Salzburg Day Trip from Vienna: Explore the 'Sound of Music' Filming Locations and City Highlights
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701 Ratings
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Embark on a day trip from Vienna to Salzburg and discover the iconic filming locations of 'The Sound of Music'. Explore the city's highlights, including Mozart's Birthplace and Salzburg Cathedral, on a guided walking tour. Small group tours with COVID-19 safety measures in place.
Duration: 13 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Vienna State Opera - Your tour will begin with pickup from your central Vienna hotel or the State Opera. Meet your expert guide and hop aboard your coach to begin your day trip to Salzburg.
What's Included
  • Scenic bus journey through Salzkammergut
  • Convenient hotel pickup (selected hotels)
  • Guided walking tour of Salzburg’s iconic landmarks
  • Explore ‘The Sound of Music’ filming locations
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel drop off
Additional Information

Embark on a bus journey from Vienna to Salzburg, exploring the city’s top attractions and original shooting spots of the movie ‘The Sound of Music’. The tour includes a photo break at Salzkammergut and a guided walk around Salzburg’s historic centre, featuring Mozart’s Birthplace, Mirabell Palace, Salzburg Cathedral, and the Festival Hall.

The tours will be conducted in small groups with strict adherence to all COVID-19 health protocols for your safety.

  • Please note, pick up services only available with certain hotels. Please check ‘view additional info’ for hotel details and pick-up time
Location
Vienna State Opera
Opernring
On request free pick-up from SELECTED hotels and transfer to the departure point. Please call +43 1 712 46 83. Please enquire at your hotel reception desk regarding the pick-up time and the possibility of a pick-up. Please note: pick-ups can only be guaranteed if you book 24-hours in advance.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Amber_h
Apr 4, 2024
Fun and beautiful - Very nice. A long day, but very worth it. Our guide was very informative and took us to see the important sights, but we also had plenty of free time to explore on our own. Would recommend.
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Akshayku1992
Mar 13, 2024
A wonderful experience of Salzburg - The trip is over 600 km, but we do not feel it at all. The bus is very comfortable and the driver is very experienced. Our tour guide, Tomas, was superb. He explained every one of the sights to be seen and the various lakes and the historical context expertly. Highly recommended. The views in Salzburg are wonderful, and a must-see from the top after the Furnicular ride.
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Ranjit_r
Jan 2, 2024
Experience with information - A trip with lots of history well explained. Time bound it was but with adequate information about which various attractions were available it was easy to choose what to visit.
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Jeffrey_f
Dec 13, 2023
Long day but we’ll worth it - It was a well organised tour. The walking tour around Salzburg was great and informative. There were plenty of breaks along the way
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Sucharita_b
Nov 26, 2023
Amazing trip to Salzburg - Excellent service. Guides were very friendly and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this trip to a friend
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Roselyne_l
Dec 31, 2023
Short free time! - Wish had more time like for Budapest at least, i.e 3 hours free time! Good Walk tour guide Hans ! too much road time, the pit stops too short to be in line for food, fight the crowd for options, go to cashier and eat and go to bathroom! Impossible to do it all! All rush, rush, rush! Stressful! Not really handicap friendly either! Comfortable.bus though! Glad there was a pick up from hotel because advertised so but was told several times it wasn’t possible but finally arranged and agreed upon!
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Horaceporras
Dec 27, 2023
Very good tour, but too large of a group - Great bus/transportation, communication with tour operator, service, driver, guide on board, and great guide in Salzburg. However, the group was about 30 people; too many people to move around and to listen to what the guide explained so well. Recommended but with less people in the group.
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Mom31982
Dec 27, 2023
Bored the whole time - If I knew what that town is like, I’d never sign up. There is nothing wrong with the tour company, our tour guide was great, kind, pleasant, super intelligent, spoke probably 4-5 languages at least. Our bus was clean, safely driven and on time. The stops they made had great food options, very tasty, even if a bit overpriced. It’s just that Saltzburg is such a tourist trap destination. The Christmas markets there were colorful but no different from ones in Vienna. Shops were all closed for Christmas holidays. After city tour, there is not enough time to go to Mozart museum and eat somewhere. The town is attractive but definitely not anything extraordinary.
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Judy_h
Apr 15, 2024
Poor Tour - Our tour guide was hard to hear and boring. We thought that we'd learn some history of Austria on the long drive from Vienna but did not. Also, the tour was way too long.
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Sheldon_g
Apr 3, 2024
Beautiful Place, Horrible Guide - Not Worth The Price - Let's get one thing straight, Salzburg is beautiful. The city and surrounding area were amazing from the mountains to the lakes and lakes to the rivers. The guide was horrible. She spoke incredibly low and continued to turn her back to half of the group when talking. I honestly learned nothing from the guided tour. When she was told about her low volume, she didn't care and continued to talk low. The price for this trip is highly inflated. You are basically paying for the bus ride. It is much cheaper to catch a train from Vienna to Salzburg for about 40 euros (including there and back for that price) and book a free walking tour. Definitely not worth the. money. If I could give the tour 0 stars, I would. Do yourself a favor and just take a train.
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