Alstadt - Old City Salzburg, Austria

Our day trip to Salzburg Austria was just a 2 hour train ride from Munich.

comfy train ride

green pastures & fields with Alps in the background

Salzburg means "Salt Castle." The Salzach River divides the city in two, the Alstadt (Old City) and the Neustadt (New City). The river carried salt barges in the early years. We spent our day in the old city, and specifically in...

Mozart Plaza

Mozart 1756-1791

Mozart's birthplace

The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born and raised in Salzburg, was employed as musician at the archbishopal court from 1773 to 1781. His house of birth and residence are tourist attractions. His family is buried in a small church graveyard in the old town, and there are many monuments to "Wolferl" in the city.

music & dance entertainment at Mozart's museum

and MANY tours stopped to look at the house, hear the

tour guides' talk and take photos

I sat on a bench across from Mozart's birthplace and watched people while OFD shopped and Hubby went looking for a geocache. It was a very busy area because it was the oldest street in Salzburg. It had a great variety of shopping experiences (souvenir shops to wine tasting to clothing). Every tour group stopped in the intersection (more like a T) to look at the house, and listen to the music. It was a great place to watch people.

one of the modes of transportation

we didn't take it

shopping in the area

I don't know how busy they were

we didn't stop or eat there

parade

not sure why or what it represented

added interest to the day

Hohensalzburg Castle

city's fortress built in 1077 by Archbishop Gebhard

it's been expanded over the centuries

one of the largest castles in Europe

we didn't tour it

Salzburg Cathedral

museum against a cliff

open market that got busier later in the day

artistic and colorful buildings in the Alstadt

The buildings on the other side of the Salzach River in the Neustadt (New Town) side of Salzburg...

signs of another city wall

writing on the top of the building

and under the eves

another beautiful European city

bike storage/parking at the train station

Geocaching experiences and our Austrian lunch in another post.