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Festspielhäuser Führungen
Salzburg · Salzburg und Umgebung
1 h 16Route
Unlimited freeWithin the 24-hour window in the city
Unlimited free
The black corner means a condition applies.
- · Within the 24-hour window in the city
Note: the card gives either 24 hours in Salzburg city or one drive over the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse. Choose one for your whole card.
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Daily behind-the-scenes tours of the Salzburger Festspiele, through the Großes Festspielhaus, the Haus für Mozart and the Felsenreitschule, including foyers and auditoriums. The tour lasts about 50 minutes and is given in German and English, with a maximum of 20 participants. Because of set-up work and performances, not all rooms can always be seen.
- Meet at the Festspielshop, recognisable by the column with a mask and the barred gate
- Maximum 20 participants, remaining tickets only from 15 minutes before the start at the Festspielshop
- Duration about 50 minutes, in German and English
Anyone who wants to look behind the scenes of the world-famous Festspiele can do so on the daily guided tours. Besides the Festspielhäuser (Großes Festspielhaus, Haus für Mozart and Felsenreitschule), the foyers and the auditoriums can also be visited. Because of set-up work and performances, not all rooms are always accessible.
Good to know:
Meeting point: Festspielshop (column with mask, barred gate)
Maximum 20 people
Ticket sales: tickets for guided tours can be booked online, remaining tickets are available 15 minutes before the start at the Festspielshop
Duration of the tour: about 50 minutes, in German and English
The dates of the German-language and English-language tours are listed on the official website, where tickets can also be purchased.
What visitors say
The guided tour lasts about fifty minutes and takes in the Grosses Festspielhaus, the Haus für Mozart and the Felsenreitschule, including the foyers and a look at and behind the stage. Participants describe it as dense with information and surprisingly technical in nature: the stage that is cleared in twenty minutes, the steel fire curtain, the hydraulically retractable seating in the Felsenreitschule. It is not necessary to be an opera enthusiast to get something out of it, but this remains a working theatre, so during rehearsals or set-up the tour is moved or cancelled. Responses to the Haus für Mozart are the least enthusiastic; it is considered the weakest architecturally.
- · Assume that it may or may not go ahead: rehearsals and technical work take priority.
- · Tickets are only sold shortly before the start at the Festspielshop, so be there well in advance.
SourceSummarised from public experiences, 2026-08-15.
Opening hours
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