Salzburg River Cruise: Experience Hellbrunn Palace and its Renowned Water Trick Fountains

Embark on a 2.5-hour Salzburg River Cruise and explore the stunning scenery of Salzburg Old Town. Visit the magnificent Hellbrunn Palace and its renowned Water Trick Fountains for an unforgettable experience.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Salzburger Altstadt - Starting with the boat cruise you enjoy the Old City scenery, the natural landscape of the Salzach combined with the exclusive residential area and the magnificent “Hagen” and “Tennen” mountain range.
    If the boat trip as part of Tour III is not possible due to weather conditions or technical problems, the organizer reserves…
What's Included
  • River Cruise on the Salzach River
  • Priority access to the renowned water trick fountains
  • Ride to Hellbrunn from landing station via original London Doubledeckerbus
  • Explore Hellbrunn Palace with informative Audio Guides
  • Return trip to the city from Hellbrunn Palace aboard the London Doubledeckerbus
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Embark on a 2.5-hour exploration to absorb the beauty of Salzburg Old Town’s landscape, sightsee from the water and get an intimate look of the baroque Hellbrunn Palace accompanied by Audio Guides. Take in the sights of the Hellbrunn Palace Park, including its ponds and get an exclusive guided tour of the globally renowned water trick fountains with a fast track.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Franz-Josef-Kai 1a
Franz-Josef-Kai
Directions: Make your way to Franz Josef Kai landing station, located opposite Austria’s Hotel Sacher in Salzburg's Old Town. Coming from Makartsteg, a curved pedestrian bridge connects old town with new town and is located directly next to the river cruise.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nicky_g
Jun 21, 2024
Fun Interactive experience in Fountains!! - The trick fountains are a MUST see if visiting Salzburg!! We greatly enjoyed this tour from the boat, to the double decker bus playing great music 🎶 and of course the best part was the fountains ⛲️ in all their beauty and fun interactions. It was one of our favorite experiences in Salzburg
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Traveler47979838124
Jun 19, 2024
Hellbrunn, just a quaint hunting lodge - NOT!! - Unfortunate the river cruise didn’t happen due to mechanical issues. Instead, they took us by bus and made an additional stop at the “Sound of Music” Palace. Hellbrunn is unbelievable and a must see when visiting Salzburg!
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Rebecca
Jun 4, 2024
Hellbrunn palace beautiful park and entertaining fountains - This is just for the palace didn’t do the river boat. Beautiful peaceful scenic park with some wonderful old trees. The trick fountains tour is a must, really interesting, entertaining and novel! Other attractions there too which we didn’t get time to see. Really enjoyed it.
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Cindy_d
May 23, 2024
Cruise and Trick Water Fountains - Oh my goodness - to experience the unexpected was fabulous!!! We had envisioned the trick fountains at Hellbrunn would be something like the Bellagio in Las Vegas but were we ever surprised! This is a tour that everyone should take! We loved it and had no disappointments at all. The cruise going to the palace was very nice and helped prepare us for an outstanding day!
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Gail_s
Jul 22, 2023
Trick Fountains of Salzburg- a Must-See!! - I waited in a long line to get my voucher. Others in front of me were turned away from this sold out event. However, because I had purchased through Viator, my ticket was waiting. And I wound up getting a boat ride, a ride on a London double decker bus and a tour through the Trick Fountains of Salzburg - a must-see and unexpected treat!! Viator is always the best and most reliable way to travel wherever in the world I go.
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956bjc
Sep 7, 2024
Confusing - Not terribly well organised tour company. Nobody at the dock to explain anything. They have 3 different tours but when buy the tickets online you don’t know which it is. Not clear as to whether you need to line up for a paper ticket as well. I don’t think the Hellbrunn palace tour lets you inside the palace. They admit you into the “trick gardens”, which are fantastic, But by the time you’ve done that it’s time to go The boat trip section is ok but it’s frankly not that scenic
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Elizabeth_j
Oct 11, 2024
Boring tour - The 10-15 minute boat trip was uneventful and we found the gardens not really interesting … We thought we were going to see actual rooms of the palace but we didn’t … Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend this tour at all unless you’re interested in lo9ing round gardens
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Rajeshkumar_p
Sep 20, 2024
Dissapointing - The boat element was less than 15 minutes. Hellburn palace can be visited independently. Not value for money
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Michael_h
Jun 23, 2024
Fountains were interesting - The gardens are very interestibg. The boat cruise and return bus didn’t offer much insight or value.
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Pkyriakides
Jul 9, 2023
A difficult path to the... - A difficult path to the bus,no help to the ones in need. A very old bus which should go out of use. I paid a taxi for my return to the town.N
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