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Things to see in Salzburg

Tourist information: 

Tourismus Salzburg GmbH
Auerspergstrasse 6
Tel: (0662) 889 870.
www.salzburg.info

Salzburg's main tourist office is supplemented by additional tourist offices at street level dealing directly with any queries from tourists. There is one at Mozartplatz 5 (tel: (0662) 8898 7330) and another on platform 2A at the central railway station (tel: (0662) 8898 7340), both of which are open all year round.

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The Salzburg Card (valid either for 24, 48 or 72 hours) includes free admission to all the city's attractions and free use of public transport (including the fortress funicular, the panorama boat on the river and the Untersberg cablecar) as well as discounts for cultural events and for various tours and excursions. You can pick one up at all customer service centres, in hotels and at tourist information booths.

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.

Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Austria
Hohensalzburg Fortress

Overlooking and guarding the city from high above, Salzburg's castle 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) up the hillside from Festungsgasse 4.

Opening Times: Daily 0930-1900 (May-Sep); daily 0930-1700 (Oct-Apr).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Mönchsberg 34, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 8424 3011.
Website: www.salzburg-burgen.at
Mozarts Geburtshaus (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.

Opening Times: Daily 0900-1730 (Sep-Jun); daily 0900-2200 (July-Aug).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 844 313.
Website: www.mozarteum.at
Salzburg Residenz

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

Opening Times: Daily 0900-1700 (Residenz Gallery closed Mon).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 8042 2690.
Website: www.salzburg-burgen.at
Salzburg's Cathedral

This is Salzburg'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 which Mozart was baptised.

Opening Times: Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sat-Sun 1100-1800.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Domplatz 1A, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 8047 1870.
Website: www.kirchen.net/dommuseum
Salzburg's Festival Halls

Guided tours are given (once daily in winter, twice in June and September and three times in July and August) of Salzburg's splendid and world-famous Festival Halls, where all main ballet, opera and musical concerts during the Salzburg Festival are performed.

Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Hofstallgasse 1, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 849 097.
Website: www.salzburgerfestspiele.at
St Peter's Abbey and Monastery

St Peter's Abbey and Monastery is the oldest continuously active monastery in the German-speaking world, founded by the Frankish missionary Rubert after he arrived in Salzburg around 700. There are catacombs, probably of early Christian origin, in the area.

Opening Times: Daily 0800-1200 and 1430-1830 (no visits during mass).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Postfach 113, Salzburg, Austria
Telephone: (0662) 844 576.
Website: www.stift-stpeter.at
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