Salzburg City Guide

Welcome to your Salzburg self-guided city tour. Discover a city where baroque streets, mountain views, and centuries of music history come together. Explore UNESCO-listed Old Town, Mozart’s birthplace, and iconic sites from “The Sound of Music.” With this guide, you’ll uncover Salzburg’s highlights and hidden corners at your own pace.

HOW TO REACH

Salzburg is well connected and easy to reach from most places in Europe by train, plane, car, or bus.

By Train
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof is a major rail hub with direct trains from cities such as Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Budapest, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart, and Paris.

Trains from Munich take about 1.5 hours, and from Vienna about 2.5 hours.

There are also direct night trains from cities like Milan, Rome, Venice, and Zagreb.

Train travel is generally the most popular and convenient way to reach Salzburg from within Europe.

By Air
Salzburg W. A. Mozart Airport (SZG) has direct flights from many European cities, including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Zurich, Brussels, and Istanbul.

For more flight options, you can fly into Munich or Vienna and take a direct train to Salzburg (about 1.5 hours from Munich, 2.5 hours from Vienna).

The airport is only 4 km from the city center, with frequent bus connections (lines 2 and 8) to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof in 15–20 minutes.

By Car
Salzburg is accessible via major motorways: the A1 and A10 from Austria and the A8 from Germany.

Driving from Munich takes about 1.5 hours; from Vienna, about 3 hours.

By Bus
Long-distance buses (such as Flixbus) connect Salzburg with cities across Europe, though train connections are usually faster and more comfortable.

There are also shuttle and bus services from Prague and Budapest.