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or €36, respectively. Find out more by visiting the Salzburg website or e-mailing
[e-mail].
To conduct your own tour, begin in the old section of the city. Board bus No. 1, 5,
6, or 51 at the bus stop in front of the railway station and ride to the Staatsbrucke,
the fifth stop. This places you on the perimeter of the Old Town, where most of the
sightseeing is located. Orient yourself with the Kapitelplatz (Capital Place), and
you are right in the center of everything.
The music-festival season starts in January and ends in December. In other
words, it never ends. Afternoons in Salzburg may be spent in one of its comfortable
coffeehouses watching theatergoers and opera buffs flocking to a perform-
ance—many in formal attire. Elegance is a way of life.
Salzburg has a charming narrow street, Getreidegasse, which is lined with
gilt and wrought-iron trade signs, pictorial devices dating from the time when few
people could read. This is one of the best areas in town to find authentic Austrian
souvenirs.
Mozart's birthplace, Mozarts Geburtshaus, is located at No. 9 Getreidegasse
[ Tel: [phone]; www.mozarteum.at ] and is probably one of the most visited
houses in the city. Hours: 0900-1730 daily (until 2000 in July and August). Birth-
place of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756, it is now a museum. The Mozart fam-
ily lived in the third-floor apartment from 1747 to 1773. Here you will see paintings
and original instruments belonging to Mozart, including his childhood violin. Only
about five minutes from Mozart's birthplace is The Mozart Residence, or Mozart-
Wohnhaus, open daily 0900-1730; (until 2000 in July and August), [ Tel: (0662)
87 42 27 40; www.mozarteum.at ], across the Salzach River at No. 8 Markartplatz.
Special audio and visual exhibits document the life of the Mozart family. It was here
that Mozart lived and composed until 1780. His famous pianoforte, Mozart family
portrait, and instruments from that era are on exhibit in the Dancing Master's Hall.
Both are included with the Salzburg Card.
Mozart died a pauper in Vienna at age 35, and his body was dumped into an
unmarked grave. His life story supports the expression applicable to too many of
the world's great artists: “To be appreciated, one must die first.”