As in many cities in Europe, the Association, which cares about save the means of visiting guests, invented a completely wonderful thing, namely, a discount card Salzburg Card. . Tourists can purchase this discount card in order to get free entry or significant discounts on many attractions of the city and surroundings. In addition, this card allows its owners to use all state vehicles in Salzburg for free! Wonderful!
The list of "Halewa" on this map includes sightseeing, as well as the use of various services related to them, such as a ride on a cable car to the castle and mountains of Untersberg, entrance to most museums, cruises on the river Olsa and discounts in most theaters, At concerts and day trips in the city and its surroundings.
Visitors can buy a map of Salzburg at the airport, in almost all hotels and hostels, in tourist information centers. Together with the map you get a brochure, where there will be a list of all the attractions to which the card action is distributed. Please note that on the map you can visit the attraction or event only once.
Well, in general, the purchase of the card is needed by those who really gathered to visit all possible places in the city. Not to say that the card is super-cheap, but not expensive. If you are in Salzburg, only one day or so, then buying a 24-hour Salzburg card, probably expensive pleasure. During the day you will have time to go to the castle, and maybe in one or two museums, otherwise you do not have time to buy tickets right in the museum easier to buy tickets.
Well, if you are going to walk or have already rented a bike, and you are not going to jump from one to another city bus, just buy a one-time trip (worth less than 2 euros per one) - Again, it will be cheaper. However, if you stop in the city for a few days and want to visit various museums and give everything to the city, swim on the cruise, go to the palaces and visit other attractions, or if you should often use public transport, because your hotel is not In the center, the card will be a faithful assistant in saving money!
By the way, at what transport map is distributed (in the sense of what you can ride on a map for free):
- Bus lines 1 - 14 within the city
- Albus bus lines: City bus A, Lines 20 - 35, line 151
- Bus lines Postbus: 32, 180, 170 to Rif / Taxach villages
- Trains S1 to Schlachthof
The Salzburg card differs in the duration of the action - sometimes 24, 48 and 72 hours. Here, how much she stands in 2014 from November 1 to the end of December (the same amount cost the map until April 30). The first sum for adults, the second - for children from 6 to 15 years old:
24 hours - € 23 / € 11.50
48 hours - € 31 / € 15.50
72 hours - € 36 / € 18
Cost of the map for the summer period (from May 1 to October 31):
24 hours - € 26 / € 13
48 hours - € 35 / € 17,50
72 hours - € 41 / € 20.50
You can buy such a map online here: http://www.salzburg.info/en/sights/salzburg_card/?page=2&tab=2
But the addresses of travel information offices:
Tourist Info - Infoterminal Flughafen (Innsbrucker Bundesstraße 95, this is Salzburg Airport)
TOURIST INFO - Mozartplatz (Mozartplatz 5)
Tourist Info - Salzburg Main Station (Südtiroler Platz 1, is the main railway station of the city)
Tourist Info - SALZBURG-SÜD (Alpenstraße, P + R-Parkplatz)
These centers, as a rule, work from 9 or 10 am to 6 or 7 pm (in the summer months, as well as on holidays a little longer and open early).