re: Salzburg questions - day trip

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Headed to Salzburg next month for a day trip from Munich via train.

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I was there in May. Fantastic time. Are you alone? With kids? I can offer more if you switch to a car or lengthen your stay.

To see:
Go to the fortress and tour it (nice military musuem inside with some unique Italian vs Austrian WW1 memorabilia). Great place for a beer also. Walking the walls and taking in the views is a great morning or afternoon.

Mirabell gardens are a must if you are with a sound of music fan. They didn't do much for me.

Augustiner for sure is worth a visit. For food, eating there is great but if you want to stay in the neighborhood for a nicer meal after having a few beer I'd recommend Augustiner Braugasthof Krimpelstatter (right around the corner and affiliated with Augustiner...just nicer food).

Barenwirt is also very good for food.

Can you manage more than a day? Look up the near from home channel on youtube. Lots of great munich day trips, and there series on the Saltzkammergut (lakes region) has some excellent tips (Traunsee and the Schafberg cog train at St Wolfgang were awesome).

I'll try to upload some pics later. If you are doing a day+ Berchetsgaden is very close.

If only given one day I would arrive in the AM, go up to the fortress (take the funicular if you don't want a hike), tour it, and have a beer or two at the outlook overlooking the church. Then I'd go to eat lunch from the stalls at Augustiner before finishing with an early dinner at Barenwirt or the other place I listed above. Both are close to Augustiner.