Rating
4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Marc Ha (10 months ago)
Worth the walk up! We traipsed up at 7am to beat the August heat and were rewarded with the views and tranquility that the 8th century monastery offered. Very easy flight of stairs to get up there - took us under 10 mins from the base at a very slow pace.
Worth the walk up! We traipsed up at 7am to beat the August heat and were rewarded with the views and tranquility that the 8th century monastery offered. Very easy flight of stairs to get up there - took us under 10 mins from the base at a very slow pace.
Barb Lindsay (11 months ago)
I arrived 6:51am (took me longer to get there than anticipated) , and they had started. Both monks and nuns singing. It was beautiful & peaceful. AT 7am, it was interspersed with talking and then singing (all in Latin, I believe), so it sounded like a regular service. I left at 7:15, and they were still going. But the singing is definitely concentrated at the beginning.
I arrived 6:51am (took me longer to get there than anticipated) , and they had started. Both monks and nuns singing. It was beautiful & peaceful. AT 7am, it was interspersed with talking and then singing (all in Latin, I believe), so it sounded like a regular service. I left at 7:15, and they were still going. But the singing is definitely concentrated at the beginning.
Erich Thalacker (11 months ago)
A lovely church, where you can hear the nuns practicing their singing. We thought they were supposed to start at 6:45 am (Thursday, non holiday), but they didn’t start until 7am for us. You won’t actually see them, but you can hear them in the main chapel. Just sit in the chapel and you will hear them throughout the church! 5 star - Need to go! Would go out of way to come.
A lovely church, where you can hear the nuns practicing their singing. We thought they were supposed to start at 6:45 am (Thursday, non holiday), but they didn’t start until 7am for us. You won’t actually see them, but you can hear them in the main chapel. Just sit in the chapel and you will hear them throughout the church! 5 star - Need to go! Would go out of way to come.
Nancy Cannon (12 months ago)
Channelling my sound of music I walked from the fortress down hill to the nunnery in an easy 10 minutes. Popular with other SOM fans. You can walk through the tiny front courtyard, enter the iron gates and take selfie. You can also go in the church respectfully. The views over salzburg are lovely.
Channelling my sound of music I walked from the fortress down hill to the nunnery in an easy 10 minutes. Popular with other SOM fans. You can walk through the tiny front courtyard, enter the iron gates and take selfie. You can also go in the church respectfully. The views over salzburg are lovely.
Sophie (15 months ago)
Waking up at 5am to go hear the nuns sing did not end up panning out… I guess they decided not to sing that day or we just didn’t hear them. Despite not getting to hear the singing, the abbey is stunning during the early hours of the day. The views from this location are to die for and the interior of the church looks just like it does in the Sound of Music. An absolutely magical place.
Waking up at 5am to go hear the nuns sing did not end up panning out… I guess they decided not to sing that day or we just didn’t hear them. Despite not getting to hear the singing, the abbey is stunning during the early hours of the day. The views from this location are to die for and the interior of the church looks just like it does in the Sound of Music. An absolutely magical place.
