Palace and fortress together
From the far bank the façade, the water and Hohensalzburg fall into one frame.
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No, unless you are a hotel guest or invited to an event. The grounds are private as well. Many visitors arrive expecting an open palace and leave disappointed — know this before walking half an hour to get there.
The Mirabell gardens with their famous steps in the centre, the glass pavilion in the Hellbrunn grounds, and the church at Mondsee outside the city where the wedding was filmed. These are scattered, and organised tours gather them into half a day if the film is your reason for visiting.
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An eighteenth-century rococo palace on the bank of a pond south of Salzburg, its façade reflected in the water with the Hohensalzburg fortress on the hill behind. Many people know it without knowing its name: the pond and the terrace above it appeared in The Sound of Music as the von Trapp family home, and the scene of the children falling into the water was shot here. That makes it a fixed stop on the film tours in Salzburg. One thing should be clear before going: the building today is a private hotel and conference centre and is not open to visitors. You cannot go in or walk its grounds unless you are staying there or attending an event. What you can do is walk the public path around the pond and look at it from the far bank, which is in fact the best angle for the famous photograph: the palace, the water and the fortress in one frame. The walk around the pond is itself pleasant, quiet and free, about half an hour on foot from the old town.
From the far bank the façade, the water and Hohensalzburg fall into one frame.
The pond and terrace stood in for the von Trapp home; the falling-in scene was shot here.
Quiet and free, a good alternative to the crowded old town.
On the Leopoldskron pond, south of Salzburg