GalleryCastle Hohensalzburg (Festung Hohensalzburg)

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Budget Friendliness
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Jamie73 (35)
Dover, United Kingdom

98%

very good

[Jamie73, 19.07.2007] As me and Dayle (my girlfriend)have just returned from our holiday in Salzburg, Austria I thought I would write a review on the Hohansalzburg Fortress we visited while we were there. Location. The Hohensalzburg Fortress is situated on Mountain of Hohensalzburg and the fortress looms over the City and you can really see how prominent it is if yo [more]

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Fodors.com

70%

excellent

The Fortress Hohensalzburg is described as being "Salzburg's acropolis and the largest preserved medieval fortress in Central Europe." We are told a little about the history of this attraction and informed that over the centuries "the archbishops gradually enlarged the castle, using it originally only sometimes as a residence." When speaking ab [more]

Michelin Guide

90%

excellent

Pages 255 - 256 of the Green Guide to Austria (2001 edition) contain a review of this castle. It directs the visitor to the funicular which provides an easy route to the top of this "block of Dolomite rock" 400 ft above the Salzach river. Begun in the 11th century by Archbishop Gebhard to provide a "safe retreat" it was enlarged and refurbished [more]