Salzburg Tourism
The official Salzburg city tourist board: current opening times, the Salzburg Card, the Mozart sites, guided tours, events, and visitor information for the Altstadt.
Sources
Check the latest details with the people who run them.
This guide keeps fast-changing facts out of static pages. Rail and Postbus timetables, opening hours, ticketing, cable-car and lake-boat seasons, festival dates, and prices belong to official operators.
How to use these sources
Use these links for details that can change, then return to the guide for practical planning. Every URL below was fetched and confirmed to resolve on 6 August 2026.
Official references
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If an organisation has moved its information to a new website, we link to the current page rather than an old shortcut that may stop working.
Stadt Salzburg
The municipality of Salzburg: city services, public information, and the official boundary for Salzburg city rather than the surrounding state.
UNESCO Historic Centre of Salzburg
The official World Heritage record for Salzburg's historic centre, including the prince-archbishops and the meeting of Italian and German architectural traditions.
Hallstatt Tourism
Official Hallstatt visitor information: arrival and parking, the coach slot-booking system, visitor management, and the current situation in a village of roughly 740 residents.
Salzkammergut Tourism
The regional board for the Salzkammergut lake district, unified from 2026: the lakes, the villages, and regional visitor context across Hallstatt, Bad Ischl, the Wolfgangsee, and Mondsee.
Bad Ischl Tourism
Bad Ischl visitor information: the Kaiservilla and the imperial spa-town layer, the spa, and the town's role as the road and rail junction of the Salzkammergut.
Wolfgangsee Tourism
St. Wolfgang, St. Gilgen, and Strobl on the Wolfgangsee: village information, the lake boats, the Zwölferhorn cable car, and practical accommodation context.
Mondsee Tourism
Mondsee visitor information: the basilica, the lake and swimming, and the town's position as the closest Salzkammergut lake to Salzburg.
Schafbergbahn and Wolfgangsee Shipping
The Schafbergbahn cog railway from St. Wolfgang and the Wolfgangsee passenger boats: current seasonal operation, timetables, and tickets.
ÖBB
Austrian rail: current timetables and fares for Salzburg–Vienna, Salzburg–Innsbruck, and the Salzkammergut line toward Hallstatt via Attnang-Puchheim.
Postbus
The rural bus network that actually reaches the Salzkammergut villages: the Salzburg–Bad Ischl–Hallstatt corridor and the Wolfgangsee services, whose timetables thin outside the season.
Salzburger Verkehrsverbund
Public transport in and around Salzburg city and Land Salzburg: buses, regional services, zones, and tickets.
Hohensalzburg Fortress
The Hohensalzburg fortress and the Salzburg state castles: current opening, tickets, and the Festungsbahn funicular.
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival: current season dates, programme, and tickets — the event that reshapes the city's summer prices and availability.
Salzwelten
The Hallstatt salt mine and the world's oldest salt mine tour, plus the Hallein and Altaussee mines: current opening, the funicular, and tickets.
Dachstein Salzkammergut
The Dachstein Krippenstein above Hallstatt: the cable car, the 5fingers viewing platform, the ice caves, and their seasonal operation.
SalzburgerLand Tourismus
The Land Salzburg regional board, covering current visitor information outside Salzburg city and across the surrounding state.
Vienna Tourist Board
Official Vienna visitor information for museums, neighbourhoods, current openings, and the practical differences between a capital-city stay and Salzburg.
Innsbruck Tourism
Official Innsbruck visitor information: the Nordkettenbahnen from the city centre, the Golden Roof, Ambras Castle, Bergisel, and the Tirol gateway context.
Salzburger Christkindlmarkt
Official 2026 dates, venue and daily and holiday opening hours for the Christkindlmarkt at Domplatz and Residenzplatz.
Salzburg Tourism — Hellbrunner Adventzauber
Official 2026 dates and opening hours for the Hellbrunner Adventzauber, including the special closing time on 24 December.
Wolfgangseer Advent
Official 2026 market dates, operating days and opening hours for St. Wolfgang, St. Gilgen and Strobl.
Wolfgangseer Advent ferry service
Official 2026 Advent ferry operating window and the separate post-Christmas ferry period.
Source limits
Changing and uncertain facts need different treatment.
Current transport and opening details belong to operators. Estimates stay labelled as estimates, with their limits stated plainly.
Use live operators for changing details
Rail and Postbus times, lake boats, cableways, ticket prices, and seasonal closures can change. The guide explains the choice; the linked operator provides the current detail.
Hallstatt crowding: use the official operating signal
The official Hallstatt coach system uses capped, timed arrival slots. That provides a practical signal for the midday peak. Because annual visitor estimates do not publish a transparent counting method, this guide does not present them as measured facts.
Corrections
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