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In the evening of Day 11 I suddenly realized that I have booked 2 hotels for one night. We had to move from St Wolfgangsee closer to Salzburg the next day and we still had the current hotel booked for one more night. A quick chat with the guy at the reception ended up with his promise to mark the room as available on Booking.com and not charge us for the night provided they find someone else to occupy the room. I don't know if they did, but the next morning we've got an invoice not including the last night, which was great. Kudos to Hotel Aberseehof for accommodating our request!
Next morning we drove to Salzburg, town of Mozart, remembering our last pleasant impressions about it. We started with Hellbrunn - a summer residence of archbishop of Salzburg, built exclusively for pleasure. It was not that special, nice, small and cosy, with one interesting feature. The architect building the palace was a fan of fountains and a man with a sense of humor. He built trick fountains throughout the place which allowed archbishop to surprise and spray his guests.
The tour of the palace includes getting wet. The guide was attentive though and, while keeping the tricks pretty much a surprise, advised those not wishing to get wet. Kids were happy to get totally wet though, and jumped and ran around under the unexpected jets of water.
I did not make any pictures of my own, mostly since I did not mind getting wet myself and was protecting my camera. On the picture below is a dining table with chars having holes in the middle. The Prince sat at the head of the table, and then, at his will the fountains built into the chars started spraying water at the oblivious guests. The only chair without the fountain was the Prince's.
After Hellbrunn we went to Salzburg itself and toured the Old Town again. This time it did not appeal to us as much as last time, so we wrapped up quickly and went to our next hotel on the hill next to Salzburg with a beautiful view from the restaurant.
- The route
- Day 1. Die Hängebrücke
- Day 2. Conquering two peaks
- Day 3. Glacier lakes and a small miracle
- Day 4. From the top of the mountain to the depth of the earth
- Day 5. Berchtesgaden. Rossfeld route. Malenwinkler rund.
- Day 6. Klagenfurt
- Day 7. Design city. Schwarzenegger's heritage.
- Day 8. South to North.
- Day 9-10. Up and down Danube river
- Day 11. St Wolfgangsee. 3 Berge, 3 Orte, 3 Steige.
In the evening of Day 11 I suddenly realized that I have booked 2 hotels for one night. We had to move from St Wolfgangsee closer to Salzburg the next day and we still had the current hotel booked for one more night. A quick chat with the guy at the reception ended up with his promise to mark the room as available on Booking.com and not charge us for the night provided they find someone else to occupy the room. I don't know if they did, but the next morning we've got an invoice not including the last night, which was great. Kudos to Hotel Aberseehof for accommodating our request!
Next morning we drove to Salzburg, town of Mozart, remembering our last pleasant impressions about it. We started with Hellbrunn - a summer residence of archbishop of Salzburg, built exclusively for pleasure. It was not that special, nice, small and cosy, with one interesting feature. The architect building the palace was a fan of fountains and a man with a sense of humor. He built trick fountains throughout the place which allowed archbishop to surprise and spray his guests.
The tour of the palace includes getting wet. The guide was attentive though and, while keeping the tricks pretty much a surprise, advised those not wishing to get wet. Kids were happy to get totally wet though, and jumped and ran around under the unexpected jets of water.
I did not make any pictures of my own, mostly since I did not mind getting wet myself and was protecting my camera. On the picture below is a dining table with chars having holes in the middle. The Prince sat at the head of the table, and then, at his will the fountains built into the chars started spraying water at the oblivious guests. The only chair without the fountain was the Prince's.
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| "HellbrunnJune2003" by Matilda - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
After Hellbrunn we went to Salzburg itself and toured the Old Town again. This time it did not appeal to us as much as last time, so we wrapped up quickly and went to our next hotel on the hill next to Salzburg with a beautiful view from the restaurant.
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