Hellbrunn Palace tours from Salzburg

In short: GetYourGuide sells no plain Hellbrunn ticket. What it sells is the way there and the day around it. The boat-and-bus trip includes the palace ticket with priority entry to the fountains; the Salzburg Card covers the admission, bus 25 and the fortress in one price; the afternoon concert is the only way to sit inside the palace for music; and the two Sound of Music tours stop at the gazebo in the free park without entering the fountains. Every card below says which of the five includes admission.

Ticket includedBoat trip, Salzburg Card

Ticket at the entranceAbout sixteen and a half euros

Shortest45-minute concert

LongestTen-hour Hallstatt day

Film toursGazebo stop, park free

CancellationFree up to 24 h before

What a tour does at Hellbrunn

Hellbrunn is about five kilometres south of the old town. Bus 25 runs there from the station in about 25 minutes, the ticket is sold at the entrance, and the park with the gazebo costs nothing. So a product on the platform is never the ticket alone. It is a boat down the Salzach and a 1960s London double-decker with the admission handled and a priority entry at the fountains; or a card that covers Hellbrunn, the bus and most of the city; or a guide who plays the film songs on the coach; or a soprano and a harpsichord in a room of the palace. What the ticket itself covers and the ways to get there have their own pages; this one sorts the five listings by the kind of visit you have in mind.

Which one, by situation

Half a day, with the ticket included

The boat trip: about 30 minutes on the Salzach from the old-town dock, about ten minutes on the 1963 double-decker to the palace, priority entry to the trick fountains, the palace with the audio guide, and the bus back. Two and a half hours in all, around forty-four euros, and the only listing whose inclusion list reads “visit of the palace”. It is rated 4.4 from 483 ratings, the lowest of the five, and the reason is plain in the ratings: about an hour at Hellbrunn, and reviewers would have taken more. Peter, from Austria: “the bus ride on the old English double-decker bus was extraordinary, and Hellbrunn Palace is always worth a visit.” On low water the whole trip runs by bus, with no price reduction for that. The fountains themselves take about 50 minutes with the audio guide, so an hour on site is the fountains and a quick palace.

Check dates for the boat trip with the ticket included

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure on most tours — book now, decide later.

Two or three days in the city

The Salzburg Card, around thirty-five euros. It includes one-time entry to Hellbrunn Palace and the trick fountains, unlimited city buses including the 25, the fortress with its funicular, Mozart’s Birthplace, the DomQuartier, the zoo next door to the palace and a good deal more. Reviewers say it pays for itself with two or three sights. The thing to know is that the online purchase is a voucher exchanged in person at a Tourist Information office before it works on the bus; the card page spells out where and when.

Film fans

The four-hour Sound of Music tour, around seventy-five euros, rated 4.8 from 6,044 ratings, is the most-rated listing on this site by a distance. Hellbrunn is a photo stop at the gazebo in the free park, between Leopoldskron and Nonnberg Abbey, and the coach does not enter the fountains. The gazebo is locked and was moved here after filming, which is the honest answer to a question a lot of people arrive with. Both film tours, the four-hour original and the ten-hour version with Hallstatt, are compared on their own page.

An afternoon of music

The palace concert, around twenty-four euros: 45 minutes of Baroque works and soprano arias from Mozart’s operas on a historical harpsichord or spinet, inside the palace, with a word about the instrument afterwards. The concert ticket is the concert only; the fountains and the palace exhibition are a separate admission. It is rated 4.6 from 19 ratings, a small base. How to fit it into the same afternoon as the fountains.

One long day to Hallstatt

The ten-hour Hallstatt and Sound of Music tour, around a hundred and forty euros, rated 4.7 from 714 ratings: the lakes, about two hours of free time in Hallstatt, and then the film route with the Hellbrunn gazebo as a photo stop on the way home. Reviewers call it a lot to pack into one day and advise a charger. The listing marks it as likely to sell out.

