Sound of Music

The Sound of Music was originally a stage musical, adapted as a 1965 film set in Salzburg, Austria. The film has more fame in English-speaking countries than the country where it is set, and is a great showcase of locations of the Alps.

Destinations

• 1 Schloss Mirabell. Next to the Salzach river and the Mozarteum University of Music and Arts lies a beautiful castle with gardens, built by an archbishop for his beloved courtesan. Watch out for the "Garden of Dwarfs" and the Garden of Roses. Inside, you find the marble stairs of Raffael Donner, and the world's most beautiful wedding hall, the Marble Hall. Free.  

• 2 Nonnberg Abbey.  

• 3 Felsenreitschule.  

• 4 Salzburg Residenz.  

• 5 Schloss Fronburg.  

• 6 Hellbrunn.  

• 7 Schloss Leopoldskron.  

• 8 Hohenwerfen Castle.