Austria's fourth largest city owes its fame to the child prodigy, Mozart, who was born and reared on the banks of the Salzach River. Stroll around the city and you soon find yourself on a tour of ...

Salzburg was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's home for the first 25 years of his brief 35-year life, and the city still hums with his precocious energy. Salzburg offers visitors plenty of opportunities to ...

Book a room at the opulent Hotel Sacher Salzburg, located just steps from the city’s main attractions. Live your “Sound of Music” dreams on a tour of the movie’s most recognizable filming locations.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday is being celebrated in a major way Friday in Salzburg, Austria, the composer's birthplace. The city has made an industry of the commercialization of Mozart, ...

Here in Salzburg, an implausibly pretty city in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, musicians from all across the world are arriving for the world’s most prestigious music festival. Forget ...

Salzburg is forever smiling to the tunes of Mozart and “The Sound of Music.” Thanks to its charming old town, splendid Baroque churches, and one of Europe’s largest medieval fortresses, Salzburg feels ...

Each summer, the historic Austrian town of Salzburg comes to life during the Salzburg Festival — an event inaugurated in 1920 when Max Reinhardt directed the morality play "Jederman" in the city's ...

The wide-eyed 13-year-old boy stares at the viewer from under a Baroque wig in the 1770 painting Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 13 in Verona. At this age, Mozart was already a ...

Mozart's response to the idea of making church music was a little like the average child's reaction to being told to eat his spinach. And much fuss has been made over just how much Mozart hated having ...

It’s requiem time for the beloved Mozartkugeln as the Salzburg factory has completed its final order of the Austrian chocolates. The Grödig factory in southern Salzburg has been producing the Mozart ...

The wide-eyed 13-year-old child stares at the viewer from under a Baroque wig. At this tender age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – usually just known as Mozart – was already a professional musician. Dressed ...