Stadtalm

Salzburg


This turreted hostel plopped on top of Mönchsberg takes in the entire Salzburg panorama, from the city’s spires and fortress to Kapuzinerberg. Digs are simple but you won't find them cheaper elsewhere. There’s a good-value restaurant on-site.


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Nearby Salzburg attractions

1. Spielzeugmuseum

0.03 MILES

On the arcaded Bürgerspitalplatz, the Spielzeugmuseum takes a nostalgic look at toys, with its collection of dolls' houses and Steiff teddies. There’s…

2. Sound of Music World Museum

0.06 MILES

If you're mad about The Sound of Music, this museum will appeal. It spills the beans on different aspects of the making of the movie, as well as providing…

3. Pferdeschwemme

0.07 MILES

Designed by Fischer von Erlach in 1693, this is a horse-lover’s delight, with rearing equine pin-ups surrounding Michael Bernhard Mandl’s statue of a…

4. Museum der Moderne

0.1 MILES

Straddling Mönchsberg’s cliffs, this contemporary glass-and-marble oblong of a gallery stands in stark contrast to the fortress, and shows first-rate…

5. Numbers in the Woods

0.11 MILES

Hidden in the trees atop wooded Mönchsberg, these 21 neon numbers are the handiwork of Italian artist Mario Merz, who created them in 2003. They glow…

6. Sky Space

0.11 MILES

This oval-shaped tower with a window to the sky is the brainchild of American artist James Turrell, whose work reveals an obsession with light and space.

7. Haus der Natur

0.14 MILES

Kids can bone up on dinosaurs and alpine crystals in Haus der Natur's natural history rooms, gawp at snakes and crocs in the reptile enclosure, and spot…

8. Kollegienkirche

0.19 MILES

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach’s grandest baroque design is this late-17th-century university church, with a striking bowed facade. The high altar’s…