Mozart City Tour and Salzburg Card

Carry Salzburg in your pocket with the Salzburg Card and follow in the footsteps of the city’s most famous son with the Mozart tour. The 24-hour Salzburg Card gives you free access to many of the tops sights and attractions, free public transport services in the city and discounts on cultural events as well as some tours.

The Mozart tour begins at the Mirabell Palace, which along with its beautifully landscaped gardens is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Pass the Mozarteum music academy and the Marionette Theatre. Continue to the Markart Square and see the State Theatre, the beautiful baroque Trinity Church and Mozart’s former home.

Follow the river along part of the old fortifications to the Hellbrunn Palace for a brief photo stop. The gardens and fountains are simply gorgeous. On the way back to the city centre, pass Frohnburg Castle (which was the Von Trapp family home in the Sound of Music) and Nonnberg Abbey. Re-enter the old city through the Sigmund Gate, pass the Great Festival Hall and Old University, the famous Horse Pond, and the picturesque Getreidegasse shopping street as well as the ancient St Blasius Church. The tour finishes at Mozart Square, where a statue honours the great man.

With the Salzburg Card you have free admission to most of the places passed on the Mozart tour as well as free use of the city’s excellent public transport infrastructure, including the funicular that leads to the Hohensalzburg Castle as well as the fortress and its museum. Among the more than dozen attractions are the Museum of Modern Art and the Stiegl World of Brewing.

Meeting/ Pick up point: Mozart tour starts at No.2 Mirabellplatz by the Mirabell Palace.
Duration: The Mozart tour lasts about 90 minutes and the Salzburg Card is valid for 24 hours.
Start/opening time: Mozart tour daily at 9.30am, 11am and 2pm.
Languages:>/strong> English, German, Spanish, French and Italian with Russian on request.

Assistance or guided tour

Meal

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Equipment

At 9.30 am

Appropriate age for child ticket from 6 to 14 years