2 hour(s) 30 minute(s)
English
Included
€ 43
€ 39.56
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Admire medieval Salzburg from the water and discover one of the city’s top attractions on this 2.5-hour Hellbrunn Palace visit and Old Town river cruise. Hop aboard your sightseeing boat in Salzburg’s Old Town and cruise out onto the Salzach River with your guide. Gaze over the city’s medieval riverbanks on route to the 17th-century Hellbrunn Palace. Explore the Baroque palace and gardens at your leisure with your audio guide, and discover the water fountains for which the palace is famous. Afterward, transfer back to Salzburg by double-decker bus.
Starting with the boat cruise you enjoy the Old City scenery, the natural landscape of the Salzach combined with the exclusive residential area and the magnificent "Hagen" and "Tennen" mountain range. If the boat trip as part of Tour III is not possible due to weather conditions or technical problems, the organizer reserves the right to carry out Tour III entirely with the London double-decker bus or to cancel it entirely. If Tour III is carried out exclusively with the London double-decker bus, a price reduction or cancellation is not possible.
After arrival at the Hellbrunn jetty our London double decker bus will take you (a five-minute drive) to the enchanting Baroque Palace Hellbrunn. There, you will have an exclusive admission to the world-renowned trick water fountains. After the guided tour you will have time to visit the beautiful rooms in Hellbrunn Palace with an audio-guide. Also the Gazebo from the world famous movie "Sound of Music" can be visited in the gardens there. Afterwards, we will bring you with our historical London double decker bus back to the Old City jetty, where your journey started.
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The palace was built early 17th century in the early baroque style as a pleasure palace for day use in summer only and therefore had no bedrooms. It was commissioned by Prince-Bishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems. You start your visit with a tour of the trick garden with all sorts of hidden waterfountains that the Bishop liked to use on his guests by surprise. This is a timeslot entry so after you get your ticket go there first. At the start you can have your photo taken which you can buy at the end of this tour. At the start you also get a language specific audio guide. You exit this part in the beautiful garden and can visit a museum inside the palace with interesting information about the Bishop
We had a wonderful day here, the number 25 bus takes about half an hour from central Salzberg an drops you right by the entrance. Hellbrunne consists of a stunning palace, gardens and estate in the mannerist style. The surprise fountain garden is great fun but do expect to get a bit wet. The folk museum, palace and fountain garden are part of a 15 euro ticket which is good value. The water parterre gardens, stone theatre cut out of the rock, the wonderful views over the city and mountains, arboretum and playground are all free. There is a good cafe too.
The trick fountains was an amazing experience. We didn’t expect to have spent so much time there but we are glad to have had. Lots to see. The palace was very interesting as well.
I really enjoyed my visit to Hellbrunn Palace. The palace itself is beautiful, but the best part for me was the trick fountains—hidden jets that surprise you when you least expect it—and the water-powered moving sculptures that come alive as you walk by. It was playful and refreshing, and made the whole place feel magical
Had a great time visiting this gorgeous museusm / castle / park! Two things were particularly great: the Trick Fountains and the Children Playground as we were visiting with our 3yo toddler. We will definitely be back for the playground during our stay in Salzburg !
