Salzburg is a mid-sized city located in the North central part of Austria right next to the border of Germany. It's about a three hour drive from the city of Vienna and about an hour from the small town of Hallstatt where we visited previously. We stayed in Salzburg for two nights starting on day two of our vacation and used it as our base camp to see a little of the surrounding area.
We arrived in the late afternoon and after dropping our stuff off at the hotel, we took a self guided tour around the old town to see what it was all about.
It was early evening by that point so the sun was quite low in sky as you will see in some of my photos.
But we also walked around the next day a little in the morning and again in the evening so my pictures are from all different times of the day.
Anyway, none of that is important and I don't know why I'm even mentioning it. Let's talk about Salzburg the city.
I found Salzburg and the the old town especially to be very walkable. It was completely pedestrianized so we didn't have to worry about cars. It was also a fairly small and compact town so it didn't take too much walking to get around.
I found it to be very charming as well and it had a somewhat luxurious vibe about it.
It had that feeling that there was a lot of money in city. Maybe it was how clean and well preserved it was or maybe the giant golden orb in the center of town had something to do with it?
The luxury vibe was especially felt while walking down the Getreidegasse, a famous shopping street with all sorts of high end stores selling designer fashion, jewelry, artisinal gifts and more.
The street was long and connected to the other streets in the old town by these throughways, which were like covered passageways through the buildings.
My favorite part of the street though were the traditional style iron signs.
They were very ornate and each one was unique to the shop it represented.
They gave a lot of character to the street and really stood out as a cool feature of the city.
Even the Macdonalds sign was impressive to me.
There must have been some sort of concert or festival happening or about to happen when we were there, because there were some large bleachers and screen set up outside the church. We never found out what they were for though.
Speaking of churches, we check out some great Baroque style architecture at the Salzburg Cathedral.
It was an impressive building located in the center of the historic district.
It wasn't hard to see why the city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Another fun fact is that the city was the birthplace of Mozart.
There is a statue of the famous composer located in the square right by the cathedral.
You can also stop by the location where he was born.
It's a big yellow building with his name written on it; you really can't miss it.
Another claim to fame for the city is that it was the location (or close to it) where the Sound of Music was filmed.
I didn't see anything in the city itself about the film but we took a tour the next day and our guide mentioned it to us on the bus.
Anytime I go anywhere I generally look to see if the place has any nice parks or public gardens near by.
In this case, Salzburg had a great one located at Mirabell Palace.
Behind the palace was a garden that was free to get in.
It was full of statues and fountains and of course an abundance of flower beds.
It was busy there but it was also large and open so it wasn't crowded at all, so that was nice.
One thing that we didn't do was go up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
We chose to do other things while in the city so it just wasn't something that we had time for.
Nonetheless the fortress looked pretty cool up on the hilltop overlooking the old town below.
We viewed it from a few different angles at different times of day, especially at night.
We walked up the "mountain" one night for dinner so we got to see both sides of the city (the first two photos at the begining of this post showcase both sides of city). For now I'll just show you a small church that we came across on our walk that night.
And with that I'm all out of photos of the city, so I think it's time that I wrap things up. Overall I'd say that Salzburg was one of my favorite spots in the country and certainly a highlight of our trip. In my opinion I'd say that it is a "must see" location in the country.
Aw, love this post!
We didn't visit Salzburg (note to myself - next time Austria - this city is a must!)...
You had a lovely visit and you also saw Mozart, well just his statue!
Yes it's definitely a must see city in the country in my opinion. It was among my favorite spots and there was a lot in the immediate area surrounding so it made for a great base camp.
Walkable cities appeal to me, and yes, something tells me that there's a lot of money in that city.
That giant gold orb is a sight to behold. Spectacular indeed.
Was that McDonald's a one-off Fine Dining outlet?😅
Yeah I prefer to walk everywhere we never take Uber or transit unless we absolutely have to.
