Salzburg
Salzburg Mozart — the Mozarteum Foundation, Mozart Museums & the Complete Musical Legacy
The entire city of Salzburg is organized around the legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — the two Mozart museums, the Mozarteum Foundation, the Salzburg Festival, and the Mozart Week form the most comprehensive musical legacy of any single composer in any city in the world.
Salzburg — the Hohensalzburg Fortress, Mozart's Birthplace & the Sound of Music City
Salzburg (the capital of the Austrian state of Salzburg, population 155,000, the 'City of Mozart' — the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756, the city that gave the world its most beloved classical composer — the UNESCO World Heritage Old Town the most complete Baroque city north of the Alps, the city immortalized in The Sound of Music 1965 and the Salzburg Festival the most prestigious classical music festival in the world)
Salzburg Art and Museums — the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg Museum & the Rupertinum
Salzburg's museum landscape extends well beyond Mozart — the Museum der Moderne on the Mönchsberg cliff, the Salzburg Museum in the Neue Residenz, and the Rupertinum in the Old Town form the core of the city's contemporary and historical art circuit.
Salzburg Practical — Seasons, the Mozart Week, Christmas Market & Getting Around
Salzburg has four distinct visiting seasons — the summer festival, the spring and autumn shoulder seasons, and the December Christmas market that transforms the Baroque squares into the most atmospheric winter market in Austria.
Salzburg Day Trips — the Salzkammergut Lakes, Hallstatt & the Austrian Alpine Landscape
The Salzkammergut lake district east of Salzburg is the most visited Alpine lake landscape in Austria — the Wolfgangsee, the Attersee, and the Hallstättersee with their mountain reflections and historic villages are accessible in under 2 hours from Salzburg.
Salzburg Old Town Depth — St. Peter's Monastery, the Catacombs & the Medieval City
Below the Salzburg Festival glamour lies one of the most continuously inhabited urban sites in the Alps — the St. Peter's monastery founded 696 CE, the catacombs carved by early Christian hermits, and the medieval city fabric that survived the Baroque rebuilding make Salzburg's Old Town the most historically layered in Austria.