Haus Am Moos Guesthouse in Salzburg

I want to stay in a guesthouse.
I am particular liddat.

Out of the 4 countries we visited, I was adamant to stay in a guesthouse and particularly the one in Austria; Salzburg. Not only must it be in Salzburg, but it must be an Austrian traditional home, outskirt, farm if possible, with its scenic snow cap mountains as the background; nothing lesser. Kid you not, am particular liddat. Ahaks…. 

And we stayed in one. The best one I must say *smile*.

After hours and days of searching, reviewing, running through Salzburg map, comparing cost, we finally narrowed down THE guesthouse; Am Moos, located at Fam. Strasser, Moosstraße 186a, A-5020 Salzburg.

Day in, day out I stared at the website, googling reviews and images to make sure the decision we made was the best choice possible. Being slightly far from town, we were a bit worried, hence we figure getting there for first timer like us would be easier via cab (well, taking a bus is easy too after asking the owner, nampak tak kemalasan menebal masa tuh?! Hehhehheee….). Truthfully, the journey was around 10 mins or so to the town… no worries.

During spring and summer, you can lounge by the pool or take a dip, definitely makes me wanna experience it all over again. Keh keh keh…

Oh yah! They have a friendly dog.

Haus Am Moos serves breakfast as well with a nominal fee of course and the spread is quite good delicious, we had bread, egg, cereal and cheese… sodap! And you can use their kitchen in the morning but at night you'll get an electric kettle at your disposal, so pandai-pandai lah yea. Other than that, the owner is superbly friendly, you can purchase Salzburg card from him, get the free map or ask him for tips and directions around the city, he will be able to help you.

I will share the details of the house at the end of this blog entry *wink*.

This is one of the reason why I choose this place, having the spectacular Mt. Untersberg behind your home is simple a gawking moment every morning. I mean, wouldn’t you?

I have blog about Mt. Untersberg earlier (click HERE for more story). 

As promised, below is Haus Am Moos detail.

Haus Am Moos

Fam. Strasser

Moosstraße 186a

A-5020 Salzburg

Austria

URL : http://www.ammoos.at/en-home.htm

Have a pleasant stay!

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2 Must Do Activities in Salzburg Old Town, Austria.

If you ask me, what were my favourite activities in Salzburg Old Town area, my answer will be taking the funicular train up the Hohensalzburg Castle and the Salzach River cruise.

What else I wish to experience?
Cycling and lazing by the Salzach River *smile*.

Hohensalzburg Castle

The queue! One thing about me is that I am not very patient with being idle and queuing is idle, if you are anything like me then my advise is to get the Salzburg Card to avoid queuing (Click HERE for more benefits). Despite being fussy on this, I really want to visit Hohensalzburg Castle as the view from the top is to die for, so die die lah I have to go up kan, queue or not queue, keh keh keh.... plus the fact that I get to ride on the funicular train excites me *wink*.

Got the picture I wanted but I bet it'll look great at sunset, so those going do check on whether they open till late in evening. The whole castle is rather huge, like a small township or a village, wondering around here probably takes 2-3 hours as it consist of courtyards, museums, chambers, shops and if you plan really well, you can either have lunch here or probably tea while waiting for sunset. Plan your visit well.

You can take the whole Salzburg Old Town area from here, make sure you wear a good walking to tawaf the whole castle and do take note that the castle have few floors of chambers and museums, in other words, alot of walking around this area. Bertabahlah yea...

History
Hohensalzburg castle was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn cable car, opened in 1892, leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei. It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe. During the early 20th century it was used as a prison, holding Italian prisoners of war during World War I and Nazi activists (before the Anschluss with Germany) in the 1930s.

From Wikipedia.

This device is kinda cool and independent, all you need to do is insert coin to continue #eh, select the language and listen to the location narration, Cool kan! We should have this at some of our attractions.

Lepak area.

Salzach River Cruise

The cruise was just like any other typical cruise ride, nothing great seriously but the thing is, I do enjoy leisure rides like this and able to see the cities from the river at sunset adds to the thrill. My travel tips here is to take an evening cruise instead of sunset cruise, reason being after seeing my guesthouse mates night time pictures, night scene is definitely more beautiful than sunset. Sungguh tak tipu, of course, depending on season and month jugak lah.

If you hate queues and you think the queue at Festungsbahn funicular train was bad, the one for the cruise is even worst. Hahahhahahaa... Because it goes by hour and you need to purchase a ticket at the one hour you wish to take, and some get filled up pretty fast mind you. Being kiasu sangat-sangat saya encouragekan di sini. Perhaps you purchase the ticket before wandering around the old town.

This is the Salzburg Old Town area and the castle on top is the Hohensalzburg Castle that I mentioned earlier. Don't worry, the captain will point to you all the prominent buildings and the history behind it. OK, sungai ni takde river dolphin, jangan tanya soalan pelik-pelik, hahhahahhahah...

No. You can't stand outside the boat (in case you guys were wondering).

Lepak-lepak macam ni lah yang I nak buat, sambil picnic *cheeky smile*.

At end of teh ride, before docking, the captain will 'dance' the boat? Apa tuh? Kalau nak tau, naik ler... keh keh keh..... jahat dak?!?

Oh yah! There is tips box at the front if you wish to  tip the captain and crew, I think I gave EU1 kot, memang kedukut kan. Bluek.

Key take-away?
Get the Salzburg Card if you plan to stay 2 nights at least and start your day early to maximise the card usage.