Expert reviews of cheap hotels in Salzburg
Welcome to EuroCheapo Salzburg! Our mission is to make it as easy as possible for you to find the best cheap hotels in Salzburg, all while staying central.
Our editors are hotel hunters—they show up unannounced at affordable hotels in Salzburg's city center, inspect some rooms, and recommend only the properties that they feel present the best value.
Salzburg attracts tourists with its rich musical history and charming Altstadt, which can get expensive quickly. Happily, the city’s affordable hotels, pensions and hostels make it possible for budget travelers to enjoy the city without feeling (ahem) von-Trapped by their budgets.
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From our Salzburg blog
This city is brought to life through melodies, so Salzburg is a hit with music lovers. It’s the birthplace of Mozart, and much of the classic The Sound of Music was filmed in Salzburg. It’s otherworldly in that it tr ... read
The hills may be alive with The Sound of Music in Salzburg, but there’s plenty to do that doesn’t involve Mozart and the Von Trapp family. And if you’re not careful, you could spend a fortune before the ... read
The picture says it all. Salzburg has one of the most beautiful old towns in all of Europe that should be on every traveler’s list. It’s worth a trip here just to stroll around and experience the same beautif ... read
March is the month when many Europeans crawl out from their winter shells and start exploring. And with spring beckoning, we have come up with a handful of easy daytime rail journeys that just clamor to be taken. There i ... read
Europe’s ski towns are scattered across the Alps and serve as ideal winter getaways for those living up north. Innsbruck, Austria is one of the favorites and one of the cheapest. It’s bigger than surrounding ... read
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Vogelweiderstraße 52, Schallmoos
EuroCheapo Review: The Pension Elisabeth, a 24-room midrange-to-budget option in northern Schallmoos, is one of the more attractive cheapo options in town.... read review
$54
Gasthaus Hinterbruhl Guesthouse
Schanzlgasse 12, Altstadt
EuroCheapo Review: The cozy 12-room Gasthaus Hinterbruhl—housed in a tower from the original 14th-century Altstadt wall—captures the vibe of a genuine "inn" without feeling contrived.... read review
$63
Adlerhof Pension
Elisabethstraße 25, Elisabeth-Vorstadt
EuroCheapo Review: Located a few blocks west of the Hauptbahnhof, the family-owned two-star Hotel-Pension Adlerhof is a likeable four-story option with both traditional and modern rooms.... read review
$69
Vogelweiderstraße 9, Schallmoos
EuroCheapo Review: The three-star Hotel Drei Kreuz is a friendly 24-room hotel situated in eastern Schallmoos at the foot of Kapuzinerberg.... read review
$82
Bahnhofstraße 15, Elisabeth-Vorstadt
EuroCheapo Review: The Gasthof Auerhahn is a 15-room family-owned three-star hotel located a 10-minute walk north of the Hauptbahnhof.... read review
$82
Elisabethstraße 19, Elisabeth-Vorstadt
EuroCheapo Review: The likeable three-star Hotel Hohenstauffen has been owned by the same family since 1902. The staff is accommodating; children and pets will feel especially welcome.... read review
$93
Rupertgasse 15, Schallmoos
EuroCheapo Review: We love the bright, whimsical and mildly wacky Hotel Bergland, a family-owned four-star hotel in residential Schallmoos.... read review
$95
Franz-Josef-Straße 27, Schallmoos
EuroCheapo Review: Built in 1791 (the year Mozart died), the 32-room Mozart Hotel manages to retain some of the charms of that era—refreshing in a city full of low-ceilinged medieval hotels.... read review
$95
Rupertgasse 25, Schallmoos
EuroCheapo Review: The Hotel Jedermann provides a refreshing break from Salzburg’s overpowering Gemütlichkeit (a traditional Austrian sense of hospitality) while offering interesting rooms at reasonable rates.... read review
$100
Linzer Gasse 48, Right Bank
EuroCheapo Review: What a location! The 24-room Hotel Krone 1512 is a family-owned, 15th-century hotel on lovely pedestrian-only Linzergasse.... read review
$126
Scheibenweg 8, Lehen
EuroCheapo Review: Brigitte Lenglachner's father built this house with his own two hands, and now Brigitte and her husband run it as a private five-room guesthouse.... read review
$52
