Audio tour · Austria
Salzburg
A self guided audio tour of Salzburg.
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A self guided audio tour of Salzburg.
Salzburg is built on two riverbanks and a fortress hill, and the whole compact centre can be crossed on foot in a morning. The Baroque churches and arcaded squares sit alongside ordinary bakeries and market stalls, and the Altstadt feels inhabited rather than preserved. The mountains begin just at the edge of the city, and the air on a clear day carries that particular alpine clarity.
In the app, 39 stops in Salzburg are narrated aloud, about 1h 6m of listening across 6 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 63 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You are standing in a building that has seen incredible shifts in ownership and purpose over time."
"Take a moment to look up at its sheer size."
"You are standing in the Domplatz, and the sheer scale of this place is something you have to see."
"You are standing before a palace that has seen some serious dramatic moments."
"You are standing right here at Nonnberg Abbey."
"You are standing near a place that has seen massive changes."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A tight half-kilometre loop through the pedestrian old town connecting Mozart's birthplace to the grand Festspielhaus stages and the baroque Residenz courtyard.
A one-kilometre descent from the hilltop Hohensalzburg Fortress through Saint Peter's Abbey and past the cathedral to the Residenzplatz and Nonnberg below.
A stroll through the celebrated Mirabell Palace gardens and across the Neustadt quarter, passing the Mozarteum, the Landestheater and Mozart's own dance-master house.
A longer western loop from the ornate Schloss Klessheim to the aviation and art spectacle of Hangar 7 near the airport.
A southern excursion linking Schloss Leopoldskron of Sound of Music fame with the playful water gardens of Hellbrunn Palace and the forested Schloss Aigen.
A short walk in Oberndorf tracing the story of the world's most beloved carol from the memorial Silent Night Chapel to the Nikolauskirche and across to Laufen Castle on the German bank.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.