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A few weeks ago my husband and I (and our littlest of course) spent some time in Salzburg. We stayed for exactly 24 hours from arrival ´til departure. 

But first things first. We got the big girls fed and dressed and brought them to Kindergarten and then we packed all of their things and about 20 stuffies and drove those things to my inlaws. Then we headed out to Salzburg.

Our 24 hrs in Salzburg

Check in at our Hotel. We stayed at the Hotel Hyperion, a 5 star hotel at the backside of Castle Mirabell. You have very quick access into the city from there. Just walk through the parc by the castle and cross one bridge and you are downtown Salzburg. We were able to bring up our luggage to our suite cause it was already ready when we arrived. 

After a quick refresh and a diaper change we headed out into the city to start explore. 

Our first stop in the city was lunch. When you enter at the Sternbräu entrance you find yourself in a courtyard. Some would say a food court. There is a Italian restaurant, several Asian restaurants, the Sternbräu and a little Biergarten. We got ourselves some food there. When in Austria you can never go wrong with a Bosna (a special type of sausage). 

Next stop on our list and inevitable when you are on your way to the Festung Hohensalzburg is the Getreidegasse. The main shopping street of Salzburg. They really have everything from Luis Vuitton to H&M and Spar. 

I made a stop at my favorite store – Christmas in Salzburg. It is a huge store full of real Easter eggs that are handpainted. The prices range from 5 to 15 Euro per egg. I got 4 green ones with a ditsy floral paint.

Afterwards we continued our way up the city and again found some things we hadn´t seen before. Wandering around with no clear goal is one of my favorites (only on vacation) cause you can find some real charming places in a city people don´t rave or even know about.

This time around we took the tram up the steep hills of Salzburg. You can get a ticket that includes the entrance of the tram and all of the buildings here. We bought the all-inclusive ticket with furnicular. It gives you access to everything including the prince´s chamber.

After we took the round-trip (we went one after another cause you can not take the stroller with you and I doubt it would be highly interesting for our youngest) we had coffee and the original Salzburger Nockerl (the most famous dessert you can get everywhere, it represents the 3 hills Salzburg is built upon, made of eggwhites and sugar) at the Festungscafé. The view down into the city has been impeccable. 

Now it was time to get back down into the city. Got some pretzels and wandered around through the university area, did some more shopping and headed back to the hotel to freshen up for our dinner reservation. 

We made a reservation for the Asian restaurant Yuan. I had the Chicken Wok Terriyaki. It was insanely good. We went there last year as well. I know the Austrian food is delicious too, there is no need to tell me that but if you have one meal to spare where it doesn´t matter the restaurant I would suggest this place. It is the best Asian food I have ever had.

The next morning we got up early (not by choice !!!) and got ourselves ready to head out to Garden Mirabell. There is a very old and huge magnolia tree and I wanted to take an outfit picture there. 

This was at half past eight and nobody was there. Super timing. Afterwards we headed back to our hotel for breakfast.

We packed up and checked out and went back downtown one last time. Unfortunately it rained the whole time so we looked for dry places and went inside two gorgeous churches. 

This one was called the White Church of Salzburg and you can probably guess why??!!

Next stop – the Dom of Salzburg. While all the other churches are free to visit, the Dom of Salzburg has a entry fee of 5 Euro. It is stunning inside. If you are interested in church concerts you should probably visit their site as they offer quite the different shows.

After that we went back down the Getreidegasse. Our little baby fell asleep and we split up. I went into H&M and my husband went into the Mozart Haus. This is the exact building where Mozart the famous piano player and Wunderchild was born and lived in his early years.

The last stop of this Salzburg trip was Café Sacher. Maybe you have heard of the world´s most famous chocolate cake  – the Sacher Torte. There is a whole business behind it with luxury hotels and cafés all over Austria.

It is a coffee house made of my dreams. Red velvet seating, old pictures from royalty and so much gold details everywhere. Also they offer many different little cakes besides the Sacher cake. I had the Esterhazy cake and it tasted like a giant Giotto. So so so good.

Now it was time to head back home to get our girls and spend the rest of the weekend together.

Two other suggestions I have:

If you are only looking for a quick and filling snack without loosing much time or money over lunch in a restaurant, I´d say go for one of those giant pretzels. We had the pizza pretzel twice and it was really good. You can find these all around Salzburg.

People often like to bring the significant treats back home of the city they visited. Make sure to buy the silver and blue Mozartkugel. This is the real one, the one and only . 

XO Kati