Hohensalzburg Fortress

Festung Hohensalzburg · FestungsBahn

A one-minute funicular to rooftops and Alps in one frame

⚠ Indoors shut 9–13 Nov

Hours

Jan–Apr and Oct–Dec 9:30–17:00, May–Sep 8:30–20:00 (museums 9:00–19:00), Easter and Advent weekends 9:30–18:00, 24 Dec 9:30–14:00. Open every day. 9–13 Nov 2026: funicular maintenance, indoor areas closed (walk up, outdoors only); funicular out of service 11 Jan–14 Mar 2027

Tickets

Online: all-inclusive with funicular €19.20 (ages 6–14 €7.30), basic with funicular €15.50, all-inclusive on foot €14.50, basic on foot €12.00. Also sold on site. festung-hohensalzburg.at

Address

Mönchsberg 34. The funicular's lower station is on Festungsgasse, at the south end of Kapitelplatz

Look up from almost anywhere in Salzburg and this white wall of a castle is there. It has stood for more than 900 years without ever being taken, so the inside is big and maze-like. The red funicular gets you in within a minute, or you can walk up in about 20. The real prize is the view from the terraces: cathedral domes and Old Town roofs on one side, and on the other a flat plain ending at the sheer face of the Untersberg. Plenty of people go up late in the day and come down after the town lights come on.