow town house in 1756, and spent the first 17 years of his life here…

  • Burg Hohenwerfen

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    Slung high on a wooded clifftop and cowering beneath the majestic peaks of the Tennengebirge range, Burg Hohenwerfen is visible from afar. For 900 years…

  • Keltenmuseum

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    Overlooking the Salzach, the glass-fronted Keltenmuseum runs chronologically through the region's heritage in a series of beautiful vaulted rooms. It…

  • Stift Nonnberg

    Salzburg

    A short climb up the Nonnbergstiege staircase from Kaigasse or along Festungsgasse brings you to this Benedictine convent, founded 1300 years ago and made…

  • Wallfahrtskirche St Vinzenz

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    As though cupped in celestial hands and held up to the mighty Alps, this 15th-century pilgrimage church lifts gazes, and spirits. Inside is a tabernacle,…

  • Residenzplatz

    Salzburg

    With its horse-drawn carriages, palace and street entertainers, this stately baroque square is the Salzburg of a thousand postcards. Its centrepiece is…

  • Burg Mauterndorf

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    Looking every inch the fairy-tale castle with its setting atop a rocky outcrop and sturdy towers, medieval Burg Mauterndorf is its village's pride and joy…

  • Dommuseum

    Salzburg

    The Dommuseum is a treasure trove of sacred art. A visit whisks you past a cabinet of Renaissance curiosities crammed with crystals, coral and oddities…

  • Stille Nacht Museum

    Salzburg & Salzburgerland

    Hallein’s festive claim to fame is as the one-time home of Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863), who composed the carol Stille Nacht (Silent Night). Joseph Mohr…

  • Steingasse

    Salzburg

    On the right bank of the Salzach River, this narrow, cobbled lane was, incredibly, the main trade route to Italy in medieval times. Look out for the 13th…

  • Haus der Natur

    Salzburg

    Kids can bone up on dinosaurs and alpine crystals in Haus der Natur's natural history rooms, gawp at snakes and crocs in the reptile enclosure, and spot…

  • Friedhof St Sebastian

    Salzburg

    Tucked behind the baroque Sebastianskirche (St Sebastian’s Church), this peaceful cemetery and its cloisters were designed by Andrea Berteleto in…

  • National Park Worlds

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    For the inside scoop on all things Hohe Tauern National Park, factor in a stop at this terrific visitor centre. The museum side of it showcases the park…

  • Gasteiner Museum

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    Tap into the source of Bad Gastein at this museum, which spells out the town's history and the wonders of its thermal waters, from the bath-loving Romans…

  • Freilichtmuseum

    Salzburg

    Outside Salzburg, near Untersberg, the open-air Freilichtmuseum harbours around 100 archetypal Austrian farmhouses, evoking the crafts and trades of yore…

  • Schloss Leopoldskron

    Salzburg

    The grand rococo palace of Schloss Leopoldskron is where the lake scene was filmed in The Sound of Music. Its Venetian Room was the blueprint for the…

  • Spielzeugmuseum

    Salzburg

    On the arcaded Bürgerspitalplatz, the Spielzeugmuseum takes a nostalgic look at toys, with its collection of dolls' houses and Steiff teddies. There’s…

  • Sound of Music World Museum

    Salzburg

    If you're mad about The Sound of Music, this museum will appeal. It spills the beans on different aspects of the making of the movie, as well as providing…

  • Nikolauskirche

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    The late-Gothic Nikolauskirche is a little gem of a church, tiled with wood shingles and built around a central pillar. Its interior is simple yet…

  • Domgrabungsmuseum

    Salzburg

    Map out the city’s past with a look at the rocks in this subterranean archaeology museum beside the Dom. Particularly of interest are fragments of Roman…

  • Mozartplatz

    Salzburg

    On this stately baroque square, Mozart is literally and metaphorically put on a pedestal. The square hums with street entertainers and the clip-clop of…

  • Rupertinum

    Salzburg

    In the heart of the Altstadt, the Rupertinum is the sister gallery of the Museum der Moderne and is devoted to rotating exhibitions of modern art. There…

  • Wildpark Ferleiten

    Hohe Tauern National Park

    Wildpark Ferleiten is a 15-hectare reserve that's home to 200 alpine animals such as chamois, marmots, ibex, fallow deer, wild boar and brown bears. Kids…

  • Franziskanerkirche

    Salzburg

    A real architectural hotchpotch, Salzburg’s Franciscan church has a Romanesque nave, a Gothic choir with rib vaulting and a baroque marble altar (one of…