Berlitz Pocket Guide Salzburg (Travel Guide eBook)

By Berlitz Publishing

Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Salzburg

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Salzburg, from top attractions like the fairy-tale Festung Hohensalzburg fortress and Mozart's birthplace, to hidden gems, including the Augustinerbr u, a brewery run by monks. This will save you time, and enhance your exploration of this fascinating city.

Compact, concise, and packed with essential information, this is an iconic on-the-move companion when you're exploring Salzburg
Covers Top Ten Attractions, including the fairy-tale Festung Hohensalzburg fortress that dominates the city and Mozart's birthplace as well as Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
Includes an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
Handy colour maps on the inside cover flaps will help you find your way around
Essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
Inspirational colour photography throughout
Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise tobring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travelguides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids'language products.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Release date: Apr 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781785730993

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Salzburg, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Salzburg, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Salzburg are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Salzburg. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Berlitz Pocket Guides

The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

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Table of Contents

Salzburg’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day In Salzburg

Introduction

Geography and climate

Politics and religion

Being a Salzburger

A Brief History

Neolithic and Celtic developments

Roman occupation

Church and state combined

Growth and destruction

The Peasants’ War

The city takes shape

The end of the prince archbishops

Early 20th century

World War II and beyond

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

The Mönchsberg and environs

The Festung Hohensalzburg

Nonnberg convent

Nonntal District – Kai Quarter

The Old Town and DomQuartier

Residenzplatz

The cathedral

St Peter’s Abbey

Kapitelplatz

Mozartplatz

Alter Markt

Getreidegasse

Festival District

Around Gstättengasse

Museum of Modern Art

Mülln

The New Town

Linzergasse

St Sebastian’s Church

Makartplatz

Mirabell Palace and Gardens

Kapuzinerberg

Salzburg’s environs

Leopoldskron Lake and Palace

Hangar-7

Stiegl’s Brauwelt

Hellbrunn Palace

Klessheim Palace

South of Salzburg

Untersberg

Berchtesgaden

Königssee

Hallein

Werfen

Eisriesenwelt

The Grossglockner Road

Krimml Waterfalls

The Salzkammergut

Fuschlsee

Wolfgangsee

Mondsee

What To Do

Culture and nightlife

Festivals

Nightlife

Shopping

Sports

Winter sports

Water sports

Cycling

Hiking

Salzburg for children

Calendar of events

Eating Out

What to eat

Meat

Vegetables

Seasonal specialities

Bread and cheese

Desserts

Coffee and cakes

What to drink

Beer

Wine

Reading the Menu

To help you order…

…And read the menu

Restaurants

Old Town

Restaurants

Cafés

New Town

Restaurants

Cafés and bars

Borders and suburbs

Restaurants

Cafés

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation

Airport

B

Bicycle hire

Budgeting for your trip

C

Camping

Car hire (see also Driving)

Climate

Clothing

Crime and safety

D

Disabled travellers

Driving (See also Car hire)

E

Electricity

Embassies and consulates

Emergencies (See also Crime and safety, and Police)

G

Gay and lesbian travellers

Getting there

Guides and tours

H

Health and medical care

L

Language

Lost property

M

Maps

Media

Money

O

Opening times

P

Police (see also Crime and safety and Emergencies)

Post offices

Public holidays

R

Religion

T

Telephones

Tickets

Time zones

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist information

Transport

V

Visas and entry requirements

W

Websites

Y

Youth hostels

Recommended Hotels

Old Town

New Town

Outside the centre

Dictionary

English–German

German–English

Salzburg’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

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Festung Hohensalzburg

The fairy-tale castle dominates the city it was built to defend. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #2

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Residenzplatz

The most impressive square in the Old Town. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #3

Tourismus Salzburg

Old Town

A baroque treasure trove, with stunning DomQuartier museum complex. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #4

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Grossglockner High Alpine Road

This twisting and turning route is one of the world’s great scenic drives. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #5

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Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens

See the grand scale of living of Salzburg’s prince archbishops. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #6

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St Peter’s Abbey

The city’s spiritual heart and the oldest active monastery in Austria. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #7

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Mozart’s Birthplace

The house in which he was born is now a museum. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #8

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Mirabell Palace and Gardens

Built for the mistress of an archbishop, here you’ll find opulence on a grand scale. For more information, click here

Top Attraction #9

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Königssee

Take a boat trip across the still waters of this beautiful Bavarian lake not far from Salzburg. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #10

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Museum of Modern Art

This showcase for contemporary art also offers a great view of the city. For more information, click here.

A Perfect Day In Salzburg

9.30am

Coffee

Even if you enjoy breakfast at your hotel, a second coffee or tea at the Café Bazar (for more information, click here) is the Salzburg way to start a day. Many writers have found inspiration in this smart though unpretentious café.

