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We just had a 3 days long weekend trip to Salzburg in Austria and WE LOVED IT!! Salzburg is by far one of our favorite cities now because it was so pretty, cultured, safe and affordable! We kept our budget to 200 euros per person, inclusive of hotel, transport, attractions, food and all things Mozart haha. In this post, we will cover our recommended accommodation, good food in Salzburg, as well as the attractions that you can visit for free with the amazing Salzburg card! In the next post that is coming up soon, we will be covering the ever famous "Sound of Music" tour and the "Hallein Salt Mine" tour.
Expenditure Breakdown:
Accommodation: 55 euros per person for 2 nights
Salzburg Card: 32 euros for a 48 hours card (SUPER USEFUL AND WORTH IT, A MUST-GET!)
Hallein Salt Mine package: 24.60 euros (inclusive of return transport tickets and entrance ticket)
Food: 45 euros
Miscellaneous: 13 euros (on Mozart chocolates, Mozart liquor, Mozart everything!!)
TOTAL: 170 euros per person
ACCOMMODATION - AM NEUTOR HOTEL SALZBURG ZENTRUM
Address: Neutorstraße 8, Altstadt,
Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Price: 55 euros per room/night
Review: Highly recommended! As we only had 3 short days in Salzburg, we didn't get an airbnb but instead wanted somewhere more in the city centre. So we found this hotel that was very centrally located and close to all the major attraction sites (within walking distance!). This saved us a lot of time! And the best part is that the price is very affordable too :) Hotel room was clean and comfortable.
Directions: From the Salzburg train station, take bus 1 and alight at the stop right after you cross a tunnel. It takes about 15 minutes.
SALZBURG CARD
You can easily get the Salzburg card right at the Salzburg tourist centre which is at the Salzburg train station. There are brochures there which shows you the attractions that you can enter for free with the Salzburg card, as well as events that have reduced prices with the card. We didn't cover all the free attractions, but covered most of them. Also, public transport within Salzburg is free to with the card! THIS CARD IS AMAZEBALLZ.
With the Salzburg card, we entered the following attractions for FREE.
1. Cable Car Untersberg (Austrian Alps) - 22 euros
2. DomQuartier Salzburg - 12 euros
3. Hohensalzburg Fortress with cable railway up - 11.30 euros
4. Mozart's Birthplace - 10 euros
5. Mozart's Residence - 10 euros
6. Museum of Natural History - 8 euros
7. Salzburg Zoo - 10.50 euros
8. Panorama Museum - 3 euros
9. Catacombs - 2 euros
8. Panorama Museum - 3 euros
9. Catacombs - 2 euros
Total savings with the Salzburg Card: 56.80 EUROS!!
SALZBURG CARD ATTRACTIONS
Take Bus 25 from Salzburg train station to the last station and you'll arrive at "Untersbergbahn". We took a cable car up the Alps in hope to catch a magnificent view. However, we encountered bad weather conditions and it was so foggy that when we reached the peak of the Alps, all we could see was WHITE SPACE. Like really just white everywhere. That made it very hard for us to explore the Alps as we were very scared that our next step would be a step off the cliff. There were no safety barriers or whatsoever and with the reduced visibility due to the fog, we gave up exploring haha. It was a pity because I really wanted to see the magnificent cross at the peak of the Alps!!
2. DomQuartier
This was a very beautiful cathedral. Stepping into the cathedral simply makes you go "wowwww" and takes your breath away. But Joshua just went in to find a toilet to shit and left lol.
3. Hohensalzburg Fortress
We took a cable railway up to the top of the fortress. I don't know if it's because we were tired, or we are lazy, or we are just not cultured, but we didn't enjoy this place haha. There were so many uphills while walking around the fortress that we got so tired, plus we walked for 7 hours straight that day and were really dying. But the top of the fortress was quite empty and we thought that it was boring haha. We recommend those going to go for the Fortress Tour, so that you can really get to know the history of the place and it will definitely be more interesting! But we were just too tired that day to walk any further haha. The view from above was nice though :)
4/5. Mozart's Birthplace & Mozart Residence
At Mozartplatz where Mozart is buried at, how cool is that!! Ok it was cool to me only (Joshua was bored...) because I used to be musical lol, learnt piano since the age of 3 okay. So visiting Mozart's Birthplace and Residence was really amazing because all I did in the past was read about it, but experiencing it live was super cool!
