Step into the Altstadt, where Salzburg's historic core unfolds, promising a journey through centuries of artistry and architecture. We'll start at the famous Getreidegasse, wander past the elegant Franziskischlössl, and explore the heart of the city at the DomQuartier, perhaps stopping for a coffee at Café Tomaselli. Our walk takes us up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress and along the Festungsbahn, offering spectacular views as we discover the city's historical layers.
Café Tomaselli
9 Alter Markt, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Austria's oldest coffee house has been serving caffeinated beverages on Salzburg's Alter Markt since a Frenchman named Johann Fontaine received a trade licence on March 31, 1700 to sell chocolate, tea, and coffee.
DomQuartier
1 Residenzplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
The DomQuartier opened in 2014 by doing something that hadn't been possible for two hundred years: reconnecting the spaces where Salzburg's prince-archbishops lived, worshipped, and ruled.
Festungsbahn
4 Festungsgasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
The Festungsbahn is one of the oldest funicular railways in Austria, first carrying passengers to Hohensalzburg Fortress in 1892.
Franziskischlössl
9 Kapuzinerberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Perched on the summit of Kapuzinerberg, this small fortress was built during the Thirty Years' War as part of Archbishop Paris Lodron's ambitious project to make Salzburg impregnable.
Getreidegasse
Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
This narrow lane has been one of the most important routes through Salzburg since the Roman Age, and its name has nothing to do with grain.
Hohensalzburg Fortress
34 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
This fortress has loomed over Salzburg for nearly a thousand years, and in all that time, nobody has ever managed to take it by force.
Kapuzinerberg
Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria
Rising 640 metres on the eastern bank of the Salzach, Kapuzinerberg is the quieter, wilder counterpart to the fortress-crowned Festungsberg across the river.
Linzergasse
Linzer Gasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
If Getreidegasse is Salzburg's tourist shopping street, Linzergasse is its local equivalent — a long, narrow lane on the right bank of the Salzach that runs parallel to the river and leads from the Staatsbrücke bridge toward the Kapuzinerberg.
Mirabell Palace & Gardens
4 Mirabellplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau built this palace in 1606 for his mistress Salome Alt and their fifteen children.
Mozart Residence
8 Makartplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
In 1773, the Mozart family moved from their cramped apartment on Getreidegasse to this considerably more spacious house on what was then called Hannibalplatz.
Mozart's Birthplace
9 Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
On January 27, 1756, in a third-floor apartment of a medieval townhouse on Salzburg's busiest shopping street, Anna Maria Mozart gave birth to a boy she named Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus.
Mozartplatz
Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria
This elegant square in the heart of Salzburg's old town was not always dedicated to Mozart.
Museum der Moderne
32 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Perched sixty metres above the old town on the sheer cliff of the Mönchsberg, the Museum der Moderne sits where the legendary Café Winkler once dominated the Salzburg skyline for decades.
Nonnberg Abbey
2 Nonnberggasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Founded around 714 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg, Nonnberg is the oldest continuously operating nunnery in the German-speaking world.
Residenzplatz & Salzburg Residenz
1 Residenzplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
For centuries, Salzburg was not part of Austria at all.
Salzburg Cathedral
1A Domplatz, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
This cathedral has been built, burned, destroyed, and rebuilt so many times that its current incarnation — the magnificent Baroque structure you see today — is essentially version four.
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