So, did you figure out where this castle is located? If you are a movie junky, then my title above should give away where we were! I will tell you what movie at the end of this post. If you thought Salzburg, Austria then you are one smart cookie! Salzburg was literally right on our route from Croatia to Munich, so we stopped for 2 nights to check out the city. Dan let me do the hotel booking so I picked a place a little different from the  typical hotels we where we usually stay.

It was an adorable and  family owned  with a beautiful view of the Alps. The staff was super friendly and accommodating, and felt very homey. It was nice to stay somewhere like this for a change!

We were only a couple miles from the City Center, where all the action happens. We took the local tram in while we were there, so we didn’t have to deal with the hassle of driving and parking in the city.

I loved the City Center. I feel as if the buildings look like the are from a movie set, they were just so old and perfect, and the Alps in the background just added to that “fake” effect.

The number one thing we wanted to do was to see the castle. To be correct, this was actually called the Hohensalzburg Fortress, not a castle. It was built in 1077 and is the largest and fully preserved fortress in Central Europe.

You could literally see the entire city and beyond. It completely amazes me that this was built almost 1000 years ago and that it holds so much history from Austria and the world!

Besides the Fortress, Dan and I weren’t too sure on what else Salzburg was famous for besides its beautiful scenic city. With a tiny bit of research, we found out that Salzburg is the birthplace and home of legendary composer, Mozart.

This is the home where he was born and  lived until he is 22 years old.

This is Mozart’s violin of which he received and started playing when he was six years old!

The house was filled with remarkable history from Mozart and his family.

Above is one of Mozart’s earliest work that he wrote down by hand as a child. It is hard to believe that this is over 200 years old!

The Mirabell Gardens are also one of the top 10 things to see while in Salzburg.

This garden is unlike anything I have ever seen! It just kept going and going with perfectly manicured flowers, statues, fountains, and history. You could spend hours there and not notice every detail.

This garden is also  shown in the legendary film, The Sound of Music.  The movie was filmed here in Salzburg in the 1960s and there are so many parts of the city that look exactly the same now  as it did in the movie.

The Sound of Music is one of my all time favorites, and I feel so lucky that I had the opportunity to  visit the exact spot where it was filmed over fifty years ago!

More pics to come! Have a good Monday! 🙂