Day 34 – Salzburg

Today we had breakfast and then set out for the old town again, a little more focussed than yesterday. We started at Schloss Mirabel, a beautiful palace with lovely grounds which also featured in the Sound of Music (apparently). The atmosphere was lovely and was made even nicer by the live Mozart concert taking place right in the middle.

We next went to Mozart’s residence (although he didn’t live here for long the whole of Salzburg is Mozart mad)! We didn’t pay to go in but had a drink outside. We followed a nearby road up a very steep hill to a monastry which had lovely views of the city.

After descending back to ground level we had lunch in a small café and then visited a church we had missed yesterday with a very well kept and photogenic graveyard.

Next we walked up the steep hill to the fort overlooking the city. It was too expensive to go in but the views were very good. We continued to walk along the hills which gave us even more good views.

Back at ground level agian we had a really really nice hot chocolate which was almost like drinking melted chocolate. Emma had mint chocolate and I had coconut – yummy!

On the way back to the hotel we revisited the Schloss Mirabel gardens and enjoyed the walk back along the river.

Salzburg is very nice even with all the tourists. It really is an Austrian version of Stratford with Mozart instead of Shakespeare!