Sound of Music tour Salzburg – the 1965 filming locations in 4 hours.

"The Sound of Music" was filmed in and around Salzburg in 1965 – and although the film never reached the same popularity in Austria as in the English-speaking world, Salzburg today is the pilgrimage site for the roughly 300,000 Sound of Music fans who visit annually. Our private tour covers every major filming location – compactly in 4 hours – with a German- and English-speaking chauffeur-guide who knows the production stories and original anecdotes from Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and the "real" von Trapp family first-hand.

Unlike the large-bus tours with 40 fellow travellers, a fixed script and 8 hours of sitting, our private tour adapts entirely to your pace. We stop as long as you want at each location, answer your questions, detour into hidden corners (Leopoldskron library, Hellbrunn trick fountains) and offer an optional coffee break at Café Tomaselli or Konditor Fürst. The tour works equally well for a family with children (4–12), a couple or a senior group.

We recommend the morning tour (09:00 start, 13:00 end) because Mirabell Gardens and Hellbrunn are least crowded then. Afternoon (14:00 start, 18:00 end) is a good alternative for late risers, but Mondsee closes at 17:30. In rain the tour works equally well – Leopoldskron and Mondsee are weather-protected, the pavilion is roofed, only Mirabell Gardens is weather-sensitive. We bring umbrellas.