While you’ll find schnitzel with noodles and crisp apple strudel on many a traditional tavern menu, there’s more to this city’s increasingly exciting food scene than that. Salzburg is now making impressive strides on the culinary front, with chefs championing regional sourcing and serving season-driven dishes with finesse. Now you can breeze with ease from organic brunch to Vietnamese lunch and gourmet rooftop restaurant in the Altstadt and beyond.
And when summer arrives, there’s little better than raiding a local deli for Alpine meats and cheeses for a picnic in palace gardens or on the banks of the Salzach River. Altstadt: Left Bank Nonnberg Mönchsberg Leopoldskron Altstadt: Right Bank Mülln Wilkommen to Salzburg’s oldest inn, housed in a chic boutique hotel that seamlessly brings together 600 years of history with contemporary art, bespoke craftsmanship and progressive design. Sitting opposite Salzburg’s festival hall, Blaue Gans is right in the touristy thick of things, but thankfully it hasn’t lost a jot of character and still places the accent on quality.
Pull up a chair below the vaults to dine on Austrian cuisine with a lightly creative, seasonal touch: from asparagus-strawberry salad with rocket, sheep’s cheese and almonds, to roasted guinea fowl with gnocchi, peas, radish and black truffle jus. In summer, tables are set up on the pavement terrace. Contact: blaue-gans.
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