It is 1317 years old and has 150,000 inhabitants. It owes its name to salt, or “white gold”, which years ago was one of the greatest treasures that nature bestowed on this region of Europe. Speech of Salzburg, one of the most popular cities in Austria. Here’s why you should visit this place.
The Old Town with twenty Baroque churches, Mozart’s house and a well-deserved place on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is one of the most characteristic on the Old Continent.
Tourists mainly visit the magnificent old town, and on their way they must enter Mozart’s birth house at Getreidegasse 9. They stroll around Linzer Gasse, stroll through Mozart’s Square, and then take the cable car to the Hohensalzburg fortress, from which a beautiful panorama of the city and the mountains. They admire the Mirabell Palace surrounded by well-tended gardens, and look at tombstones at Petersfriedhof, one of the city’s two oldest cemeteries.
These are all typical points on the “must see” list of Salzburg. However, while admiring the city and its surroundings, it is worth paying attention to a few details that give the original and charming and sometimes even pugnacious character to “Solny Grod”. Do not forget to try some of the specialties that this place is famous for in the northwest of Austria. It is also worth remembering about the appropriate accommodation. If you do not want to pay too much for an overnight stay, you should choose the best Salzburg hostel.