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Hohensalzburg Fortress

One of Europe's largest medieval castles, crowning Salzburg's old town with princely halls, museums, a funicular ride and sweeping Alpine views.

Mirabell Palace & Gardens

A baroque palace and formal garden in central Salzburg, home to the Marble Hall, Angel Staircase, Pegasus Fountain and a famous view of the fortress.

Salzburg Old Town (Altstadt)

A UNESCO-listed baroque old town on the Salzach, with the cathedral, Mozart's birthplace, grand squares and lanes made for walking.

Mozart’s Birthplace

The yellow townhouse on Getreidegasse where Mozart was born in 1756, now a museum with his childhood violin, letters and family portraits.

Salzburg Cathedral

A grand early Baroque cathedral on Domplatz where Mozart was baptised, rebuilt after wartime bombing and famed for its facade, font and organs.

Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains

A playful 17th-century summer palace south of Salzburg, famed for its water-trick fountains, mechanical theatre, shady park and Sound of Music pavilion.

Getreidegasse

Salzburg's most famous old town lane, lined with tall townhouses, wrought-iron guild signs, hidden passages, shops and Mozart's birthplace.

St. Peter’s Abbey

A Benedictine archabbey founded in 696 at the foot of the Mönchsberg, with a baroque church, a flower-filled cemetery and cliffside catacombs.

Mozartplatz

A baroque Old Town square anchored by Schwanthaler's bronze Mozart statue, beside the Neue Residenz, the Glockenspiel and Café Glockenspiel.

Mönchsberg

Salzburg's wooded city mountain above the Old Town, with a 30-second lift, cliff-edge viewpoints, ridge walks and a modern art museum.

Residenzplatz

Salzburg's grandest Old Town square, framed by the cathedral and archbishop's palaces and centred on a monumental 17th-century baroque fountain.

Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Salzburg's modern and contemporary art museum in two buildings: a cliff-top cube on the Mönchsberg and the Hundertwasser-decorated Rupertinum.

Haus der Natur

Salzburg's largest museum, with natural history galleries, an aquarium, a reptile and amphibian zoo and a hands-on Science Center.

Stift Nonnberg

Salzburg's hillside Benedictine convent, the oldest continuously active one in the German-speaking world and the starting point of the Sound of Music story.

Leopoldskron Palace

A rococo palace on a Salzburg lake, built in 1736, tied to the Salzburg Festival and famous as a Sound of Music backdrop.