Which of the five include Hellbrunn admission

Boat ride to Hellbrunn and palace visit — yes, with priority entry to the trick fountains and the palace visit in the price.
Salzburg Card — yes, one-time entry to the palace and the fountains, plus bus 25 to get there.
Hellbrunn Palace concerts — no; the ticket is for the concert, and the fountains and palace exhibition are bought on arrival or covered by the card.
Original Sound of Music tour — no; a photo stop at the gazebo in the free park.
Hallstatt and Sound of Music tour — no; the same gazebo stop at the end of the day.

All five listings

Boat & busTicket included

The three most people weigh up

The boat trip with the ticket in, the card that covers the ticket and the bus, and the film tour that stops at the gazebo. The rows are read off each listing’s own page.

	Ticket includedSalzburg: Boat Ride to Hellbrunn and Palace Visit	Salzburg Card: Free Admission and Free Rides	Salzburg: Original Sound of Music Tour
Price per person	~€44	~€35 (24 h)	~€75
Length	Two and a half hours	24, 48 or 72 hours	Four hours
Hellbrunn admission	Included, priority entry	Included, one-time entry	Not included; gazebo photo stop
Transport	Boat there, double-decker bus back	All city buses, including the 25	Coach
Guide	Audio guide at the palace	None	Live guide, English
Start	Old-town boat dock	Tourist Information, to exchange the voucher	Mirabellplatz
Rating	4.4 from 483 ratings	4.6 from 1,105 ratings	4.8 from 6,044 ratings
Free cancellation	✓ Up to 24 h before	✓ Up to 24 h before	✓ Up to 24 h before
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Worth knowing

All five cancel free up to 24 hours before. Book the date you want while you are looking at it; if the forecast changes, so can the booking. The fountains run in any weather, so a wet day is not a reason to move it.

Planning a longer stay and want the card for the whole of it? Check dates for the Salzburg Card here.

Check dates for the Salzburg Card

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure on most tours — book now, decide later.

Read the review pages before you choose

Each listing has its own page on this site with the inclusion and exclusion lists printed as the listing prints them and three reviewers quoted. Start at the reviews hub. If you are still deciding whether to go at all, the palace’s own answer to the wetting question is a page of its own, and so is the verdict on whether the visit is worth it.

Frequently asked questions

How do I book a tour of Hellbrunn Palace?

Through any of the five listings on this page; each card opens the booking page with live dates and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Pick by situation: the boat trip if you want a half day with the palace ticket included, the Salzburg Card if you have two or three days in the city, one of the two Sound of Music tours if the gazebo is the point, and the concert if you want to sit inside the palace for music. The boat trip, in detail.

Which Hellbrunn tour includes the ticket?

Two of the five. The boat-and-bus trip includes the palace visit and priority entry to the trick fountains; the Salzburg Card includes one-time entry to the palace and fountains and covers bus 25 to get there. The concert ticket is the concert only, and the two Sound of Music tours make a photo stop at the gazebo in the free park. Otherwise the ticket, about sixteen and a half euros for an adult, is sold at the entrance.

Was The Sound of Music filmed at Hellbrunn?

No. The gazebo stood in the grounds of Schloss Leopoldskron during filming, and the gazebo interiors were shot on a set in Los Angeles; it was moved to Hellbrunn afterwards because visitors kept asking for it, and it is locked. The tours are still the right tool for film fans, because they string Leopoldskron, the gazebo, Nonnberg and Mondsee into four hours with a guide who plays the songs. The full answer.

How long is a visit to Hellbrunn?

The trick fountains take about 50 minutes with the audio guide and the palace exhibition about 30, so about eighty minutes for the ticketed part, then the park for as long as you like. The boat trip gives about an hour on site; the card lets you set your own pace; the concert is 45 minutes; the film tours stop for photographs. How long each part takes.

Is the boat trip worth it if reviewers wanted more time at the palace?

It depends on what you are buying. The trip is the river, the vintage bus and the fountains with the ticket handled, in two and a half hours from the old town; the recurring wish in the ratings is more time at the palace. If Hellbrunn is the whole point of your day rather than part of it, the Salzburg Card lets you stay as long as the hours allow.