The hills are alive – WalkingWomen Sound of Music holiday, Austria

SUMMARY

Date: Friday May 7th to Wednesday May 12th – 6 days/5 nights 2027

Guide: A local guide with Ginny,WalkingWomen

Walking Grade: Goat 2 – we will be following in the footsteps of the Sound of Music. There will be hikes, palace visits, boat rides, train rides. All to give you the WalkingWomen Sound of Music experience. This is a very varied trip and if you prefer to join to be part of it without the big hikes that is fine too.

Highlights:

• Beautiful Salzburg
• Horse drawn carriage experience
• Lake Fuschl Hike, and all hikes in fact!
• Schafberg railway
• Boat trip St. Wolfgang to St. Gilden
• Apple Strudel making

Base: we are staying in 2 hotels in Salzburg and on the shores of lake Fuschl

Arrivals: Friday May 7th – 14.00 Meet up at our hotel in Salzburg to give time to check in, settle in and have an orientation walk before our welcome evening. 

We will pick you up in Innsbruck at 12 noon. We expect many to be travelling by train and we will pick up in Salzburg at the train station from 13.30.

If you arrive in Munich there is a wonderful train journey directly from Munich to Salzburg in 1-2 hours depending on the train. Trains are an excellent way to travel in this area and there are connecting trains to Innsbruck, Zurich or Munich. We can help with travel arrangements and extending your trip to spend more time in Austria, Switzerland or travelling around Europe.

Information on Austrian Trains can be found on the national train app OBB

Departures: Wednesday May 12th depart after breakfast at 10am.

We will arrange transfers back to Salburg train station and  Innsbruck airport .

Price: £COMING SOON  

Price includes:

• 5 nights Solo occupancy en-suite room
• All Meals
• Arrival and Departure transfers from Innsbruck Airport – approx 1.45 hours away.
• Activities included on the itinerary
• WalkingWomen support throughout

Not included:

• Travel to Innsbruck or Salzburg
• Drinks from the bar
• Additional activities not included

DETAILS

This was an idea that came up on a previous holiday. One guest said it would be their perfect 70th birthday holiday. We love birthday celebrations and we love creating holidays so what better thing to do than create our own Sound of Music walking holiday.  Of course we always collaborate with those who are local and know their areas. For this trip we are working together with our wonderful partners Lisa ( from Austria ) and Johanna (from Ecuador). Some of you know them from our Ecuador and Galapagos Trip – we couldn’t have found better partners to create together with… this is going to be fun. A special treat will be the Apple Strudel making – a secret family recipe !

ITINERARY

We will give you the full detail of the itinerary at our welcome evening – this is a trip full of wonderful surprises and you need your spirit of fun and adventure ready.

You can expect …

Friday Arrival Salzburg: Settle in, Orientation and Welcome Evening.

Saturday: Salzburg Sound of Music Tour visiting all the iconic locations.

Late afternoon: Hands-on cooking workshop to master the art of Apple Strudel.

Evening: Austria delights including music

Sunday: Salzburg – Werfen – Lakes and Mountains District

More Sound of Music locations and we hike the Sound of Music Hiking Path – we may even have a picnic somewhere you recognise!

Evening : Settle into our Lake shore hotel

Monday: Hiking Tour around Fuschl Lake

This is a circular route through forest,meadows and lakeside path.

There will be options in the afternoon. Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart so you may want to visit his home (now a museum)  or perhaps a visit to Klimt Museum in Schorling am Attersee. Or there are many more ideas we will discuss with you.

Tuesday: St Gilgen and St Wolfgang

Today we explore the Salzkammergut starting in St.Gilgen – the opening scene in the Sound of Music.

We will also enjoy a ride on the historic Schafberg, the cog railway famously seen in the Do Re Mi scene. Panoramic Alpine views can be expected. We return with a relaxing boat ride.

Finale evening together

Wednesday: Depart after breakfast by 11am

If you have time we suggest extending your trip to see more of Austria.