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or, pay Internet access, free Wi-Fi, Rupertgasse 15, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.berglandhotel.at , [e-mail] , Kuhn family).
$$ Hotel Jedermann, a few doors down, is simpler and larger. It's tastefully done and
comfortable,withanartsypainted-concreteambience,abackyardgarden,and30rooms(Sb-
€65, Db-€95, Tb-€120, Qb-€160, non-smoking, elevator, cable Internet in rooms, Wi-Fi in
commonareas,freeInternetaccess,Rupertgasse25,tel.[phone],fax[phone],
www.hotel-jedermann.com , [e-mail] , Herr und Frau Gmachl).
In the Old Town
These three hotels are perfectly located near Residenzplatz. While this area is car-restricted,
your hotel can give you a code that lets you drive in to unload, pick up a map and parking
instructions, and head for the €14-per-day garage in the mountain (punch the code into the
gatenearMozartplatz).Youcan'tactuallydriveintothenarrowGoldgasse,butyoucanpark
to unload at the end of the street.
$$$ Gasthaus zur Goldenen Ente is in a 600-year-old building with medieval stone
arches and narrow stairs on a pedestrian street in old Salzburg. Located above a good res-
taurant, most of its 22 rooms are modern and newly renovated—ask for one when you
book. Ulrike, Franziska, and Anita run a tight ship for the absentee owners (Sb-€100, Db-
€125; festival rates Sb-€125, Db-€160; extra person-€40, non-smoking, elevator, free Inter-
net access and Wi-Fi, Goldgasse 10, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.ente.at ,
[e-mail] ).
$$$HotelamDom, acrossfromtheGoldenenEnte,offers15chic,upscalerooms,some
with their original wood-beam ceilings (Sb-€100-180, standard Db-€120-260, “superior”
Db-€140-280, rates vary with demand, air-con, non-smoking, elevator, free Internet access,
cable Internet and Wi-Fi available, Goldgasse 17, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.hotelamdom.at , [e-mail] ).
$$ Hotel Weisse Taube has 30 comfortable rooms in a quiet dark-wood 14th-century
building,well-located aboutablockoffMozartplatz (Sb-€69-94,Dbwithshower-€104-139,
bigger Db with bath-€119-185, higher prices are during festival, ask for discount with this
book if you reserve direct and pay cash, elevator, pay Internet access and Wi-Fi, tel. 0662/
842-404, fax [phone], Kaigasse 9, www.weissetaube.at , [e-mail] ) .
Hostels
The Institute St. Sebastian, listed earlier, also has cheap dorm beds.
$GasthausStadtalm (a.k.a.the Naturfreundehaus )isalocalversionofamountaineers'
hut and a great budget alternative. Snuggled in a forest on the remains of a 15th-century
castlewallatopthelittlemountainoverlookingSalzburg,ithasmagnificenttownandmoun-