Schloss Frohnburg — Attraction in Salzburg

Perhaps I’d missed the no driving signs on the way to pass by as a Sound of Music fan (anyone else following the Big Boy SOM self-guided tour?), but I drove into the walking/biking path thanks to Google Maps’ instructions and earned some dirty looks from locals.

Therefore, FYI: You can’t drive here if coming from the back.

The gates were also closed but it looked nice from what we could see. I know it is a music school now but had I known it would be closed I wouldn’t...

It's nice to see this Schloss of which the gates and the front were used filming some rememberable scenes of the Sound of Music. The gate is where Maria got a first view of the house and where she returns later from the cloister.

No scenes of the movie were filmed inside, those were all done on sets in Hollywood

It was funny to see Sound of Music tour groups on bicycles visiting too with one bicycle playing songs from the movie.

The Schloss is closed...

Among all the comments admiring Frohnburg for being a nice place for the tourists to visit - if anyone considers moving in to the dormitory during the studies I really wouldn’t recommend. Practice rooms available 24/7 are a huge advantage for musicians but the way the dormitory was ran during the years I stayed there was...