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Panoramic Salzburg City Tour plus Austrian Lakes and Mountains Sightseeing Tour

start date: 2008-09-23
end date: 2009-03-28

Panoramic City Tour:


This tour will provide you with an opportunity to see the as many historical and cultural highlights as possible in the city where Mozart was born.

Your tour will commence from Mirabell Square and take you through Mozarteum, the new part of the City, then continue to Mozart's Residence. Continue over the Staatsbrucke into the baroque Old Town with its resplendent Dome and the festival quarter.

Passing the Nonnberg Abbey you will see Castle Leopoldskron, used as the von Trapp family home in the film, "Sound of Music". Lastly the tour will return to Mirabell Square.

Lakes and Mountains Tour:

On this tour you can experience the breathtaking beauty of one of Austria's most beautiful regions - the Lake District just beyond the gates of Salzburg.

Your tour begins at 2:00pm with a scenic view of Salzburg and then will introduce you to the scenic and historical landmarks on the way to the beautiful Lake District. You will see the impressive hunting castle Fuschl, today a luxury hotel, where the Prince Archbishops spent many seasons.

In St Wolfgang there is time to visit the famous winged gothic altar by Michael Pacher, and there will be a stop at the White Horse Inn for refreshments. From St Wolfgang you be able to enjoy a 25 minute boat ride (May 01 - October 26 only) to St Gilgen, where Mozart's mother was born, on the other side of Lake Wolfgang.

Passing Castle Huttenstein, you will continue along the Mondsee. The ever-changing and contrasting scenery will make this tour an unforgettable memory.

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