Five Awesome Days In Salzburg, Austria

Introduction

In 2025, my wife, teenage son, and I took an awesome summer vacation to Central Europe. It’s essentially split up in to three parts – we spent the first 5 days in Prague and the surrounding area, then went to Salzburg Austria, then Grindelwald Switzerland. This split up allowed us to see and experience some of the best of central Europe, with enough variety to seem like 3 completely different vacations. I am going to do 3 separate posts for each part, since we did so much in each place.

I’ll do my best to describe and show what we did – with the itinerary, specific links, recommendations, highlights, what to avoid, etc.

How We Got Here

Prague was the first part of our trip, read all about it here! We booked a driver through Viator to take us from Prague to Salzburg, with a stop in Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. This was such a great way to get from Prague to Salzburg and I would highly recommend it! We were picked up at the hotel, and the driver took us to Cesky Krumlov, let us explore around there for around 4 hours, and then drove us to Salzburg, dropping us off right at the hotel. This was so much less stressful than taking a train since we’d have to make a few connections. We could see Cesky Krumolv which is a must see. And we didn’t have to haul luggage around anywhere. Not to mention the driver shared a lot of really interesting stories and history for us.

Day 1 – Arrival and Mirabell Palace concert

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Day 2 – Salzburg sightseeing and cooking class

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Day 3 – Car pickup, Hellbrun Palace, Salzburg Festival

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Day 4 – Hallstatt and Grossglockner road trip

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Day 5 – Konigsee and Schafberg

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