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Sound of Music tour in Salzburg

Posted by akshay1106 on 05/02/25 01:54 PM

We are reaching Salzburg on 8th afternoon and were thinking of doing the Sound of Music tour. Is it possible to do it on our own, now that there is a Salzburg mobility ticket introduced from 1st May. Will it allow us to go to all the SOM places by public transport and save the cost. I don't think thats possible, but would like to just confirm it

Further, we are planning to go to Hallstatt on 9th by taking a bus to Bad Ischl, then onwards to Hallstatt by train and crossing over to Hallstatt by ferry. On return we intend to take the same journey and get off at St Gilgen or some other place to just enjoy the place. Is this is a good idea or any other suggestion?
I am also not able to get the ticket prices for a through journey because I can't figure out which zones will be covered till Hallstatt
I saw somewhere it is 32.40 Euros for one ticket

Posted by mikliz97

Snohomish, WA

05/02/25 03:01 PM

3260 posts

Taking a tour would save you a lot of time as not all of the places are right in Salzburg.

We did the SOM tour with Bob's Special Tours and had a great time! They use small vans, so only about 8 people max and our guide was excellent. If you can swing it, I highly recommend this.

Posted by G3rryCee

Bellingham, WA

05/02/25 04:13 PM

1040 posts

Take a close look at what the different tours cover. I went on a big-bus tour, and it went to the church in Mondsee where the wedding was filmed. My sister did a walking tour that went to some places I didn't get to. Maybe the van tour suggested by the other poster hits all the sites? Or more? Anyway, my point is that there isn't one SOM tour but several options.
P.S. I had zero regrets because the drive to Monsee was incredibly beautiful.

Posted by Andrea 🌎

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

05/02/25 06:59 PM

11025 posts

We went with Bob’s Big Tours because we didn’t want to be on a big bus with a lot of people. It was so much fun and it took us out of town to see the wedding church in Mondsee. It’s a great way to see the Austrian countryside if you won’t have an opportunity to do so otherwise. If you just want to stay in town you could probably manage most of those sites on your own.

https://www.bobstours.com/main.php

Posted by wmt1

05/02/25 10:52 PM

2487 posts

The Salzburg Guest Mobility Ticket covers not only the City of Salzburg but the whole State of Salzburg. This includes the bus line 150 from Salzburg main train station to Bad Ischl. For the short train ride from Bad Ischl to Hallstatt you need to buy a ticket (from a ticket vending machine or online in advance) because Hallstatt is outside of the State of Salzburg.

Posted by angelafrench

05/05/25 08:50 PM

34 posts

I was there in 2017 with my husband and we did a SOM bicycle tour. It was a highlight of our trip. From a bus, you just look out the windows. On our bikes we were able to get up close and personal. These were just city cruiser type bikes. Our tour guide had a boom box on the back of her bike that played SOM songs as we rode. It was loads of fun!

Posted by janet_kupfer

05/06/25 04:55 AM

438 posts

I was in Salzburg a week ago and went to Hallstatt by bus, train and ferry. The total for all came to about 36euros.

Posted by phred

Los Angeles

05/07/25 06:21 PM

5123 posts

Unless your heart is set on Hallstadt, a pretty controversial destination these days, I did a daytrip to the Wolfgangsee taking the boat from one end to another. It was great and simple and the countryside outside Salzburg is very pretty.

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/austria/great-salzburg-daytrip

Posted by Paula

Eagan, MN, USA

05/13/25 02:04 AM

15 posts

We did this SOM bicycle tour with our son and his family. It was wonderful - absolutely the best thing we did in Salzburg - highly recommend!

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