Salzburg Oldtown: Sightseeing Walking Tour with Licensed Local Guide

The house where Mozart lived from the age of seventeen. We are going to see the house and talk about it from the opposite side of the square. Here we will also find out why Salzburg is known as the "Rome of the North".

We are going to take a glance at Mirabell Garden and find out what it was in history and what it is today but you should come back after the tour to explore the garden in more detail.

After crossing the river we get to Getreidegasse, the most famous street in Salzburg, and walk along to reach Mozart's birthplace.

The University Church was the last historic building in Salzburg. It's not used as a church anymore. Therefore, we can and will enter the church as a group as long as it's not closed for some reason.

Furtwänglerpark was a monastery garden and nowadays is a part of the Salzburg University. The University, modern art, and the canal system of Salzburg are what we will talk about before moving on to the Concert Hall.

The Salzburg Festival is the most prestigious festival for classical music in the world. The Concert Hall is where most of the concerts and the opera take place during six weeks in summer.

Saint Peter's is the place where Salzburg was founded in 696 and the oldest monastery in the German-speaking region. We are not entering the church or the beautiful cemetery of Saint Peter's Abbey because the monastery and the church is still active and guided tours are not allowed but we visit the yard of the monastery and I will tell you everything about I know about it.

The Salzburg Cathedral is the most important church in Salzburg. We will not enter the Cathedral, but you should come back after the tour to have a look inside. On the tour, we will just admire the facade of the cathedral and learn about its history.

From Kapitelplatz square we get a view of the Hohensalzburg fortress, more modern art, and the oldest bakery of Salzburg.

We pass the river at the love lock bridge of Salzburg where we talk about the love locks, the bridge, the river, and the buildings along the river.

Residence Square is the main square and the heart of the old town. The square is called Residence Square because that's where the archbishop's residence was located in history.

Mozartplatz square is where the Mozart cult began in the 19th century when they erected the Mozart statue. We will have a look at the statue and reveal some of the mystery surrounding Mozart.