The Great Hollywood musical movie Sound of
Music based on a true story of a Salzburg family was shot in Salzburg nearly
50 years ago ,but Salzburg is today also known as the Sound of Music City,
Millions visit and revisit this city year after year to see the locales of the
great Musical. Salzburg is also known as the birth place of the great Musician
Mozart. Salzburg has music in the air,it has snow clad peaks it has river, country side has lakes and mountains beautiful churches, museums, gardens .
musical shows what else can one ask for.
How
to reach Salburg is connected by air.rail and road.
From Munich in Germany train takes less than 2 hrs to reach Salzburg while a
flight from Frankfurt or Vienna takes under
an hour .Innsbruck and Vienna are also connected by train with Salzburg and it
takes around 2 hrs.
How
to go around Salzburg card is available at the
airport and just outside the railway station .It is available for 24 hr 48 hrs
and 72 hrs.I was in Salzburg for 72 hrs and bought the card at the airport for
40 Euros.(price is same irrespective of where you buy it from) The card is also
available at most of the hotels if you are driving into Salzburg .The moment
you buy the card you do not have to pay for the public transport in the city,
Your first journey from airport or railway station to your hotel included.The
card not only gives you unlimited use of public transport within the city but
also free or discounted entry to most of the museums, Discounted entry to the
Sound of Music show in a restaurant
theatre with or without candle light dinner. One free boat cruise in the
river which othervise cost 15 Euro and a
visit to Untersberg ,The bus ride to Untersberg and the trolley ride is free.
What
and Where to eat For us Indians and specially vegetarians this is one of the most important question. If you
are keen on having Indian food there are quite a few Indian restaurants and a
meal between 10 to 20 Euro per head is possible. Forget Rs 1400 per head even
700 per head we do not spend on a meal in our country. So what should you do.If
you are very keen on eating Indian food Convert your currency only 10 times
rest is the price you pay for being abroad.So a meal for 100 to 200 rupees per
head is easy on the pocket and pallet. Or do what I did I lived on Cheese
cucumber Tomato Sandwiches and Coffee
costing around 7 euro available at BILLA
a food chain strore mushroomed all over Austria or Butter Toast and Tea/
coffee costing around 4 Euro at a bakery just opposite the hotel where I stayed.
Where
to stay There is a wind range of hotels, I booked
Snooze hotel through booking.com (the biggest hotel booking site of Europe)
I paid 49 Euro per day for single room
,the hotel had free parking, free wifi nice rooms comfortable bed and just
outside the hotel was the bus stand so travelling was no problem.
Conducted
Tours Conducted
bus tours to Lakes and mountains, Sound of Music locations and to Bavarian
Mountains in Germany are the three popular tours, which cost around 37 Euro’s
each and can be booked at your hotel the advantage being the tour operator
gives you a courtesy pick up from your hotel
Salzburg is a such a wonderful destination
that you feel Once is not enough a place
person who loves nature can go every other year if not every year.
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