Summer Holidays in Austria - Salzburg

• Salzburg - Austria's Festival City of Music

Book your summer holidays in Salzburg this season and we'll whisk you away to a city in a truly magnificently setting! Complete with brooding medieval fortress, Salzburg is one of Europe's loveliest cities. This is the birthplace of Mozart and Salzburg is renowned for music. The perfect destination for music lovers and everyone who loves an exciting city break.

Lying beside the winding river Salzach and surrounded by huge mountains, Salzburg is an ancient, picturesque and historic city and a World Heritage site. Take a summer holiday in Salzburg and you'll fall in love with the left bank of the river between the Mönchsberg and Festungsberg, a maze of narrow cobbled streets, arcaded courtyards and grand tall houses. This contrasts beautifully with the Cathedral,  Residenz Palace and other gems from the Baroque, Rococo and Neo-Classical periods.

Art galleries, gardens and museums are also plentiful. Summer holidays in Salzburg take you to the place where The Sound of Music was a filmed more than forty years ago. The scenery aroiund Salzburg is spectacular. The city is surrounded by breathtaking landscapes dotted with crystal clear lakes, ringed by Alpine foothills with views of huge, snow covered mountain peaks. If you're a classical music fan the ideal time to take your Salzburg summer holiday is during July and August, when the town's prestigious music festival takes place.