The Festspielhaus is known primarily for the summer Salzburg Festival, which this year will take place from July 21 to August 30. Less well known is the "Sunday Matinees" program, held monthly at 11 AM, excepting festival times, which occur not only in summer but...More

The Festspielhaus is beautiful and impressive, and of course like many Salzburg tourists we were keen to see the Rock Riding School from the Sound of Music. Unfortunately, the tour guide was disinterested in this having been in the film (which makes her city SO...More

Don't miss this wonderful guided tour. It's only given once a day at 1400. Knowledgeable tour guide gave information in German and English. We thoroughly enjoyed hearing the history of this venue.

Our tour group was large due to considerable interest in this building. The tour guide did an excellent job in German and English to explain the long history of the many parts to the venue and their connection to the history of Salzburg. The most...More

Totally redesigned for Mozart's anniversary, in old stables, built against the mountain. Spectacular yet subservient to its function. Classy without being intimidating. Always playing something which is presented in a slightly different way without being distracting. Had the opportunity to see Don Giovanni performed during...More

On a recent visit to Salzburg, I happened to be there during the Music Festival. Despite the hyped up prices and the numerous tourists I enjoyed the experience thoroughly. For an added bonus it's the only time that you can visit events in the famous...More

Ok Salzburg is an expensive city and the opera is no exception with the top price seats about twice the cost of the equivalent seats at the Royal opera House in London. That said its worth doing if opera is your thing. They also do...More

The Salzburg Festival is one of the meccas for classical music lovers. You can pretty much guarantee that anything you see there will be terrific. The Festspielhaus is a good hall, not the best acoustics, but more than adequate for the wide variety of the...More

If you want to get a deep look behind the scenes and a lot of background information about history of the festival halls you should absolutely join the tour.

To be honest, the tour guide was fantastic. She did the tour in both German and English and was very informative. But frustrating was the fact that nobody at the booking desk mentioned to any of us that we would not be viewing the rock...More