My first day I went to Hellbrunn. The inside of the palace isn't very interesting. Each of the rooms have a theme and are named accordingly, such as fish.
There are a couple of rooms that have beautiful wall paintings.
Outside, however, is quite beautiful. You starting the tour going through the trick fountains. The tour guide seemed to take great joy in getting us wet. The gardens and fountains were set up so that water would suddenly come out of the ground or walls were you are walking. In one area, there was a table with secret fountains in the chairs. (The chair were the Archbishop sat of course did not have a fountain.)
If it's not too hot, there is a nice park to walk around after seeing the fountains and palace.
You can also walk to a theatre that was made out of the stone.
On my second day, I went on the Sound of Music tour. Unfortunately, many of the filming locations are closed to the public or no longer exist. Apparently, for many years people where sneaking onto private property to see the gazebo where "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is song so the film crew donated a smaller version to the city which can be found by Hellbrunn.
Definitely worth seeing are the street where Maria sings "Confidence" and the gardens when the children sing "Do-Re-Mi".
I went to the fortress in the heart of Salzburg. I also walked a little way up one of the mountains to point where there was a beautiful view of the city.
Now, in a lot of places you see them selling traditional clothing. Surprisingly, I saw a fair number of people wearing the traditional clothing. One night when I was eating dinner, at a table nearby there was a woman wearing the dress while all of her friends had "normal" clothing. This seems to be quite ordinary.
I did not go into the museums but you can see where Mozart was born and where he lived.
Salzburg is a lovely city with beautiful scenery.
Next up, Venice.
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