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the parking lot. Park your car (€5/24 hours), get sightseeing information and transit tickets
from the TI, and catch bus #3 or #8 into town (€1.90 single-ride ticket or €4.20 Tageskarte
24-hourpass,moreexpensiveifyoubuyticketsonboard,every5minutes).Iftravelingwith
more than one other person, take advantage of a park-and-ride combo-ticket: For €13 (€10
July-Aug), you get 24 hours of parking and a 24-hour bus pass for up to five people.
Ifyoudon'tbelieve inpark-and-rides, head tothe easiest, cheapest, most central parking
lot—the 1,500-car Altstadtgarage, in the tunnel under the Mönchsberg (€14/day, note your
slotnumberandwhichofthetwinlotsyou'rein,tel.[phone]).Yourhotelmayprovide
discounted parking passes. If staying in the new town, the Mirabell-Congress garage makes
more sense than the Altstadtgarage (see here for directions).
Helpful Hints
Recommendations Skewed by Kickbacks: Salzburg is addicted to the tourist dollar, and it
can never get enough. Virtually all hotels are on the take when it comes to concert and
tour recommendations, influenced more by their potential kickback than by what's best
for you. Take any tour or concert advice with a grain of salt.
Music Festival: The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) runs each year from late July
to the end of August (see here ) .
Internet Access: A small Internet café is next to the base of the Mönchsberg elevator (€2/
hour,daily10:00-22:00,Gstättengasse11).ThecityhasseveralfreeWi-Fihotspots(one
is in the Mirabell Gardens; info at www.salzburg-surft.at ). Travelers with this topic can
get free Wi-Fi or use a computer for a few minutes (long enough to check email) at the
Panorama Tours terminal on Mirabellplatz (daily 8:00-18:00).
Post Office: A full-service post office is located in the heart of town, in the New Residenz
(Mon-Fri 8:00-18:00, Sat 9:00-12:00, closed Sun).
Laundry: AhandylaunderetteisatParis-Lodron-Strasse16,atthecornerofWolf-Dietrich-
Strasse, near my recommended Linzergasse hotels (€10 self-service, €15 same-day full-
service, Mon-Fri 7:30-18:00, Sat 8:00-12:00, closed Sun, tel. [phone]).
Cinema: Das Kino is an art-house movie theater that plays films in their original language
(a block off the river and Linzergasse on Steingasse, tel. [phone],
www.daskino.at ) .
Smoking Policies: Conservative Austria has been slow to embrace the smoke-free move-
ment. By law, big restaurants must offer smoke-free zones (and smoking zones, if they
choose). Smaller places choose to be either smoking or non-smoking, indicated by red
or green stickers on the door.
MarketDays: Popularfarmer'smarketspopupintheoldtownonSaturdaysandinthenew
town on Thursdays. On summer weekends, a string of craft booths with fun goodies for
sale stretches along the river.