Tours and Tickets to Experience Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg)

There are plenty of ways to experience Hohensalzburg Fortress. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Best of Mozart Concert and Dinner or VIP Dinner at Fortress Hohensalzburg

• Salzburg Old Town Highlights Private Walking Tour

• Mozart Concert and Dinner or VIP Dinner at Fortress Salzburg with River Cruise

• Salzburg Day Trip from Vienna

• Mozart and Advent/Christmas Concert with Dinner at Fortress Hohensalzburg

Ticket prices for Hohensalzburg Fortress vary depending on whether the funicular is included and on whether you enter premium areas of the fortress. The cheapest ticket option is €11.20 for adults, and €4.60 for children aged 6–14; the most expensive is €18 for adults and €6.80 for children.

It depends. Some Hohensalzburg Fortress tickets include the funicular, often known by its German name of Festungsbahn; others only offer access via the footpath. Many travelers opt for tickets with the Festungsbahn as it’s quicker and less strenuous than the footpath, with epic views too.

Between January and April, the fortress is open 9:30am–5pm; May through September, it operates 8:30am–7pm (with shorter opening hours for some attractions); between October and December it operates 9:30am–5pm. On Easter and Advent weekends, hours are 9:30am–6pm, with reduced hours on December 24–25. The restaurant follows its own hours.

As well as offering spectacular city views, Hohensalzburg Fortress is home to a number of museums, an armory, a magic theater, the Prince’s Room, a restaurant, and more. Climbing the footpath takes 30 minutes, while the funicular takes a minute or so. Most travelers spend 2–4 hours in and around the fortress.

Yes, the Hohensalzburg Fortress is partially accessible, with wheelchair-friendly bathrooms and barrier-free access via the funicular. Steps and inclines mean that only the panorama terrace, the castle courtyard, the tavern, the armory, the puppet museum, and two bastions are fully accessible—most of the fortress interior has barriers.