Haha we didn't go into he Macdonalds so I can't say. 😂
😆🤗
I have always wanted to visit Salzburg, but haven't managed that even though we drive pass by the city at least 3 times a year 😂 It's a pity that you didn't go to the fortress as this would be probably the first thing that I would have visited..
The city looks pretty and indeed clean, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the Austrians 😁 I love those photos of the signs! We tend to forget to look up, but there are such nice things to be seen 🙂
Have a lovely start of the week!
It would definitely be worth a stop if you drive past it that many times per year. It was a really nice town. My photos didn't do it justice. You can check out the fortress for me and let me know what I missed! 👍
I wish I had more time to do that but alas...
I read your post now and yes again I am very excited because this year in the summer I also went through the places you also presented very well.
It's a great city. We really enjoyed it. I'm glad that you got to experience it as well.
Around Salzburg I visited some amazing places that I hope to post here in the near future, and yes, this city is special.
Wow, just wow! I am in awe how establishments like McDonald's just blends with the architectural design of the buildings. Says a lot that they respect the place where they put their business. Anyway, Austria is one of the places that is on my bucket list. Surely, Europe does have a lot to offer!
It's a good location for a bucket list. We did a pretty good cross country tour that looped around the country and hit a lot of the highlights. We did that in a week and I felt like we saw quite a bit. Hopefully you make it there at some point
The hills are alive with the sound of music....... the home of the real von Trapp family, and many scenes from the movie filmed here.
Nice to see it in another season, I visited in the bleak mid winter, doing a christmas coach tour. salzburg was lovely, the coach tour was crap!
Yes I learned that as well but didn't see any of the film locations. I bet it was beautiful city in the winter covered in snow. Too bad the coach tour was crap
yes crisp and cold.
Yes I would imagine it to be very cold 🥶
Glad to see you're still going on some neat travels/adventures! Hope you've been doing well.
Well not so many anymore. We moved back to Canada. I still have a lot of photos in the archive from our previous trips.
I hope you are doing well also 😁
What a beautiful place! Old but vibrant. You must be in a good timing to visit that place, huh? I wonder if people there like smoking using that smoking pipes or I don't know what's it called but all photos are so great. They are delightful to see. Of course, it can be one's fav! 😊
Yes it's a very nice town. I'm not sure how many people buy pipes nowadays but I think they are pretty cool.
Wow, top photographs 📸 Interesting place to visit. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Youre welcome. Glad you liked the. 👍
Great capture on the photography. Reminds me of the time I was in Germany. There’s something new I learnt about photography from this post. An upward base photo makes I more interested with the view of the sky creeping in every shot.
I always like to capture a little bit of sky, especially if it's a blue sky with some fluffy clouds. That's the best 👌
Salzburg is really looking good
This city is amazing and awesome
It has lovely buildings
Yes it was quite lovely indeed 👍
The city is beautiful and well maintained and it has demonstrated a high level of welfare of its people.
I really enjoy all your cool photos.
It was well kept indeed. I'm glad you liked the photos 😁
Congratulations, your post has been added to Pinmapple! 🎉🥳🍍
Did you know you have your own profile map?
And every post has their own map too!
Want to have your post on the map too?
Hiya, @ybanezkim26 here, just swinging by to let you know that this post made it into our Top 3 in Travel Digest #2036.
Your post has been manually curated by the @pinmapple team. If you like what we're doing, please drop by to check out all the rest of today's great posts and consider supporting other authors like yourself and us so we can keep the project going!
Become part of our travel community:
Congratulations @leaky20! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
Your next target is to reach 150000 upvotes.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPI remember visiting Salzburg in 1977, and finding it to be a lovely city. I did take the Sound of Music bus tour, and loved it. The tour guide told us many interesting tidbits about the filming of the movie, things I'd never known before. And I'm pretty sure I went up to the fortress, but that was a long time ago. Thanks for sharing all the photos.