Salzburg Residence — Attraction in Salzburg

Just by paying the regular entry fee, you get a ticket to all the rooms, a gallery, and an audio guide. The whole exhibition is really well thought through, and so not only you know where to go at any given moment, but you also don't get overwhelmed by the excessive amount of information. First, you are guided through roughly 10 rooms listening to an audio guide in each. The guide describes into detail what each painting on the ceiling depicts and why. After that, you reach the gallery part that contains some paintings from the collections of the archbishop and some other paintings. The audio commentary is available for only certain paintings, but with the amount of them, it is more than plenty. Then you reach a terasse, where you get a nice view of the square and the dom, and then you reach the dom. You see it from the top, and the view is well worth it. The whole tour took us 2-3 hours, but we didn't listen to everything the guide had to say, and we didn't read everything there...

What a fantastic museum – I don’t even know where to start! The staff was incredibly friendly, and the museum itself is absolutely massive with so much to see. There are audio guides available in both English and German, and if you don’t want to pay for a lendable one, you can simply bring your earbuds and scan the QR code to listen on your phone.

One of the best parts, in my opinion, was the opportunity to dress up as people from that time for a picture – it was a fun and interactive experience. Along with that, the museum is filled with amazing paintings and exhibits that give you a deep dive into the history of Salzburg.

The ticket price is definitely worth it for the value you get, especially considering how much there is to explore. And props to the person who made the video about the history of the Platz – it was high-quality and really stood out compared to other museums.

A must-visit if you're in...

Enjoyed peaking into the closed cathedral to hear a fine choir and orchestra rehearse Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus. Did not enjoy references to a local art dealer who gave paintings to the collection that he had bought in Berlin and Vienna in a ‘grand purchase’ during the Nazi era. In Germany and Austria such ‘purchasing’ is associated with the desperation with which Jews sold their collections and stock in trade at a fraction of their value in order to flee for their lives. Shame on...