Salzburg Residence

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 was to read.

It is the palace of past archbishops, and they say there are 180 rooms here and its internal social rooms include the priests' bedrooms, the ambassador's room, and a library. In the galleries, there are many paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens or so. What was fun is that we can have the chance to be the hero ro heroine of the paintings in some rooms by changing clothes and wearing wig. You can enter free of charge when you bring Salzburg card and it is worth.

Loved the well appointed state rooms. Enjoyed posing in that era’s clothes and taking pictures Hubert Sattler exhibition in the gallery was amazing The cathedral museum was also nice. Overall 2.5 hours well spent. Must visit when in Salzburg. It’s included in Salzburg card also.

A really good self-guided tour through the rooms of the various Archbishops of Salzburg plus a museum and above the cathedral. I believe that normally it involves an art gallery as well but unfortunately at this time of the year the gallery was shut. Great value all round.

Recommended, you can have coffee up on terrace with view to the main square

You get to see several things in one tour. It is very cool to be in the same room as Mozart started his career as a 6 year old boy. The tour fits for both adults and children. Where the children also can dress up as in the 18th century.

Beautiful palace in classic Rococo style located in the middle of the Altstadt. For centuries this has been the residence of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg. It was the place where they discussed politics, lived, hosted events, dinner parties and via which they could easily enter the Dom next to it.

Very nice museum and exhibitions