Walking 5km from Salzburg Airport to the city centre is possible but not recommended; most travellers prefer the efficient bus or taxi options.
How close is Salzburg Airport to the city centre?
Salzburg is one of the prettiest cities in Europe, but it is surprisingly compact. And, unusually, the airport is fairly close to the city centre.
This may lead some visitors to think about saving money by walking from Salzburg Airport to the city centre or vice versa.
The walk from Salzburg Airport to the city centre is about 5km long. That should take most people about an hour and five minutes.
Salzburg airport taxi price
The cost of a taxi from Salzburg Airport to the city is around €20 – slightly more if traffic is not in your favour. Alternatively, you can take the number 10 bus from Salzburg Airport to the city centre. It departs every 15 minutes during the day, with tickets costing €2.40.
Five great things to do in Salzburg
- 🎶 Bring out your inner Maria – on a Sound of Music locations tour.
- 🥧 Take an apple strudel cooking class – with lunch included.
- 🏛️ See the highlights of the Old Town – on a guided walking tour.
- ⛏️ Go underground in a salt mine – and see the Bavarian Alps too.
- 🏰 Head up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress – for a best of Mozart concert.
Why walk from Salzburg Airport to the city?
Just because you can walk from Salzburg Airport to the city, it doesn’t mean you should. There are several very pleasant walks in Salzburg – notably the one from the Hohensalzburg Fortress across the Monchsberg hill. The walk to and from the airport, however, is not one of them. It passes through mundane, modern areas of the city. Just pay the couple of euros for the bus ticket instead.
Salzburg recommendations
Three things I do recommend spending your time and money on in Salzburg are:
- A shamelessly cheesy Sound of Music tour.
- A visit to the Bavarian Mountains and Berchtesgaden salt mine.
- Having a few beers in the vast, maze-like Augustiner Brau.
Other Salzburg options include seeing the Sound of Music gazebo at Hellbrun Palace.
More Austria travel
Other Austria travel articles on Planet Whitley include:
- Why the Naschmarkt might be your favourite bit of Vienna.
- The incredible stories inside Vienna’s Museum of Art Fakes.
- Visiting Salzburg’s Sound of Music locations.
- Leopoldstadt neighbourhood guide.
- Vienna to Ljubljana: Direct train vs indirect train vs bus.
