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Salzburg - 2 or 3 days?

We are planning our 2026 trip to Austria. Originally, I had budgeted two full days (three nights) in Salzburg – one day focusing on the Alstadt (Old Town) sights and the other on New Town and the Hohensalburg Fortress & Monchsberg. Ideally, we’d spend evenings taking in a musical event at the fortress, Marabell Palace or somewhere else.

However, my wife is now interested in taking the half-day SOM tour. My question is this – do I need to add a third day in Salzburg or can this be squeezed in somewhat comfortably with the rest? I believe there is some overlap on sites, but not much. If we add a third day, what would you suggest we pair with the SOM tour to fill out the day? We will be coming from Wolfgangsee and Hallstatt and heading next to Werfen so no need to head out of town to those places.

Thank you.

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I would add a third day. We did the SOM tour with Bob's Special Tours and absolutely loved it! They use small vans, so there are only about 8 people or so. After that tour, you could so a cooking class. Edelweiss Cooking School was a lot of fun. We made strudel and cookies. They have several different classes though, and their website shows the times etc. The times for both of these would work to fill one day.

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Two days is good for me. I don't know anything about the SOM tour but I'd include a Hellbrunn Palace visit and a walk back to town along the path by the river.

Re Werfen, don't know where you are going after that but I'd stay in Salzburg and do the ice caves and castle as a day trip, about an hour by public transport.