Salzburg, Austria — Activities
Salzburg Culture
Salzburg Ticket Service (tel: (0662) 840 310; www.salzburgticket.com) can help out with any ticket requests for venues in Salzburg.
Music
Grosses Festspielhaus
The largest of Salzburg's two festival halls, the Grosses Festspielhaus, with a capacity of over 2,000, is the city's premier venue for classical music, hosting operas and concerts all year round.
Hofstallgasse
Tel: (0662) 804 5500.
Website: www.salzburgfestival.at
Hohensalzburg Fortress
There are classical concerts all year round in the elegant State Rooms at the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
Mönchsberg 34
Tel: (0662) 8424 3011.
Website: www.salzburg-burgen.at
Mozarteum
Works by Mozart are performed at the Mozarteum.
Schwarzstrasse 26
Tel: (0662) 873 154.
Website: www.mozarteum.at
Salzburg Arena
Big rock concerts or other large-scale cultural or entertainment events tend to be staged at the Salzburg Arena, 4km (2.5 miles) north of the city center off the A1.
Messezentrum 1
Tel: (0662) 24040.
Website: www.salzburgarena.at
Salzburg Palace Concerts
With over 320 concerts a year, the Salzburg Palace Concerts is one of the world's largest concert series, held in the beautiful Marble Hall at the Mirabell Palace.
Tel: (0662) 848 586.
Website: www.salzburger-schlosskonzerte.at
Theater
Salzburger Landestheater
The biggest of Salzburg's permanent theaters is the Salzburg City Theater - the Salzburger Landestheater has been home to performing arts since long before Mozart, and today its program ranges from opera and ballet to drama.
Schwarzstrasse 22
Tel: (0662) 871 512.
Website: www.salzburger-landestheater.at
Salzburg Tours
Walking tours
Top Bike Salzburg offers self-guided tours through the city with a portable audio guide. It can be used by both bikers and walkers and provides information about most of the important sights of Salzburg. One-hour walking tours of central Salzburg are offered by Salzburg Guide Service; tours leave from outside the main tourist office.
Top Bike Salzburg
Tel: (06272) 4656.
Website: www.topbike.at
Salzburg Guide Service
Tel: (0662) 840 406.
Website: www.salzburg-guide.at
Bus tours
Panorama Tours and Salzburg Sightseeing Tours operate daily bus tours of the city and a number of themed tours, such as 'Mozart tours' and 'Sound of Music tours', visiting places where scenes from the film were shot.
Panorama Tours
Tel: (0662) 883 2110.
Website: www.panoramatours.com
Salzburg Sightseeing Tours
Tel: (0662) 881 616.
Website: www.salzburg-sightseeingtours.at
Boat tours
From April to October tourists can enjoy a Salzach Cruise on the river boat Amadeus Salzburg and see the sights of Salzburg from the river.
Tel: (0662) 825 858.
Website: www.salzburgschifffahrt.at
