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Salzburg Tourist Information

Auerspergstrasse 6
5020 Salzburg

Tel.: +43 0662 889870
Fax: +43 0662 8898732

www.salzburg.info

Welcome to Salzburg

With a couple of air tickets to Salzburg, you can visit the romantic home town of Mozart. Salzburg is also one of Austria’s most important arrival towns for ski tourists.

Buy a couple of air tickets to Salzburg and experience one of Europe’s most beautiful and atmospheric cities. Salzburg is also one of Austria’s principal centres for international tourism.

There is no skiing in Salzburg itself, but during the winter season it is one of the main arrival towns for ski tourists, as the infrastructure in Salzburg is adapted to cope with a large influx. If you’re looking for a quick skiing break in the Alps, a couple of air tickets to Salzburg is a very good start.

In connection with winter sports, it is worth mentioning that Salzburg cherishes an unrealised ambition to be host city for the winter Olympics. Following its initial qualification attempts for the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, Salzburg is once again in the running to be host city in 2014. The beautiful natural surroundings and the nearby Alps would also provide the perfect setting for one of the world’s greatest sporting events.

The impressive castle of Hohensalzburg towers over the city, forming one of Salzburg’s most distinctive symbols. The fortress was originally built in the Middle Ages, but has been continually renovated and extended. Hohensalzburg is a very well-preserved castle, and the largest of its kind in Europe.

Salzburg is a beautiful city, with many old buildings in the baroque style. Besides giving Salzburg its unique medieval atmosphere, these buildings also provide a good impression of the kind of town that formed the backdrop for much of Mozart’s life and activity. Mozart actually composed more than 350 of his beautiful and memorable concertos, symphonies and sonatas in Salzburg. Today, Mozart’s music is as alive as ever, and in 2006 it will be the 250th anniversary of his birth; Salzburg will be celebrating the brilliant composer all year long with festivals, events and exhibitions.

The classic film musical ’The Sound of Music’ was largely shot in and around Salzburg, so with a couple of air tickets to Salzburg, you’ll also have the opportunity to experience many of the film’s scenes and locations in reality.

Finally, we should mention that Salzburg is convenient to Vienna, Munich and of course Austria’s many ski resorts, such as Zell-am-See, Ischgl, St. Anton and Kitzbühl.

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