Salzburg's Cathedral
This is the city's ecclesiastical centre and one of the most significant pieces of early baroque architecture in the whole of Europe. Among the precious objects it contains is the font in Mozart was baptised.

Domplatz
Tel: (0662) 8047 1860.
Website: www.kirchen.net/dommuseum 

The Hohensalzburg Fortress
Overlooking and guarding the city from high above, this is the largest fully preserved fortress in Central Europe and Salzburg's chief landmark with a history going back to 1077. It can be accessed by using the funicular railway (festungsbahn) (tel: (0662) 4480 9750) up the hillside from Festungsgasse 4.

Tel: (0662) 8424 3011.
Website: www.salzburg-burgen.at

Getreidegasse
The Getreidegasse is the most famous shopping street in Salzburg, and it is famous not only for the excellent range of shops on offer, but also for the layout of the street and the peculiar and elegant interconnected houses, passageways and courtyards along the way.

Mozart's Birthplace
Mozart's family lived on the third floor of the Hagenauer House from 1747 to 1773, and it was here that the musical genius was born in 1756. Today the house is a museum with exhibits such as Mozart's childhood violin and several of his other instruments. There is also a museum at the Mozart family's residence (tel: (0662) 8742 2740) from 1773 to 1780 at Makartplatz 8.

Getreidegasse 9
Tel: (0662) 844 313.
Website: www.mozarteum.at 

The Residenz
The former official apartments of the Salzburg prince archbishops is an extensive and impressive complex of buildings, which contains the Residenz Gallery (tel: (0662) 840 4510; website: www.residenzgalerie.at), an excellent art gallery with masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens and Brueghel, to name but a few.

Residenzplatz
Tel: (0662) 8042 2690.
Website: www.salzburg-burgen.at