We are going on RS Best of Germany,Austria &/Switzerland tour 10-1 though 10-14. I was told by someone who did the tour before that there is a Sound of Music tour you have to book separately (you do it your free time on the tour) any ideas on what company to use to book that.? is there enough time to do it.. we have afternoon free on day 10 (oct 10)Thanks
Posted by
Corvallis OR
7144 posts
Bob's Sound of Music tours are well reviewed and mentioned often on here. Panorama tours is also mentioned on here quite often.
Edit: If you do a tour make sure it's one that goes to Mondsee to see the church where the wedding was filmed. And have a strudel in a cafe there. That was the most enjoyable part of the tour for me.
Posted by
Michigan
212 posts
We took a Sound of Music tour way back in 1986. Ours was with American Express and took half a day. It was a wonderful experience. The songs from SofM was played on the bus and many of us sang along. My parents talked about it until they died. I don't even know if there is an American Express office in Salzburg anymore. I would love to take a Sound of Music tour again someday. I'm sorry I can't offer the name of a tour company. I hope it works out such that you can take a tour.
All the best for a wonderful trip!
Traveler Girl
Posted by
Greeley, co, usa
2558 posts
Panorama tours. I’ve done it 3 times between 1970 and 2011. Many sights now are in pedestrian only areas, so I recommend that you walk around the altstadt also. Watch the movie again before you go to refresh your memory.
Posted by
Snohomish, WA
2567 posts
We did the SOM tour with Bob's Special Tours in December 2022. I loved that it was just a minivan that we were in, so just a few people per group. The tour was excellent!
Posted by
Los Angeles
4765 posts
Rick lists several options in his guidebook and admits that even though he took the tour "for research purposes" he ended up having a good time.
You might also watch the Samantha Brown episode on Salzburg, she talks of little else but SOM since she was a HS theater major.
The good news for me was it was possible to visit Salzburg and NOT have to participate in the SOM agenda.