The traditional ‘Salzburger Christkindlmarkt’ recently opened in Mozart’s birthplace Salzburg. The Salzburger Christkindlmarkt is often discribed as the most beautiful Christmas market in the world, ...

There are numerous connections directly into and out of Salzburg without having to go through Vienna or Munich first. Photo: Pixabay / Werdepate Separated by less than 150 kilometres, Munich and ...

The melody was as sweet as the heady scent of gingerbread and mulled wine, wafting in the breeze on an early Salzburg evening. A choir group were ensconced in their rehearsal room, belting out a fine ...

One of the most beautiful traditions of the Salzburg Christmas Market are the appearances of the Christkind and Engerl. For the 50th Salzburg Christmas Market, which opens on November 21, we are ...

This city home to several pretty Christmas markets is an underrated gem in Europe - but many choose its more famous neighbour instead. Salzburg Christmas markets are scattered around the city with ...

You may think of Salzburg as the epitome of a Christmas destination, but row back to the 19th Century and the Austrian city was anything but cheery. The Napoleonic Wars had taken their toll, and ...

In our Anglo-Saxon tradition, Father Christmas knows which children have been naughty, and which have been nice; and the consequence for the former is a lump of coal as a present. Not so in Austria, ...

The aroma of mulled wine (glühwein) fills the air, there are spiced gingerbread cookies at every turn and the sounds of choirs and musicians (sometimes even snatches from The Sound Of Music) bounce ...