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Salzburg
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At times Salzburg (
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can feel like a Hollywood film set, with its theatrical
alpine backdrop, exuberant baroque architecture, and Mozart and Maria everywhere. But
here's the good news: it's real. History seeps through the Altstadt's maze of narrow lanes,
crowned by a formidable fortress and sprinkled with churches and abbeys. Pathways thread
along river banks and cliff ridges, allowing you to survey the city from every photogenic
angle. By night, locals pour into palatial concert halls for chamber concerts, and chestnut-
canopied beer gardens for monastic brews.
