MYGUiDE – The Definitive SOUND OF MUSIC and Historic SALZBURG TOUR from Munich

MYGUiDE – The Definitive SOUND OF MUSIC and Historic SALZBURG TOUR from Munich

Whether you are a 'Sound of Music' enthusiast or a Mozart fan or interested in the eventful history of Salzburg for other reasons, this vibrant city will win you over with its quaint spots and its abundance of culture, combined with the breathtaking landscapes of the Salzburg Lake District (“Salzkammergut”).

Based on your preferences, your personal licensed tour guide – a Sound of Music aficionado himself – will create a tour to exceed your expectations.
Of course, he includes both the top attractions from the film as well as other historic & popular highlights in the program, like Salzburg Fortress, Mozart's Birthplace or the shopping lane 'Getreidegasse'.

Our new Volkswagen Comfort-Minivan gives us the flexibility to travel in Salzburg city and the mountains, along routes that are not accessible with a large coach, enabling us to stop at the most beautiful photo spots.

Choose your tour length: 9 hrs or choose XXL: 12.5 hours and visit up to 20(!) Sound of Music locations in a day.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Salzburg, Salzburg, Austrian Alps

The following 20 stops CAN all be visited in one tour, but are all
optional! Depending on the tour length you have chosen, we will make a selection of your favorite stops in advance with you.
We are happy to advise you on the best combination that guarantees an eventful yet relaxing day!

Please also note that the following list of stops is listed in the order
in which they appear in the “Sound of Music” movie. During our tour we will visit the stops selected by mutual agreement in a meaningful and time-saving sequence.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Nonnberg Convent, Nonnberggasse 2, Salzburg 5020 Austria

Nonnberg Abbey was founded in 712 and is today the world's oldest Christian convent with an uninterrupted tradition.

Outdoor shots can be seen at the beginning of the film.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Salzburg Cathedral, Kapitelplatz 2, Salzburg 5020 Austria

Sound Of Music relevance: In the pedestrian zones of the old town of Salzburg, some outdoor shots were taken: at Residenzplatz with the "most beautiful baroque fountain north of the Alps" and at the cathedral square.

The interior of the Salzburg Cathedral was not visible in the film, but you should not miss a look into the baroque church together with your guide!

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Kapitelplatz, Kapitelpl., 5020 Salzburg, Austria

The Kapitelplatz offers great views of the fortress and the cathedral.
Thanks to the baroque "Kapitelschwemme", once used as a water trough for horses, one feels transported to Italy!

Market stalls in the square offer souvenirs and some sweets.

SOM relevance: Julie Andrews can be seen here in one of the scenes.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Fortress Hohensalzburg Castle, Moenchsberg 34, Salzburg 5020 Austria

From the 11th century Hohensalzburg is one of the largest and best preserved fortresses in Europe. If Napoleon had not come, it might never have been conquered.

The entrance fee includes the ascent and descent with the funicular, a 30-minute audio guide and access to the spectacular Gothic prince rooms. Also spectacular is the view of the
city and mountains.

Prices (2019): € 16.30 per adult, children (6 - 14 years): € 9.30
Reductions on request

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: Schloss Frohnburg, Hellbrunner Allee 53, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Frohnburg Castle was built in the 17th century and today houses part of the Mozarteum University.

SOM relevance: In the film it represents the front of Villa Trapp.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Schloss Leopoldskron, Leopoldskronstrasse 56-58, Salzburg 5020 Austria

Leopoldskron castle is a former archbishop's summer residence from the 18th century and is now used as a hotel.

SOM relevance: The building with its idyllic gardens and terraces on the Leopoldskroner Weiher represents the back of the Trapp-Villa.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Sound of Music Pavillon, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Today, you can admire the Sound of Music gazebo at Schloßpark Hellbrunn.
It was taken to Schloß Leopoldskron for the filming.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Wasserspiele Hellbrunn, Fuerstenweg 37, Salzburg 5020 Austria

THE highlight of Salzburg! Built over 400 years ago, these are the
world's best-preserved water features from this era. Experience "up
close" how bored prince-archbishops surprised their guests...

Open daily from early April to early November.

Ticket prices (2019): € 12.50 per adult, children (4 - 18 years): € 5.50

Duration: 35 minutes

Pass By: Nonntaler Hauptstraße, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Located in the south of the old town, on the historic Nonntaler main
street, is the more than 300 year-old Erhard church.

SOM relevance: Its Baroque façade and the neighboring house can be seen on a Sound of Music carriage ride.

