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Our sightseeing bus picks you from your hotel in Salbzburg approx. 30 minutes before departure of your tour. Please indicate the name of your hotel in the COMMENTS field. If not hotel in Salzburg mentioned, the meeting point is 20 minutes previous to depart at Salzburg Sightseeing Tours - Mirabellplatz 2.
Salzburg by bus and by foot - a perfect combination.
This tour will fascinate you. A Cultural and Architectural Sightseeing experience of a unique art.
Part 1: Bus Tour
The tour begins by the Palace of Mirabell built in the year 1606 for the Archbishop Wolf Dietrich and is today home to the office of the local Mayor and city offices. Then pass the Mozarteum (University of Music) one of the world’s most prestigious music academies. Passing the Marionette Theatre, you will arrive in Markart Square with the Landestheatre (The Regional Theatre), The Trinity Church a baroque masterpiece from Fischer von Erlach plus Mozart’s Wohnhaus (Mozart’s Residence), where the composer lived for many years. Crossing over the Salzach (Salt) river which was once a major transport route you will have a wonderful view of this magical city. Following the river along part of the old fortifications you will pass the Law Courts on the way to the Hellbrunn Palace where you will have a short photo stop. Hellbrunn Palace was built at the start of the 17th century to the design of the great architect Santino Solari and used as a hunting lodge and weekend residence by Salzburg’s Archbishops. On the way back to the city centre you will pass the Palace of Frohnburg and the Nonnberg Abbey, situated beneath the impressive Hohensalzburg Fortress, before entering the heart of the city through the Siegmunds Gate. Once in the old city you will pass by the Festival Halls, Old University, Horse Pond, Getreidegasse and the Blasius Church. The tour finishes in Mozart Square where you will see the famous Mozart statue, Cathedral, Old Residence of the Archbishops and the Fortress Hohensalzburg.
Part 2: Walking Tour
The walking tour will impress you as you admire all the important sights of the Old City. The memories of this tour will stay with you forever: Mirabell Gardens, Getreidgasse with Mozart’s Birthplace, University Square, Old Market, Residence Square with Residence Fountain, Mozart Square, Cathedral, Cemetery of St Peter, Kapitel Square at the foot of the Fortress Hohensalzburg.
During this tour you can relive Mozart’s city by Bus and on foot letting this Baroque city draw you within its magic.
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