SOUND OF MUSIC TOUR
Sound of Music was my family's old favorite show and we watched it quite a few times since I was a kid. So I was really excited to visit all the actual filming sites of the movie in the beautiful Salzburg! And true enough, all the sites seemed so magical and I was in awe. Many tourists in Salzburg pay to go for the Sound of Music (SOM) tour, but in actual fact, you can do it yourself for FREE!! Yes free, you heard me right.
Here is our recommended route in the order of:
1. Mirabell Palace and Mirabell Garden
2. Pegasus Fountain
3. Gnome Park
4. Hedge Maze
5. Winkler Terrace: lift is covered by Salzburg card but we didn't have enough time to go there. It is near the Fortress
6. Saint Peter's Church and Cemetery: it is located just one minute walk away from the Fortress entrance.
7. Sound of Music Pavilion
We didn't managed to cover the full list of SOM attractions as we didn't have enough time, but these were the major sites! :) We re-watched the whole SOM movie before visiting these sites because Joshua never watched the movie before lol. And after watching, we really could appreciate the sites better!
1. Mirabell Palace and Mirabell Garden
From Mozart's Birthplace/Mozart Museum, cross to the other side of the river and you will arrive at Mirabell Palace and Mirabell Garden in about 10 minutes. Together with the Mirabell Palace and Garden, you will find the Pegasus Fountain, Gnome Park as well as Hedge Maze all within the same location here. These were the locations where Maria and the kids sang the famous song "Do Re Mi". That song is very addictive and we kept singing it here lol.
2. Pegasus Fountain
3. Gnome Garden
4. Hedge Maze
5. Horse Bath
The Horse Bath was just a 5 minutes short walk from our hotel.
6. St Peter's Church, Catacomb, Cemetery
View from the catacomb, overlooking St Peter's Cemetery.
7. Pavilion
This attraction was slightly out of the way. You have to take bus 25 to the stop SchloB Hellbrunn and walk towards the entrance of the Hellbrunn palace. The Pavilion is right outside the entrance, you don't have to pay to enter the palace to view it!
Intially, Joshua was saying that this was just a pavilion like any pavilion and we nearly gave this attraction up. Buttttt I wanted to go...hahaha. Because if you watched the movie, this was the pavilion that many touching romantic moments happened, and where the song "I am 16 going on 17" was sung and they danced cute dances in the pavilion LOL. Ok shit I sound like a loser. But really, no regrets visiting this site!! It was really beautiful :')
HALLEIN SALT MINE TOUR
We paid 24.60 euros each for the entrance ticket + return train ticket + return bus ticket. This package can help you to save a few euros as compared to booking everything separately. To get to the saltmine, you will have to take a train from Salzburg to Hallein station, then transfer to bus to the Bad Durrnberg stop.
We enjoyed the salt mine tour very very much. It was super fun!! It started with the train ride which brings you deep into the salt mine. After entering the salt mine, you watch a few video clips along the way to learn about the history of the salt mine. But the most exciting parts were sliding down the salt mine slides!! It was going fast and quite steep, super fun!! There was also a boat ride which passes through a valley of salt water in the mine which is really cool too. Upon exit, you get a small souvenir and duh, they give salt haha.
Overall, we really enjoyed the Hallein Salt Mine tour as it was very interactive (the guide spoke good English) and there were many activities within the salt mine too. The slides were the BEST haha.
It was the end of our short 3 days trip in Salzburg and we really enjoyed every part of Salzburg. It was such a beautiful city with rich music culture (mostly Mozart haha) and it was an affordable city too unlike Switzerland which killed our pockets lol. So, VISIT SALZBURG TODAY!! :D
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