The hills are alive in Salzburg!

biking along Salzburg, Austria

We only did a day trip to Salzburg from Vienna given the limited time we had. It would have been better to spend the night there since it was a 2.5-hour trip from Vienna. But we were able to make it work--we spent 7 hours in Salzburg and 5 hours travel. We took an early train to Salzburg and joined a bike tour. Fraulein Maria’s bicycle tour took us around Salzburg--Sound of Music style, of course. We looked at the different spots where the movie was shot and we passed by places the tour buses cannot really navigate. It was a fun 3.5-hour bike tour and we covered over 8 miles (almost 13 km!). We took solace in the fact that we did not know anyone in this city as the tour guide took out a speaker and had us biking to the tunes of “Climb Every Mountain,” “Do Re Mi,” “Lonely Goatherd…” you get the picture. We saw the Nonnberg Abbey, Mozart bridge, Residence Square, Leopoldskron Palace and Lake, Frohnburg Palace, and the gazebo (Liesl and Rolfe’s) which was now in Hellbrunn gardens.

Horse Bath Fountain, Salzburg, Austria

Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg, Austria

Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria

Leopoldskron Palace and lake, Salzburg, Austria

Gazebo at Hellbrunn, Salzburg, Austia

Frohnburg Place, Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg was such a beautiful city and hubby declared it as one of his favourites. The eyes feasted on Baroque structures among mountains, bridges and the Salzach river. The city was very picturesque. There were also modern structures as commissioned by the government such as the man on the golden orb.

Man on the golden orb, Salzburg, Austria

We checked out the market stalls and had chicken and sausage wraps, near the Makartsteg Bridge with the love locks. 

Makartsteg bridge with love locks, Salzburg, Austria

We also walked along the Mirabell gardens and the area of the Mozarteum/Marionette theatres before we headed back to the train station. 

Mirabell gardens, Salzburg, Austria

Mirabell gardens, Salzburg, Austria

We could spend another day here and biking is truly the way to go!