10.30am

The sound of Salzburg

Follow the footsteps of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to the Makartplatz, where, at house No. 8, you can climb the stairs to the 18th-century apartment of the Mozart family. Then stroll through Mirabell Gardens, seen in The Sound of Music.

11.30am

Invigorating heights

Cross the Salzach at Müllnersteg bridge and head for the pretty Müllner Kirche next to the huge Augustine Brewery. Lovely wooded paths wind south along the top of Mönchsberg, and scenic walking trails lead you down to the Museum of Modern Art.

12.15pm

Stunning art

The Museum of Modern Art (closed Mon) must not be missed by art lovers. Its restaurant, m32, is the place for an extravagant lunch break with a superb view from the terrace. Alternatively, descend to town in the Mönchsberg lift and stop at Humboldt Stubn (for more information, click here) for a traditional midday meal.

2.00pm

Dirndl and Mozartkugel

Getreidegasse (with Mozart’s birthplace at No. 9), Judengasse and Goldgasse are shopping heaven. Meander through the lanes and you’ll discover top brands in carefully renovated Gothic houses next to old shops selling Dirndl and other local costumes. Tiny Café Fürst (for more information, click here) at Alter Markt is the place to buy the original Mozartkugel.

4.30pm

360°

Step into the Salzburg of 1829 at the Panorama Museum, Residenzplatz 9. Telescopes reveal the detail in the 360° panorama painting of Salzburg and its surroundings. Then head for Mozartplatz and peep behind the ornate doors of house No. 4 into a pretty 18th-century yard with a garden.

5.15pm

Squares and lanes

Savour the atmosphere of the cathedral and the surrounding squares. Stroll from Residenzplatz to Domplatz and then to Kapitelplatz to see the giant chessboard and golden sculpture, Sphaera. To the south is the cemetery of St Peter, with catacombs carved into the rock face. Walk up Festungsgasse (the Festungsbahn – funicular train – runs in summer until 10pm) to Stieglkeller to enjoy a local beer and panoramic city view.

7.00pm

Keynotes for dinner

The restaurant Triangel (for more information, click here),on Max Reinhardt Platz, is a favourite spot of musicians and singers – and a fine place for dinner. Or savour authentic Austrian fare at Zipfer Bierhaus (for more information, click here) nearby. The Mozart Dinner Concert at St Peter Stiftskulinarium offers the perfect evening entertainment for Mozart fans.

9.00pm

High above

Traditional Gasthäuser like Zum Wilden Mann or Zum Fidelen Affen (New Town) are cosy places to enjoy chatty evenings among locals. To finish off a day with an exotic drink and breathtaking views, the rooftop terrace lounge of the Stein Hotel (for more information, click here) is the place to be.

Introduction

First time visitors to Salzburg are often awed by the consistent dignity and style of the city’s baroque architecture. And rarely is a city so delicately worked into a dramatic natural setting. Rising above Salzburg’s skyline and visible for kilometres around is the Festung Hohensalzburg, a fortress that sits atop the Mönchsberg mountain and watches over the city.

Below, the Altstadt (Old Town) is dominated by baroque towers and church spires, built by a succession of independent bishops from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This historic centre became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1996, recognised as an important European ecclesiastical area.

Salzburg is most famous for being the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and, of course, as the setting for The Sound of Music, but the city’s wealth of culture extends beyond that. With Easter and Whitsun festivals, as well as Mozart Week in January and the internationally known Salzburg Festival in summer, this is one of the world’s top festival cities, vying with Vienna as the cultural capital of Austria. Salzburg also hosts renowned Christmas markets in December, when the city is transformed into a winter wonderland, with ice sculptures, ice rinks, music, stalls and copious amounts of Glühwein (mulled wine).

Salzburg and the Salzach River

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Geography and climate

Salzburg is in the west of central Austria and close to the Bavarian border of Germany, in the northern foothills of the Alps. The city lies between two craggy hills, the Mönchsberg and the Kapuzinerberg, and is divided in two by the Salzach River. This was the life-blood of Salzburg for many centuries, used for transporting salt (Salz), gold and copper mined in the mountains, and bringing much wealth to the city during the Middle Ages. Only a few kilometres from the city centre lies the closest real mountain, the Untersberg (1,853m/6,078ft).

Salzburg is influenced by the alpine climate, and generally has cold, dry, snowy winters and warm summers with a considerable amount of rain. When it rains here, it really pours. The locals call it Schnürlregen – ‘string rain’. Whatever the season, the weather can be turned on its head by the warm south wind known as the Föhn (for more information, click here).

The Salzburg Card

A useful money-saver for the serious sightseer is the Salzburg Card, which allows free use of public transport, including