Travel Information
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Arrival By Plane
The airport is located about four kilometers from the city center. Salzburg Airport is the arrival airport for many international airlines and low-cost carriers. Direct flights to Salzburg are available from Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Birmingham, Coventry, Cologne/Bonn, Exeter, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Leipzig-Halle, London, Manchester, Moscow, Paris, Palma de Mallorca, Rott erdam, Stockholm, Saint Petersburg, Vienna and Zurich.
Salzburg W.A. Mozart International Airport is situated about 20 minutes from the centre of the city. Upon arrival at Salzburg Airport, take the number 8 bus: it takes roughly 15 minutes to reach the historic city centre and costs €2 for a single trip. Alternatively you can take a taxi: the taxi rank is located just outside the arrivals terminal and will cost roughly €20.
For more connections you may prefer to fly in to Munich and take the train or airport shuttle to Salzburg.
Arriving by train
The train station is a 15 minutes' walk from the historic city center. Here you can transfer to a trolley bus, regional bus, local train or suburban train. As a border station to Germany, Salzburg has outstanding Eurocity, Intercity and ICE connections. Salzburg's new suburban railroad connects the city with the surrounding towns.
The train ride from Munich to Salzburg takes about an hour and a half, and international trains operate from Zurich, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Budapest to name just a few destinations. Inter-city trains operate very frequently (especially to Vienna where services are almost hourly). The station is operated by both the Austrian Federal Railway Company (OBB) and the National German Railway company (DB). Both companies have ticket stalls and machines in the station. The popular train pass for Bavaria sold by DB (in German: Bayern Ticket) also covers train rides between Bavaria and Salzburg. The rail pass can be brought from DB ticket stalls as well as DB Ticket Selling Machines in the station.
Arriving by car
Salzburg is well connected to both Vienna (Wien) and Munich (München) via the autobahns A1 (Salzburg - Vienna) and A8 (Munich - Salzburg). There is an Austrian Motorway "Vignette" you have to purchase. The price varies depending on if you buy a yearly or 10 day vignette.
Driving around Salzburg can be a pain. The road names are small and written in a "Traditional" German font which can be hard to read. The best bet is to get into the city, find a parking space, and travel by foot.
Getting around once you’re there
The best way to get around Salzburg is by foot. There is a network of city buses (StadtBus, with numbers from 1 to 8 and 20-27) which cover the whole city star-shaped from the center. A single trip costs €2, whilst a 24 hour ticket is €5. You can also buy a week long ticket, for €12.40. Conveniently, bus tickets can be bought on the buses from the bus driver. However, if you have time, buy the tickets in advance at a "Trafik", as they are then significantly cheaper. For example, a single trip then costs only €1.50, although you have to buy the tickets in blocks of 5.
Another option for exploring areas around the main city (Bad Ischl, Fuschlsee, etc.) are the POST-BUSes. These leave from the main train station; tickets can be bought from the driver.
If you travel by bus, make sure you don't fall asleep on any of the last buses. They will take you several miles out of town with your only way back being by walking or taxi (should you be fortunate enough to wave one down). With that said, if you need to get somewhere late at night it may be best to either take a taxi or walk.
Finally, another excellent option is renting a bike. Salzburg has over 100km of bike paths, and using this mode of transportation is often faster than bus, car or foot. There are also excellent bike paths on either side of the river which you can follow to either Freilassing (35 minutes), Oberndorf or Hallein (each about an hour one-way).
