Top Choice Fort in Salzburg
Festung Hohensalzburg
Top Choice Museum in Salzburg
Salzburg Museum
Housed in the baroque Neue Residenz palace, this flagship museum takes you on a fascinating romp through Salzburg past and present. Ornate rooms showcase everything from Roman excavations to royal portraits. There a…
Top Choice Palace in Salzburg
Residenz
Top Choice Gallery in Salzburg
Museum der Moderne
Straddling Mönchsberg’s cliffs, this contemporary glass-and-marble oblong of a gallery stands in stark contrast to the fortress, and shows first-rate temporary exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century art. The works of…
Square in Salzburg
Residenzplatz
With its horse-drawn carriages, palace and street entertainers, this stately baroque square is the Salzburg of a thousand postcards. Its centrepiece is the Residenzbrunnen, an enormous marble fountain. The plaza is …
Palace in Salzburg
Schloss Mirabell
Mountain in Salzburg
Untersberg
Rising above Salzburg and straddling the German border is the rugged 1853m peak of Untersberg. Spectacular views of the city, the Rositten Valley and the Tyrolean, Salzburg and Bavarian Alpine ranges unfold from the…
Monastery in Salzburg
Erzabtei St Peter
A Frankish missionary named Rupert founded this abbey-church and monastery in around 700, making it the oldest in the German-speaking world. Though a vaulted Romanesque portal remains, today’s church is overwhelming…
Cathedral in Salzburg
Dom
Museum in Salzburg