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Sound of Music and Salt Mines Combo Tour from Salzburg

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Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Daily

  • Duration

    8 Hours

  • Start time

    Tour either starts at 8:45am 

  • Meeting Point
    Bus-terminal, Mirabellplatz, right in front of St. Andrä Church.
    (Please reach atleast 15 minutes prior to tour start time.)
  • Ending Point

    Tour ends at Bus-terminal, Mirabellplatz.

Key Highlights

  • Smartphone voucher accepted – No need to print!
  • A Salzburg super-saver combining two great tours in one
  • The Sound of Music Tour is recommended by Maria von Trapp
  • Breath-taking scenery and magnificent photo-opportunities at every turn
  • Dress up in miners' clothes and ride on original mining wagons
  • Slide-100 foot into the caverns of the salt mine
  • Enjoy a boat ride on an underground salt lake

Overview

Combine two of the most popular tours in and around Salzburg for a day full of music, history and fun.

Spend the morning touring key locations of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical film “The Sound of Music”.

See Mirabell Gardens where Maria and the children danced and sang, the Leopoldskron Lake – where they fell into the water, the abbey where the real Maria Trapp was a novice, the church where Maria and the Baron were married in the film – and much more.

Your afternoon experience takes you to the Bavarian mountains for a thrilling underground adventure. Arriving at some 450 year-old salt mines, don miners’ overalls and drop 100 feet into the ground on a long slide. Travel on a little train to different parts of the mine and enjoy the incredible experience of sailing on a salt lake within the caverns.

This combo trip makes a fabulous family day out!

Itinerary

The super-value Sound of Music and Salt Mines Combo Tour comprises two supremely popular Salzburg tours: the Original Sound of Music tour and the Bavarian Mountains and Salt Mines Tour.

You can start your tour either with “Original Sound of Music Tour” at 09:15am or "Bavarian Mountains and Salt Mines Tour" at 08:45am.

You will be picked up from Bus-terminal, Mirabellplatz. “Original Sound of Music Tour”: The original “Sound of Music” soundtrack will be played as you travel along.

Highlights of the tour include the following:

Mirabell Gardens: Maria and the children danced around the statue of Pegasus, the winged horse, and throughout the gardens singing 'Do-Re-Mi'.

Leopoldskron Castle: The castle front was used as the Trapp family home, and the children were boating on the Leopoldskron Lake when they fell into the water. The Venetian room was copied from the castle and used as the ballroom.

Hellbrunn Castle: The glass pavilion in the gardens of this 17th century hunting castle, used in the film, was reconstructed for the pleasure of “Sound of Music” fans still returning after 30 years.

Nonnberg Abbey: In real life Maria Trapp was a novice here and the baron and Maria were married here in 1927. Scenes for the movie made here include the opening with the nuns going to Mass and Maria coming too late.

St.Gilgen and Lake Wolfgang: Scenery shown at the beginning of the movie was filmed at Lake Fuschl on the way to St. Gilgen.

Wedding Church Mondsee: The film wedding between Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as the Baron took place in Mondsee Cathedral.

Bavarian Mountains and Salt Mines Tour:

Your afternoon tour departs from the bus-terminal at Mirabellplatz. After passing the hunting castle Hellbrunn you will cross the Austrian-Bavarian border. You will travel along the Königseeache valley, through the Bavarian mountains, past romantic farmhouses and the ruins of Obersalzberg – Hitler's former mountain retreat – you will arrive at the highlight of the journey, the 450-year-old Saltmines.

Wearing traditional miners' clothing, you descend a 100-foot-long slide into a twilight world of underground grottos. Your tour includes a raft ride on a salt lake, a miniature train ride and a film showing the origin of the salt deposits.

Afterwards you have the chance to regain your strength with some Bavarian specialties (payable direct) during a stop in the village of Berchtesgaden.

You will be driven back to Salzburg and dropped off at Mirabellplatz.

Note: The first part of your combo tour ends around 1:30pm. The next part of your combo tour starts at 2:00pm.

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions

  • Transportation in an air-conditioned bus or minivan
  • Salt Mine Tour in English and German
  • Original Sound of Music Tour in English Language

Exclusions

  • Hotel Pick-up & Drop-off
  • Food and beverages

Please note

Voucher information: Show your voucher on your smartphone or other device (if you'd rather print a copy - that's fine too!)

Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to start of the tour to reconfirm departure details.

Please bring your passport/photo ID and valid visa with you on the tour.

Additional info

The confirmation voucher includes the local activity operator’s contact details and local telephone numbers at the destination. They will happily answer any logistical questions you may have

Customer Reviews

  • Kris Rains

    Had a wonderful day on the tours.

  • Sue Greene

    ...

    United Kingdom
  • Rajeev Kulkarni

    The salt mines n Eagles nest tour were really good even though the weather played spoil sport. The Sound of music Tour was good but I felt our guide could have given us more...

    India

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