Excursion to Salzburg
Mirabell gardens
Mozart – Festival Town – Sound of Music
On your way to Salzburg you will pass through the wonderful landscape
of the Salzkammergut, with its beautiful lakes and impressive mountains,
the area where Emperor Franz Joseph and his family used to spend their
summer holidays. The trips takes you along Lake Traunsee, Lake Fuschl
and Lake Wolfgang, where the memories of the Edelweiss-Song from the movie
Sound of Music may come to your mind. Finally you arrive to Salzburg,
the birth town of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After lunch you will visit
the most important sights of Salzburg: the Cathedral, the Festival Hall,
St. Peterīs Abbey Church and its graveyards (tomb of Mozartīs sister Nannerl)
as well as Mozartīs birthplace in the Getreidegasse. You will see the
horse-pond and the marvelous gardens of Mirabell Palace and get a fantastic
view of the Fortess Hohensalzburg.
Zell am See
More information about Salzburg
Pictures: Austrian National Tourist Office
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