Hellbrunn tour reviews: all five listings
GetYourGuide sells no plain Hellbrunn ticket. What it sells is the way there and the day around it, and the written reviews under the five listings agree on a few things: the trick fountains get you wet at every stop and that is the point, the boat captain is good with children, the hour at the palace on the boat trip is the thing people would stretch, the Salzburg Card has to be collected in person before it works, the Sound of Music coaches sing, and the Hallstatt day is a long one. Each listing is reviewed in full below, with three reviewers quoted as they wrote.
Going without a car?The boat trip includes the palace ticket, the Salzburg Card covers admission and the bus, and every option cancels free up to 24 hours before. Reserve the date now, decide later.
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The ranking depends on how much of Salzburg you have, not on the star figure. With half a day and no car, read the boat trip review first: it is the one listing that hands you the palace ticket and priority entry to the fountains, and it is also the lowest-rated of the five, 4.4 from 483 ratings, for a reason the page sets out. With two or three days in the city, the Salzburg Card review: Hellbrunn is one entry among many and bus 25 is covered, and reviewers say it pays for itself with two or three sights. Film fans want the Sound of Music tour review, the most-rated listing on this site, and should know before reading that it stops at the gazebo in the free park and does not enter the fountains. An afternoon of music is the palace concert review, with a base of nineteen ratings, which the page says plainly. One long day to Hallstatt with the film route tacked on is the Hallstatt and Sound of Music review.
The five, side by side
Boat & busTicket includedSalzburg: Boat Ride to Hellbrunn and Palace Visit
Best valueAdmission includedSalzburg Card: Free Admission and Free Rides
Top ratedSalzburg: Original Sound of Music Tour
Inside the palaceSalzburg: Hellbrunn Palace Concerts
Full daySalzburg: Hallstatt and Sound of Music Tour
What the reviews are consistent about
You get wet, and the children are the ones laughing. Jürgen (Germany) wrote of the boat trip: “At the water features in Hellbrunn Palace, you were sure to get wet at every stop. Surprises were guaranteed.” Christa (Austria) on the same listing: “Captain on the boat ride: Funny, has a heart for children!” The palace itself says you get properly wet only if you want to; how wet, and what to do with a phone.
The boat trip’s hour at the palace. The wish that recurs under the boat listing is more time at Hellbrunn. One reviewer with a dog would have taken more; Elaine (United Kingdom), on the other hand, wrote that “We had enough time at the palace and transport back to Salzburg was well organised!” The visit itself takes about eighty minutes with the audio guide, so an hour is a brisk pass through the fountains and the palace; how long the visit takes.
The card has to be collected first. Bernd (Austria), five stars, still wrote: “A small drawback is that the card does not work online right away, but must first be picked up at the tourist information office.” The exchange is at Tourist Information on Mozartplatz or at the main station, and the voucher is not valid on a bus until it is done.
The coaches sing. Debra (United Kingdom), on the four-hour tour: “She gave us loads of info and got everyone singing along.” Jo Ann (United States), on the Hallstatt day: “She had the whole bus singing along which made the trip fun!” Neither tour goes inside the fountains; both stop at the gazebo, which stood at Leopoldskron during filming and is locked today. Was The Sound of Music filmed here?
The five reviews
Salzburg: Boat Ride to Hellbrunn and Palace Visit
The half day with the palace ticket and priority entry included: about thirty minutes down the Salzach, ten on a 1963 double-decker bus, about an hour at Hellbrunn.
around forty-four eurosRead the review ›Salzburg Card: Free Admission and Free Rides
Hellbrunn admission, bus 25, the fortress and the Mozart houses on one card for one, two or three days, collected in person from Tourist Information.
around thirty-five eurosRead the review ›Salzburg: Original Sound of Music Tour
Four hours with a live guide and the soundtrack on the coach: Leopoldskron, the Hellbrunn gazebo, Nonnberg, St Gilgen and Mondsee. No palace admission.
around seventy-five eurosRead the review ›Salzburg: Hellbrunn Palace Concerts
Forty-five minutes of Baroque works and Mozart arias on a harpsichord or spinet inside the palace. Concert ticket only, and a base of nineteen ratings.
around twenty-four eurosRead the review ›Salzburg: Hallstatt and Sound of Music Tour
Ten hours: Hallstatt with about two hours free, then the Sound of Music route with the gazebo photo stop. A lot to pack into one day, say reviewers.
around a hundred and forty eurosRead the review ›Before you pick one
The ticket itself is on tickets and prices: about sixteen and a half euros for an adult, sold at the entrance, and included in the boat trip and the Salzburg Card. What the visit is like is on is Hellbrunn worth it, and every listing with its own two lists is on all tours.
Frequently asked questions
Which Hellbrunn tour has the best reviews?
The Sound of Music tour has the highest average and the largest base, 4.8 from 6,044 ratings, but it does not enter the palace or the fountains. Of the two listings that include Hellbrunn admission, the Salzburg Card is rated 4.6 from 1,105 ratings and the boat trip 4.4 from 483 ratings. Each is reviewed on its own page, and all five are compared on all tours.
Which tours include the Hellbrunn ticket?
Two. The boat trip includes the palace and trick-fountain ticket with priority entry, and the Salzburg Card includes one entry as one of many attractions. The concert ticket covers the concert only, and the two Sound of Music tours stop at the gazebo in the free park. Tickets, in detail.
Why is the boat trip rated lower than the others?
Its average is 4.4 from 483 ratings, the lowest on this site, against a transport sub-score of 4.6. The written reviews praise the captain, the vintage bus and the fountains; the recurring wish is more time at the palace, since the stop is about an hour and the visit itself takes about eighty minutes. How long Hellbrunn takes.
Why print the number of ratings next to the stars?
Because a 4.6 from nineteen ratings and a 4.8 from over six thousand are different claims. The concert is the one listing here with a small base, and its review says so in the first paragraph.
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