Hellbrunn Castle (Schloss Hellbrun) Salzburg

Vienna was fun, but Salzburg was amazing. As you will see from the
pictures we have found the "Boulder" of Austria if not Europe. Also, if
you are looking at the pictures and feel like you have seen some of them
in a movie, you probably have. The Sound of Music (Hollywood version)
was filmed here!



We started …

We were picked up from the hotel at twenty past nine and taken to the Mirabell Palace to pick up the main coach, it was packed, but we managed to find three seats together. Our first stop was Leopoldskron Palace, where the children go into the water when then come back from the boating trip, the view of the palace was amazing, Prince-Archbishop of …

We arrived in Salzburg late and headed straight for our hostel. On our tram ride to our hostel we were what we called "Sound Of Music Paranoid." The sun had set and there was very few street lamps and everything looked straight out of the movie. Our hostel was beyond nice, well for a hostel. We shared a room with 5 other girls, but we didn't stay …

I had planned on letting myself sleep in until around 9:30 AM since I had plenty of time and no real schedule, especially on Saturday. Unfortunately, everyone else in my room ended up waking up around 6 AM and then apparently decided the room would be a fun place to have a My breakfast at the hostel was pretty standard, with some ham, salami, …

I had planned on letting myself sleep in until around 9:30 AM since I had plenty of time and no real schedule, especially on Saturday. Unfortunately, everyone else in my room ended up waking up around 6 AM and then apparently decided the room would be a fun place to have a My breakfast at the hostel was pretty standard, with some ham, salami, …

Our adventure for the weekend was a trip to Salzburg to see if the hills really were alive, and to frolic amongst them in the case that they were. We had kindly been invited by a local student, Verena, who lives in a small town on the outskirts of Salzburg, called Seekirchen, to go stay with her family.

On Friday morning Katie, Jen and …

I loved everything about Salzburg. The city is surrounded by huge mountains that looked beautiful this time of year with the snow. In addition to the picture-perfect city, the people of Salzburg were very welcoming and friendly. The best part of this trip was seeing the locations of the movie, The Sound of Music. Furthermore, in my Italian Opera …

... out only. It was supposed to be the best sausage in town, and it was indeed very good. After lunch we took the bus out to Hellbrunn Castle. It was a very pretty building, but it is most known for its trick water fountains in the garden. We had to go on a ...

... some distant parts of Salzburg. After showers and breakfast, we walked to the station to get the bus to Hellbrunn Castle, on the outskirts of Salzburg. We were freeeeeeeeezing - yesterday was nothing compared to this! We got to Hellbrunn at 10.30, and ...

... during the salt mine tour, we crossed the border underground.   As today is our last day in this wonderful city, we visited Hellbrunn Castle and its famous water gardens in the morning (and got a wet bum) and Hangar 7 in the afternoon. In the ...

... ;t dwell here for too long.  We then hopped back on the bus to travel to the outskirts of the city to Hellbrunn Castle.  The Castle was built in 1615 under the instruction of the ruling Archbishop of the time for his own benefit as a place of ...

... family home. We saw it across the lake in which the Trapp children fell in the movie. We drove a little farther to the Hellbrunn Castle, built in the early 17th century by an Archbishop, where the gazebo used in the movie has been moved. After a quick ...