Looking for suggestions on how to spend our time in Salzburg (I realize it’s not in Germany, but posted in this forum since it’s part of Rick’s Germany book). I haven’t done too deep of research yet, but since the advice me offered here is so good, I figured I’d ask first before going too deep.
Our family of 6 (4 kids: 11, 13, 14, 17) will be spending 3 nights in Salzburg. This will be our most “relaxed” time and mid-point of our 15 days of traveling (traveling with other family a couple places in Italy before flying into Munich and doing our 8-9 days in Germany). We will be traveling from Munich and Dachau. Since it’s a short drive (1hr 45 min), right now we’ll probably plan on arriving in time to eat dinner there our first night (although, I may end up shifting some things to allow us a little bit more time in Munich, eat dinner there, then arrive to Salzburg later in the evening).
I plan on us having 2 full days to tour the Salzburg area. We will leave early the third morning to head towards Füssen.
- I would like to do a Sound of Music Tour. I don’t quite have a good concept of the differences between the different SOM tours, what is and isn’t covered, and the type of terrain. I am looking for a good tour suggestion. Our family has enjoyed doing bike riding, so if there is a good bike riding tour for this (& isn’t too strenuous), I’d appreciate that suggestion.
- I would like to visit the Hohenwerfen Castle and experience their Falconry show (flight shows 11.15 a.m. and 3.15 p.m.). I’m wondering if this needs to be on a separate day from the SOM tour?
- I’d like for us to be able to do something more “naturey” while in Salzburg, but not too strenuous (probably approximately 2.5 mile limit if a hike is suggested). I’ve heard the Ice Cave mentioned (although maybe too strenuous for our group?), I’ve read somewhere about Gollinger Wasserfall and the Salt Mine. Rick mentions biking along the river (maybe we do that instead of SOM being in bikes, if there’s a better tour that doesn’t involve bikes), Hellbrunn Palace, and evening concerts. At the moment, I wasn’t planning on doing Rick’s Salzburg Town Walk, but I would be interested in knowing if there is something on that walk that is a must-see.
- We need to budget time to do our laundry while here as well! Any suggestions on how to do this efficiently? Services worth paying for so that we aren’t sitting by a laundry mat?
I welcome your suggestions on how to potentially budget and spend our two full days in Salzburg (and maybe 1 additional short evening). Thank you in advance!