Hellbrunn Palace with kids
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 trick fountains do not need explaining to a child: the prince’s table sprays whoever sits down, the grottoes squirt from the paths, a crown dances on a jet, and the mechanical theatre of 1750 has 163 figures moving on water. The children’s audio guide, downloaded to a phone like the adult one, runs about 30 minutes, and there is a children’s track for the palace too. Then the park, free and open until 21:00, with the adventure playground and the gazebo; then, if the day allows, the zoo five minutes away on its own ticket.
The ticket
Children and pupils from four to eighteen pay about six and a half euros; the family card, two adults and a child, is about thirty-six and a half euros, each further child about three and a half euros. Small children are not listed on the tariff. The boat trip and the Salzburg Card include the admission. The tariff in full.
The boat and the bus
The boat trip is the way children like: about 30 minutes on the Salzach, ten on a 1963 double-decker bus, priority entry to the fountains, and the bus back. Christa (Austria) on the captain: “Funny, has a heart for children!” Maurizio (Italy) found the water features “highly recommended for children!” The hour on site suits a child’s attention. The boat trip, reviewed.
The afternoon concert inside the palace does not admit children under six and is 45 minutes of seated Baroque music; the fountains are the children’s afternoon, the concert is the adults’. Pack a spare T-shirt. How wet they get.
Book the boat-and-bus trip, ticket included
The Salzach, the vintage double-decker and priority entry to the fountains, with admission in the price. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Frequently asked questions
Is Hellbrunn Palace good for kids?
It is the best sight in Salzburg for them: fountains that spray, a mechanical town of 163 figures, a children’s audio guide of about 30 minutes, a big free playground and the zoo next door. How long to allow.
Is there a family ticket for Hellbrunn?
Yes: a family card for two adults and one child at about thirty-six and a half euros, each further child about three and a half euros. Children and pupils from four to eighteen pay about six and a half euros on their own. Tickets and categories.
Can children go to the Hellbrunn concert?
Not under six; the concert is 45 minutes of seated Baroque music inside the palace and does not include the fountains. The concerts.