Salzburg River Cruise: Hellbrunn Palace Highlights

Participate in this 2.5-hour tour to experience the stunning views of Salzburg’s historic city and natural landscapes from the water. The tour includes a visit to the Baroque Hellbrunn Palace with an audio guide, exploration of the Hellbrunn Palace park with its beautiful ponds, and a guided tour of the renowned trick fountains with fast track access.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Salzburger Altstadt - Begin your adventure with a boat cruise, taking in the charming old city views, the picturesque Salzach river, the exclusive residential areas, and the stunning Hagen- & Tennen mountain range. In the event that the boat trip, part of Tour III, is not feasible due to weather or technical issues, the organizer may opt to…
What's Included
  • Fast track to the world-famous trick fountains
  • River cruise on the Salzach
  • Visit Hellbrunn Palace with audio-guide
  • Transfer from landing station Hellbrunn to Hellbrunn Palace with our original London doubledeckerbus
  • Transfer back from Hellbrunn Palace to the city with our London double-deckerbus
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Franz-Josef-Kai 1a
Franz-Josef-Kai
Directions: Make your way to Franz Josef Kai landing station, located opposite Austria’s Hotel Sacher in Salzburg's Old Town. Coming from Makartsteg, a curved pedestrian bridge connects old town with new town and is located directly next to the river cruise.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nicky_g
Jun 21, 2024
Fun Interactive experience in Fountains!! - The trick fountains are a MUST see if visiting Salzburg!! We greatly enjoyed this tour from the boat, to the double decker bus playing great music 🎶 and of course the best part was the fountains ⛲️ in all their beauty and fun interactions. It was one of our favorite experiences in Salzburg
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Traveler47979838124
Jun 19, 2024
Hellbrunn, just a quaint hunting lodge - NOT!! - Unfortunate the river cruise didn’t happen due to mechanical issues. Instead, they took us by bus and made an additional stop at the “Sound of Music” Palace. Hellbrunn is unbelievable and a must see when visiting Salzburg!
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Rebecca
Jun 4, 2024
Hellbrunn palace beautiful park and entertaining fountains - This is just for the palace didn’t do the river boat. Beautiful peaceful scenic park with some wonderful old trees. The trick fountains tour is a must, really interesting, entertaining and novel! Other attractions there too which we didn’t get time to see. Really enjoyed it.
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Cindy_d
May 23, 2024
Cruise and Trick Water Fountains - Oh my goodness - to experience the unexpected was fabulous!!! We had envisioned the trick fountains at Hellbrunn would be something like the Bellagio in Las Vegas but were we ever surprised! This is a tour that everyone should take! We loved it and had no disappointments at all. The cruise going to the palace was very nice and helped prepare us for an outstanding day!
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Gail_s
Jul 22, 2023
Trick Fountains of Salzburg- a Must-See!! - I waited in a long line to get my voucher. Others in front of me were turned away from this sold out event. However, because I had purchased through Viator, my ticket was waiting. And I wound up getting a boat ride, a ride on a London double decker bus and a tour through the Trick Fountains of Salzburg - a must-see and unexpected treat!! Viator is always the best and most reliable way to travel wherever in the world I go.
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956bjc
Sep 7, 2024
Confusing - Not terribly well organised tour company. Nobody at the dock to explain anything. They have 3 different tours but when buy the tickets online you don’t know which it is. Not clear as to whether you need to line up for a paper ticket as well. I don’t think the Hellbrunn palace tour lets you inside the palace. They admit you into the “trick gardens”, which are fantastic, But by the time you’ve done that it’s time to go The boat trip section is ok but it’s frankly not that scenic
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Elizabeth_j
Oct 11, 2024
Boring tour - The 10-15 minute boat trip was uneventful and we found the gardens not really interesting … We thought we were going to see actual rooms of the palace but we didn’t … Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend this tour at all unless you’re interested in lo9ing round gardens
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Rajeshkumar_p
Sep 20, 2024
Dissapointing - The boat element was less than 15 minutes. Hellburn palace can be visited independently. Not value for money
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Michael_h
Jun 23, 2024
Fountains were interesting - The gardens are very interestibg. The boat cruise and return bus didn’t offer much insight or value.
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Pkyriakides
Jul 9, 2023
A difficult path to the... - A difficult path to the bus,no help to the ones in need. A very old bus which should go out of use. I paid a taxi for my return to the town.N
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