Old Town Salzburg: Your Comprehensive Travel Guide

 About the old city of Salzburg

Salzburg Old Town (Salzburger Altstadt) or (Altstadt Salzburg) is the historic and navigational heart of Salzburg, a maze of streets dating back to the Middle Ages along the banks of the Salzach River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  , overlooking the Hohensalzburg Castle from the top of the hill.

How to get to the old town of Salzburg

Salzburg's old town is located south of the main train station, about a 20-minute walk or 10-minute taxi ride away, and can be explored on foot or by city buses. Most of the main attractions are located in Salzburg and it has many hotels and restaurants.

It takes about two and a half hours by train from Vienna, and the train station is about two kilometers from Mozart Square.

The most important landmarks of the old town of Salzburg

• The old city of Salzburg includes many medieval and baroque buildings in a group overlooked by Salzburg Hohensalzburg Castle and its importance lies as a spiritual center for Central Europe in the early days of Western Christianity and also includes many ancient monasteries such as St.  Wrath of the Carolingian Empire.

• The skyline of the old town, with the towers and domes of many churches, is marked by narrow alleys and small squares, framed by the colorful baroque facades of the houses on both banks of the Salzac River. 

• It should be noted here that there are many bridges that connect the historic center of the city with its newer part, and among these bridges is the "Love-Lock" bridge, which is a pedestrian overpass that is crossed by about twenty.  thousands of pedestrians daily and includes many locks for the lovers passing by and is a great place to photograph and take beautiful pictures of the river and the city behind it. 

• Another highlight is the Getreidegasse, the main shopping street in the historic center. It houses a large number of designer shops, small souvenir shops, many cafes and restaurants and can be enjoyed just by walking between the shops without the need to buy. 

• Among its most important features is the grand Hohensalzburg Castle, which is approximately 900 years old as it was built in 1077 AD. for defensive purposes and has played many roles throughout history; And it turned into a prison, camp and military fortress, so it became located on top of a high hill overlooking the city, and the castle could be seen from afar while wandering the streets of the city.

• The old town also has what is known as Mozartplatz in its center and it has many cafes where you can sit and spend some time and there is a statue of Mozart in the middle of the square. 

The best hotel in the old town of Salzburg

Some of the best hotels in Salzburg's Old Town include:

Altstadthotel Kasererbräu: an old four-star hotel in the heart of Salzburg, at the foot of Hohenselzburg Castle

Altstadthotel Wolf-Dietrich: A small four-star hotel consisting of two buildings located in the pedestrian zone of the city on a quiet side street.

The Altstadt Hotel Stadtkrug is a four-star non-smoking old hotel housed in a 700-year-old building at the foot of the Kapuzinerberg.