I couldn't help it but buy this cute little Mozart liquor (2 euros). White chocolate flavor tasted kinda like Bailey's and it was warm and nice in the cold weather hehe.
Entrance of Mozart's Birthplace.
Just look at the array of Mozart products!! I couldn't help it again but to get the super cute Mozart chocolates. Falling into the tourist traps over and over again sigh.
Mozart was only 150cm tall say whut?! SO COOL.
6. Museum of Natural History
Both Joshua and I are not museum people...but this museum attracted us a lot!! :) There were soooo many exhibitions of all the different kinds of animals from dinosaurs, mammals, reptiles (I hate this couldn't enter this section lol), birds, insects etc etc and even bringing us to the space, human biology and many more!! A super fun museum to learn some cool facts about the world!
7. Salzburg Zoo
Take Bus 25 from Salzburg train station and alight at the stop "Anif Zoo Salzburg". Alternatively, what we did was to alight at "SchloB Hellbrunn" where the Sound of Music Pavillion and Hellbrunn Palace were at. It was just a short walk about 5-10 minutes from the Pavillion to the Zoo.
The Salzburg Zoo is the oldest zoo in Salzburg, and yes it really looked old. Even the animals looked old haha. Compared to Singapore Zoo, we really felt that it is not worth it to visit the Salzburg Zoo. There were quite few animals and the whole zoo just felt kinda dead. Other than the lammas which were cute!!
At the exit of the Salzburg Zoo, you'll get a superb view of the Untersberg!
FOOD
There are a lot of affordable food places around Salzburg city. Here are some of our recommendations, and all of them (except the last one) are conveniently located in the city centre and within walking distance from the main attractions around Salzburg.
Johanneskeller
Richard Mayr-Gasse 1, Salzburg 5020, Austria
We both ordered their signature Roast Pork with Bread Dumpling (11.90 euros each). The roast pork was really good, soft and tender! However, the bread dumpling didn't really appeal to us as it tasted kinda like a weird ball of flour...maybe it's just we don't know how to appreciate German food lol.
Hans W
Gstattengasse 1 | 5020 Salzburg
Although the menu is in German, the staff was very nice and patient in explaining to us the different hot dogs available. The hot dogs here were really AWESOME!! The bread was crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside. The hot dogs were super savory and it was just perfect with the sauces!!
Chicken Hot dog (5.80 euros), with chilli mayo sauce, tomato pesto and salad.
Ol Beef Picante (5.80 euros), with curry sauce, onions and salad.
Rosti (2.30 euros). THIS WAS THE BOMBZ. It was so good that we ordered one more after our hot dogs. I do not know how they did it, but it's really the best rosti I have had so far!
Saran Essbar
Judengasse 10, 5020 Salzburg
We decided to eat here because of the 9.90 promo, which was really a steal!
Wiener Schnitzel (9.90 euros). This was really good. The meat was tender and accompanied with the crispy texture on the outside, it was perfect!!
Apple Strudel (6.90 euros). We ordered this as it stated that it was the "Best Apple Strudel in Salzburg", and I wonder why we foolishly believed so... This apple strudel didn't meet our expectations at all. The skin wasn't crsipy but instead more to the soggy side. It was more of sour rather than sweet overall. I do not know if this is how German apple strudels are supposed to be but, this is not recommended haha.
After touring the Hallein Salt Mine, there is a bistro located very conveniently within the building. The food was affordable (see menu price below) and it was really good too!!
Currywurst BBQ Sausage (6.50 euros). The curry sauce was good, and portions were really big! The two of us shared this and were actually full.
In the following post, we will be posting about our own "Sound of Music" tour as well as the "Hallein Salt Mine" tour. You can save a lot of money by doing the SOM tour by yourself, and getting the package deal for the Hallein Salt Mine tour!! Await our next post! :D
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