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Eating

Budget: Spaghetti & Co - Spaghetti & Co is unusual in that it has a superb location on the Getreidegasse but offers food at reasonable prices. The food is simple Italian, but it is very tasty. The atmosphere is busy but cosy, with a rustic touch to the interior.  Getreidegasse 14 Tel: (0662) 841 400.

Mid-range: Ährlich - The Ährlich restaurant in the Wolf-Dietrich Hotel is Austria's first licensed organic restaurant. The cuisine is Austrian and the food is made strictly from organic, local and fresh produce. Tasty dishes with natural flavours have made this place very popular. Wolf-Dietrich-Strasse 7 Tel: (0662) 871 275/39.

Luxury: Esszimmer - The designer interior is modern and funky which neatly complements the food served. On offer is modern French cuisine with an Austrian twist and the presentation of the dishes is creative and artful. An exciting place serving exciting food. Müllner Hautpstrasse 33 Tel: (0662) 870 899.

Drinking

Tucked away in the streets of Salzburg are a wealth of bustling bars & clubs.  As a university town and a city of music you’ll find lots on offer to keep your entertained till the wee hours.

Bars:  Barfly at Rudolfskai 22 is a loud and lively bar and Podium in the same area attracts a young crowd. Saitensprung, Steingasse 11, is a combination of bar and disco, while a more stylish bar alternative with a rather cool feel is Havana, Priesterhausgasse 14.

Steinterrasse, a café/bar/lounge which is part of the trendy Hotel Stein, is open daily from 0900 until midnight and has amazing panoramic, rooftop views of this historic city.

Clubs:  Of the city's many clubs, Republic, Anton Neumayr Platz 2, is a popular spot with live music and dancing, as is Half Moon, Anton-Neumayr-Platz 5. Chez Roland, Giselakai 15, is great for more mature clubbers and has a great atmosphere.

Live Music:  Jazz and soul music are performed at Jazz It Bar Music Club.

Things To See And Do

The Original Sound of Music Tour
No trip to Salzburg is complete without experiencing the Sound of Music tour.  Enjoy a coach tour encompassing the areas where famous scenes from this popular film where shot, while listening to the original Soundof Music soudntrack as your guide shows you teh highligths as as well as the historical and architectural landmarks in the city.

Mozart Concert and Dinner at Stiftskeller
As Salzburg artists in historic costumes perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, you will dine on a three course meal prepared with traditional 17th and 18th century recipes. The Stiftskeller was created by the monks and is though to be the oldest restaurant in the world

Salzburg's Cathedral
This is the city's ecclesiastical centre and the most significant piece of early Baroque architecture in the whole of Europe north of the Alps. Among the precious objects it contains is the font in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptised. Domplatz   Tel: (0662) 804 7450.

The Hohensalzburg Fortress
Overlooking the city from high above, this is the largest fully-preserved fortress in Central Europe and Salzburg's chief landmark with a history going back to 1077. It can be accessed by using the Funicular Railway (Festungsbahn) (tel: (0662) 4480 9750) up the hill side from Festungsgasse 4. Tel: (0662) 8424 3011 or 846 181.

Mozart's Birthplace
The Hagenauer House is where Mozart's family lived on the third floor from 1747 to 1773. The musical genius was born here in 1756. Today the house is a museum with exhibits such as Mozart's childhood violin and several of his other instruments. Getreidegasse 9 Tel: (0662) 844 313.

The Residenz
The former official apartments of the Salzburg prince archbishops is an extensive and impressive complex of buildings, which contains the Residenz Gallery - an excellent art gallery with masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens and Brueghel.  Residenzplatz Tel: (0662) 8042 2690/2761.

Shopping

There are some great shopping centres in Salzburg, the most striking is Europark at Europastrasse 1, designed by architect Massimiliano Fuksas.

For a unique shopping trip head to the Old Town where there are more than 400 shops and boutiques selling jewellery, handicrafts, designer wear, high fashion, books and much more. 

There are some great street markets such as the Green Market on University Square and the adjacent Wiener Philharmoniker Gasse which are open daily except for Sundays and feature an abundance of meat, fruit, vegetables, seafood, fish, bread and cheeses, as well as flowers and local handicraft products.

Key Phrases

Hello - Grüß Gott
Goodbye - Auf Wiedersehen
Yes - Ja No - Nein
Please - Bitte
Thank you – Danke
Excuse me - Entschuldigung
Do you speak English? - Sprechen Sie Englisch?
I don’t understand - Ich habe Sie nicht verstanden
Where is the ... - Wo ist ...
Train Station - der Bahnhof
Tram/Bus stop - die Straßenbahn-/Bushaltestelle
Bank - die Bank Tourist Office - die Touristeninformation
What time does the train leave? - Wann fährt der Zug ab?
I’d like a single/return ticket - Ich hätte gern eine einfache Fahrkarte/eine Rückfahrkart
Do you have any rooms available? - Haben Sie ein Zimmer frei?
How much is it? - Wie viel kostet das?
I need a doctor - Ich brauche einen Arzt
What time is it? - Wie spät ist es?
Call the police/an ambulance – Rufen Sie die Polizei/die Rettung

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