Stop At: Mozartsteg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

By the end of 1920, the pedestrian bridge opened in 1903 was subject to a toll. Enjoy from the eastern shore one of the most beautiful views of the river Salzach, the old town and the fortress Hohensalzburg.

SOM relevance: Or do a little dance here, like Julie Andrews did in the movie Sound of Music!

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Mozartplatz, Motzartplatz, Salzburg 5020 Austria

Admire the monument to the most famous son of the city here: the Mozart monument with baroque buildings and alpine peaks in the background is one of the most popular photo opportunities in Salzburg.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

This place, named after the famous Salzburg conductor Herbert von Karajan (+1989), is home to another baroque horse-back, and offers great views of the festival houses, the Peterskirche and the fortress.

SOM relevance: This square was used for an outdoor shoot.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Museum der Moderne, Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

The Mönchsberg, which can be reached via a 30-second lift ride, offers fantastic views of the old town and fortress all the way to the Alps in the distance.

SOM relevance: It was the beginning of the Sound of Music-"Do-Re-Mi-" scene.

Prices Mönchsberg lift (2019, for ascent and descent): € 3.80 per adult, children (6 - 14 years): € 1.90

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Mirabell Palace and Gardens, Mirabellplatz 4, Salzburg 5020 Austria

"Mirabell" means "beautiful view", and hardly any view of the old town and its fortress is more beautiful than this palace from the early 17th century.
Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau had it built along with its beautiful gardens for his secret wife Salome Alt as "Schloss
Altenau".

SOM relevance: Numerous singing and dancing scenes with 'Maria and the Trapp children' were filmed here.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Lake Wolfgang, St Gilgen 5340 Austria

The crossing by ferry to the world famous "Weisses Rössl vom
Wolfgangsee" will delight everyone. Drive like 'Maria and the Trapp
children' with the spectacular (steam) cog railway in 35 minutes to the 1,782 meters (5,840 ft.) high prospective Schafberg.

SOM relevance: Lake Wolfgangsee can be seen in the aerial photographs in the Filmintro.

Prices boat trip Wolfgangsee (2019):
€ 8.20 per adult, children (4 - 14 years): € 4.20

Combined ticket for the cruise including the ascent and descent Schafbergbahn (2019):
€ 45.60 per adult, children (4 - 14 years): € 22.80

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes

Pass By: Mondsee, Mondsee, Upper Austria

On the scenic route from Lake Wolfgangsee to Mondsee, we drive along the shore of the lake of the same name, just like 'Maria and the Trapps'.

Stop At: Basilika St. Michael, Kirchengasse 1, Mondsee 5310 Austria

The Roman Catholic Basilica Mondsee replaces an earlier building from the early 12th century and fascinates with its gothic-baroque decor.

SOM relevance: The famous Sound of Music wedding was filmed here.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Felsenreitschule, Hofstallgasse 1, Salzburg 5020 Austria

This venue was hewn directly into the Mönchsberg in the late 18th
century. It was used as an archiepiscopal summer riding school. With a capacity of 1,437 spectators, it is today one of the most important concert halls in Salzburg.

SOM relevance: The famous "Edelweiss-" song was shot here.

The visit of the interior is only possible as part of a one-hour guided tour (usually only once a day).
Please contact us after your booking if you are interested in such a
tour (fee (2019): € 7.00)



Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Petersfriedhof, Sankt-Peter-Bezirk 1, Salzburg 5020 Austria

If you look around the beautiful cemetery of the Archabbey of St. Peter (founded around 696), you will notice that the escape scene at the end of the movie was not filmed here (but in the 20th Century-Fox Studios in Hollywood).

SOM relevance: However, one of the cemetery chapels was used for an interior shot.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Marktschellenberg, Marktschellenberg, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria

On the way to Roßfeld we pass Marktschellenberg.

SOM relevance: On a meadow above this Bavarian village, one of the most famous dance scenes in the Alps was shot for the movie Sound of Music.
Please note that the meadow and its surroundings are now privately owned and therefore access is not always possible.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Rossfeld Panoramastrasse, Berchtesgaden National Park, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria Germany

The construction of the toll road was started in 1938, it was completed in 1955.

SOM relevance: At 1,600 meters (5,250 ft.) height, we find the location of the final scene of the film with its great views.
However, nobody will reach the Swiss border as simply as in the movie!

The tolls are based on the number of people in the vehicle and are approximately € 2.50 per person.

Duration: 45 minutes