Festung Hohensalzburg

A Day Trip to Mozart-burg

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August 10th 2011
The weather was mixed first thing in the morning, so not sure of which way it was going to go, we decided that we would head towards Salzburg to spend the day there. We made sure we took our new raincoats just in case. We had been advised to drive to a Park and Ride and then travel into Salzburg by bus from there. That was definitely good advice as it was easy to find, as it was marked on all t ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more