Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 88 32 11-0;
www.panoramatours.com
; Mirabellplatz; office 8am-6pm)
Boasts the
'original
Sound of Music
Tour' (€37) as well as a huge range of others, including Altstadt
walking tours (€15), Mozart tours (€24) and Bavarian Alps excursions (€37).
Salzburg Sightseeing Tours
( 88 16 16;
www.salzburg-sightseeingtours.at
; Mirabellplatz 2; adult/child €15/7;
office 8am-6pm)
Sells a 24-hour ticket for a multilingual hop-on hop-off bus tour of the
city's key sights and
Sound of Music
locations.
COACH TOURS
Festivals & Events
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Mozartwoche
(Mozart Week;
www.mozarteum.at
)
World- renowned orchestras, conductors and soloists
celebrate Mozart's birthday with a feast of his music in late January.
Osterfestspiele
(Easter Festival;
www.osterfestspiele-salzburg.at
)
This springtime shindig brings orches-
tral highlights, under Christian Thielemann's sprightly baton, to the Festpielhaus in March
or April.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
SommerSzene
(
www.sommerszene.net
)
Boundary-crossing performing arts are the focus of this event in
July.
CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Jazz & the City
(
www.salzburgjazz.com
)
Salzburg gets its groove on at some 100 free concerts in the Alt-
stadt in mid-October.
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Christkindlmarkt
(
www.christkindlmarkt.co.at
)
Salzburg is at its storybook best during Advent, when
Christmas markets bring festive sparkle and choirs to Domplatz and Residenzplatz.
CHRISTMAS MARKET
