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Salzburg or Innsbruck?

Hi
We will be doing a daytrip to Austria from Munich. I have been reading that the crowds have been crazy in Salzburg. I am now rethinking that maybe we should check out a different area. I am most interested in being close to the mountains. I don't want to deal with wall to wall people at the markets. Do you think Innsbruck might be less crazy? We leave next week so I am trying not to panic. ;) TIA

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Salzburg is a beautiful place and I think a daytrip is easy and doable. I've never been to the Weihnachtsmarkt there. Innsbruck is in the north middle of the Alps on the Inn river. Snow is more likely. I've visited the many Innsbruck Weihnachtsmarkts during the day. I never felt that they were overcrowded then. I usually stay outside the city in the Stubaital.