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Arthotel Blaue Gans
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( 84 24 91; www.hotel-blaue-gans-salzburg.at ; Getreidegasse 41-43; s €129-205, d €149-329; ) Contem-
porary design blends harmoniously with the original vaulting and beams of this 660-year-
old hotel. Rooms are pure and simple, with clean lines and lots of white and streamlined
furnishings. The restaurant is well worth a visit.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL €€€
Goldener Hirsch
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( 80 84-0; www.goldenerhirschsalzburg.com ; Getreidegasse 37; s €190-455, d €220-560; ) A sky-
light illuminates the arcaded inner courtyard of this 600-year-old Altstadt pile, where
famous past guests include Queen Elizabeth and Pavarotti. Countess Harriet Walderdorff
tastefully scattered the opulent rooms with objets d'art and hand-printed fabrics. Down-
stairs are two restaurants: beamed S'Herzl and vaulted Restaurant Goldener Hirsch
(mains €20 to €38).
LUXURY HOTEL €€€
Hotel Bristol
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LUXURY HOTEL €€€
( 87 35 57; www.bristol-salzburg.at ; Makartplatz 4; s/d/ste €240/355/630; ) The Bristol trans-
ports you back to a more decadent era. Chandelier-lit salons, champagne at breakfast, ex-
quisitely crafted furniture, service as polished as the marble - this is pure class. Even
Emperor Franz Josef and Sigmund Freud felt at home here.
NO TOURIST TRAPP
Did you know that there were 10, not seven von Trapp children, the eldest of whom was Rupert (so long, Liesl)?
Or that the captain was a gentle, family-loving man and Maria no soft touch? Or, that in 1938 the von Trapp
family left quietly for the US instead of climbing every mountain to Switzerland? For the truth behind the Holly-
wood legend, stay the night at Villa Trapp ( 63 08 60; www.villa-trapp.com ; Traunstrasse 34; d €109-500),
tucked away in Salzburg's biggest private park in the Aigen district, 3km east of the Altstadt.
Marianne and Christopher have transformed the original von Trapp family home into a beautiful guesthouse
(for guests only, we might add). The 19th-century villa is elegant, if not as palatial as in the movie, with tasteful
wood-floored rooms and a balustrade for sweeping down á la Baroness Schräder. Family snapshots and heir-
looms, including the baron's model ships and a photo of guest Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour strumming
'Edelweiss', grace the dining room. From the main station, take a train or bus 160 to Aigen.
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