Sights of Salzburg Tours

Firstly, I offer either a private E-bike or private city bus-walking tour of Salzburg, Austria for groups of any size . We visit all the Sound of Music film sites in the old town city center, as well as in the surrounding green areas within Salzburg, including seeing the most beautiful 400-year-old palaces and incredible views of the high mountains around Salzburg, all while discussing the film trivia and history of those locations. My Sound of Music tour is the only tour in Salzburg to visit the original Von Trapp Family home, where they lived from 1923 to 1938. 

We go to more of the film locations than any other tour in Salzburg by far, including: the Nonnberg Abbey; the "I am 16" gazebo, Italian Baroque gardens & trick fountains at the Hellbrunn Palace (all the other Sound of Music tours only see the gazebo and don't walk through the stunning gardens and ponds to see the palace and fountains); the lake and garden where the terrace scenes (when drinking pink lemonade) were filmed at Leopoldskron Palace; the Mirabell Gardens and all the DoReMi film locations therein, plus the Von Trapp Family home in the film, to name just a few.

For private groups on my Salzburg Sound of Music film location E-bike or city bus-walking tour, the cost is 600 euro for any group size up to 4 people. For larger private groups of over 4 guests, each additional person costs 150 Euro. You can set your own group size limit since it is your own private tour.

I also offer an all-season/all-day (8 hours on average) private van-walking tour to Hitler's Eagle's Nest tea house and the surrounding area of Obersalzberg, which is a gorgeous 35 min. drive from Salzburg, customized to your wishes. This also includes visiting the actual Nazi escape bunker & tunnel system at the newly renovated Eagle's Nest Nazi documentation center museum and other Nazi/SS noteworthy areas nearby, including Hitler's Berghof mountain retreat house site (where he spent a third of the war plotting his evil deeds and which was the 2nd seat of power for the Third Reich after Berlin, which was destroyed at the end of the war by the British RAF). Any fellow "Band of Brothers" fans will particularly enjoy this tour!

For Sound of Music fans, we also visit the Sound of Music film sites in the mountains in that same area, including the opening scene hilltop (where Julie twirls around and sings) and final scene hilltop (where the Von Trapp family hike up over the mountains to escape the Nazis in the film).  We also visit the gorgeous Königssee (King Lake) in nearby Berchtesgaden, Germany and even can ride an electric wooden boat across the lake to the 900-year-old Baroque Pilgrimage Church of St. Bartholomew. Next to that church is a former royal hunting retreat lodge now turned into a restaurant, where we can enjoy some food & drink on the garden terrace overlooking the lake and high mountain views. This gorgeous lake surrounded by steep cliffs was featured at the beginning of the Sound of Music! This private tour is reasonably priced. Contact me at the what's app link or email address below for the price and to discuss my tour in more detail.

I further offer an all-season/all-day (8 hours on average) private van-walking tour to the gorgeous UNESCO World Heritage village of Hallstatt on Lake Hallstatt, as well as to the surrounding lakes and mountain region, including seeing the St. Michael's Basilica in Mondsee (built in the 1400's), where the wedding scene was filmed in the Sound of Music. It is also possible to visit the spectacular picnic-scene meadow in Werfen where Julie Andrews plays the guitar and teaches the children how to sing in the Sound of Music. Like all my tours, this tour can be customized to your individual wishes. 

We will also visit the lovely villages of St. Gilgen or St. Wolfgang on the magnificent Lake Wolfgang.  We can also take the 35-minute steep train ride up to the top of the Schafberg (Sheep's mountain) from St. Wolfgang, as was shown in the Sound of Music during the journey up to the 'picnic meadow' hillside (but now in a much more modern and electric train than as shown in the film). From there you can see at least 5 huge lakes in the hills and valleys below! We also will go to the spectacular Lake Gosau, nestled in the high mountain peak region. We can even take a swim in any of the lakes during the warmer months in June, July or August.  This private tour is reasonably priced. Contact me at the what's app link or email address below for the price and to discuss my tour in more detail.