What Salzburg costs
A day in Salzburg runs from €34–56 with a hostel and street food to €98–117 with a hotel and two restaurant meals — accommodation moves the total the most.
- A day per person
- frugal €34–56
- Beds
- Hostel €14–30
- Food
- Street €5.40–6.20
A day in Salzburg runs from €34–56 per person, with a hostel bed, street food and a set lunch, up to €98–117 with a three-star hotel and two restaurant meals. Accommodation moves the total the most; the fortress and the salt mine are separate lines, outside this daily sum.
Prices line by line
All prices are per person.
Three profiles, per person per day
The same basket used for every city on the site, so days compare. Not included: breakfast, drinks and sightseeing tickets.
From the airport
Salzburg is entered through Salzburg airport (SZG), from where bus 2 (or 10) to the centre runs to the centre — about 20–23 min, for €2.50. It is also the cheapest way into the city; ticket details are on the getting-around page.
Sightseeing tickets
The Getreidegasse, the Mirabell gardens and the cathedral are free. The Hohensalzburg fortress charges by ticket type — from €9.80 for the Panorama ticket on foot to €15.50 for the Basic ticket by funicular — and the Hallein salt mine is €35. The order to see them in over a day is on the day-by-day plan.
What moves the price
Food and transport prices stay the same all year; what changes is the room price. The Salzburg Festival, in the middle of summer, raises rooms across the whole city, and Advent in December is just as much a high season.
What this sum leaves out
- The Salzkammergut, Hallstatt or Berchtesgaden. Getting to any of them costs extra, on top of the daily budget in the city.
- Breakfast and drinks with the meal are left out of the basket that compares the hostel, street food and the fortress against other cities on the site.
- Museum der Moderne on the Mönchsberg. €15, off the main list of sights.
The same comparison for 143 places: hostel, hotel, getting into town and a day pass. Travel costs →
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
How much money does a day in Salzburg need?
From €34–56 frugal to €98–117 comfortable per person — mostly down to the bed.
How much does the Hohensalzburg fortress cost?
From €9.80 for the Panorama ticket on foot to €15.50 for the Basic ticket by funicular.
Is transport from the airport expensive?
No — €2.50, the same fare as any other ride on public transport.
Ready for Salzburg?
Where to next
The Salzburg the six-sight list leaves out
→Museum der Moderne above the Old Town, the Kapuzinerberg hill across the river and a narrow medieval street…
Hallstatt · 52 km
→A village that lived off salt for seven thousand years, and off photographs for the last ten
How well does Salzburg suit you?
→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
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