Panoramic Salzburg City Tour plus Austrian Lakes and Mountains Sightseeing Tour

Salzburg, Austria

This afternoon tour starts with a panoramic tour of Salzburg which will provide you with an opportunity to see the as many historical and cultural highlights as possible in the city where Mozart was born. Then you experience the breathtaking beauty of one of Austria's most beautiful regions - the Lake District just beyond the gates of Salzburg.

Your tour will commence from Mirabell Square and take you through Mozarteum, the new part of the City, then continue to Mozart's Residence. Continue over the Staatsbrucke into the baroque Old Town with its resplendent Dome and the festival quarter.

Passing the Nonnberg Abbey you will see Castle Leopoldskron, used as the von Trapp family home in the film, "Sound of Music". The tour will then return to Mirabell Square where the lake and mountains tour will commence with a scenic view of Salzburg. You will be introduced to many scenic and historical landmarks on the way to the beautiful Lake District, such as the impressive hunting castle Fuschl, today a luxury hotel, where the Prince Archbishops spent many seasons.

In St Wolfgang there is time to visit the famous winged gothic altar by Michael Pacher, and there will be a stop at the White Horse Inn for refreshments. From St Wolfgang you be able to enjoy a 25 minute boat ride (May 1 - October 26 only) to St Gilgen, where Mozart's mother was born, on the other side of Lake Wolfgang.

Passing Castle Huttenstein, you will continue along the Mondsee. The ever-changing and contrasting scenery will make this tour an unforgettable memory and is a must for every visitor to Salzburg.

USD $63.84

Review by: merlinrnr	January 2012
The mountains and lakes are breathtaking!! Definitely worth visiting and much nicer than those in Switzerland. The commentary was over-the-top with bad jokes (bring headphones to tune it out). The stop at the tea shop for cake was a nice surprise.

Review by: Terence B	January 2012
This tour is fantastic, with nice views and wonderful lakes

Review by: Hany S	November 2011
The city is beautiful and the lake district is amazing , but would have like more stops on the tour to walk around rather than spending most of the time in the bus

Review by: Melba M	October 2011
Very nice afternoon. 1 hour in the city. About 4 hours visiting lakes and hills. Included 45 minutes boat ride.

Review by: Irene J	September 2011
This is one of the most picturesque areas I have seen in Salzburg. The boat ride on Lake Wolfgang is well worth it and the unique town of St. Gilgen is absolutely beautiful. The 70km bus ride through the countryside was magical.

Review by: Melinawati S	September 2011
It is a beautiful old town and the view during the boat tour was wonderful!

Review by: patumtip w	August 2011
Guide tour is friendly and informative. Lakes and montains sightseeing tour is very impressive.

Review by: Karen S	July 2011
The city tour was good except the driver/guide had to do everything in 2 different languages, which was distracting and being the only 2 in English and the other 5 in German, we got slighted. It also made us late for the second part of the trip to the lakes. It was a huge tour bus and my husband and I couldn't sit together because none of the singles would give up their window seat and the tour guide would not assist. On the way back from St. Gilgen, we got to the bus early and just took over a seat, but that person sitting there before was not happy with us. Also, the guide had to do the tour in FOUR languages, so it was constant chatter and exhausting. If you can't get a tour that is complete in the language you desire, I suggest you pass on it.

Review by: Judy K	July 2011
Didn't take this one. The tour company said it covered much of the same area as the Sound of Music Tour. We went to Eagle's Nest instead, which was a great tour of Hitler's hideaway.

Review by: Mirna N	June 2011
Really nice! Excellent guide

Review by: ZAFAR C	June 2011
Wonderful tour,would definitely recommend to all my friends. The group size was great and the tour guides were very friendly and informative. I especially enjoyed my trip to the lakes and mountains. Amazing overview of the lakes and mountains. We went to this most beautiful small town St. Wolf gang, the highlight of the tour. If you are tight on time and want to see the most beautiful parts around Salzburg. Go for this tour!!

Review by: Carol B	June 2011
The first part of the tour was in a minivan and the guide took us around the city and to the outskirts of Salzburg to see a lake and palace. This tour was basic and informative. On the second tour we went about 1 hr. out of town on a tour bus. This was a scenic drive and I enjoyed it. In St. Gilian we boarded a ferry and went to St. Wolfgang. The boat ride was relaxing and again I enjoyed the scenery. St. Wolfgang had many shops and eateries and was a quaint town. I enjoyed the day out and the drive back to Salzburg.

Review by: Anshum	June 2011
The complete tour was broken into city tour and lakes and mountaines tour. City tour was not that good as the bus/wagon used is a normal one and not those typically used for tourists (large windows). It's a challenge to see anything. The lakes and mountains part is the good one, specially the boat ride with a pitstop at St. Wolfgang.

Review by: Manoj P	May 2011
If you have a car, then it would be better to go on your own. The tour guide was informative though.

Review by: Melanie R	May 2011
This company was AMAZING, GREAT tour, GREAT guide, and a GREAT company! We missed our scheduled reservation because of a train mishap, but the company was very flexible and was able to reschedule a different tour for us, no problem. Highly recommended!

Review by: David O	February 2011
Our tour guide was very informative and gave us so many facts about the city. The mountains/lakes and stops along the way were great too. Don't do this one if you do the Sound of Music one - I feel you get the same info and visit many of the same places.

Review by: Hayley D	November 2010
This was a great tour, first the city, where the guide was very informative and the lakes and mountains were amazing.

Review by: Khalid N	October 2010
The best tour to take if you have little time as I had and nature lover. The best overview you will get about the city in this one hour tour of the city and the tour guide was excellent. Subsequent tour of the lakes and mountains was also well organized. This tour is best for day tripers to salzburg.

Review by: Yu-Ling C	September 2010
Tour guide is nice. Wish we can spend more time in Lake area

Review by: Cherie P, United Kingdom	February 2010
It was a great tour, fantastic staff - we really enjoyed it!

Review by: Rafael A, Mexico	October 2007
The Salzburg city tour is a very short ride in a van, it is definitely not useful.....the lakes are beautiful!

Review by: RAFAEL A	October 2007
The Salzburg city tour is a very short ride in a van, it is definitely not useful.....the lakes are beautiful!

Review by: Tamer A, Egypt	August 2007
The guide is excellent. The Lakes and Mountains tour was great. I enjoyed the boat trip.

Review by: Asish S, United States of America	July 2007
The tour was okay, although I was expecting more. There were not many stops for pictures. The boat ride was good.

Review by: Yves B, Canada	April 2007
Excellent guide. Very nice surrounding.

Review by: Julie F, United States of America	September 2006
The city tour was too rushed. The driver pointed out many sights, but you couldn't even snap a picture of most things. The Lakes and Mountains tour was great! There is beautiful landscape on the drive there and back. The city we stopped in was wonderful, and the boat tour was great with the mountains all around!