John Munson (originally from Lake Forest, Illinois, USA) welcomes you to an all-season fascinating, lovely, fun, and comprehensive Sound of Music film sites E-bike adventure tour for private groups (up to 6 people) of the old city of Salzburg, Austria and the surrounding green areas within the city limits on state-of-the-art 2024 brand new E-bikes. See all the breathtaking film sites in Salzburg from the Sound of Music and the most beautiful 400-year-old palaces and green areas in Salzburg, while riding at an easy-going, leisurely pace along the flat Salzburg valley floor on mostly separate bike paths (away from cars)! My tour is therefore not at all strenuous.  We make many stops to take photos and to discuss the filming trivia and history of those film locations  and to talk about how the Trapp family's real story compares with the film narrative. My tour is also the only tour in Salzburg to visit the original Trapp Family home!

Bicycle riders of all levels of ability are welcome, provided you have confident and competent biking skills and have ridden a bike in the recent past. Once you get set up on the E-bikes, with high quality helmets and baskets included, the tour itself lasts about 6 hours on average, depending on the bike riding rate of the group and how long we stop to eat lunch along the way. If so desired, we can take a relaxing 30-40 minute late lunch break to sit and eat in a lovely Baroque garden next to several ponds at the magnificent Hellbrunn Palace or at many other picturesque nature locations next to other stunning palaces en route. You can bring your own food to eat, or purchase food "To Go" from one of the many cafes/markets that we will pass along the way in Salzburg.

  Riding E-bikes is a great way to see Salzburg while getting exercise at the same time in the open fresh air, while having the ability to ride to film locations and other beautiful places on E-bikes that are simply not accessible by bus or van. The great thing is that you can exert whatever amount of effort you wish to because of the various assist levels on the electric bikes, as long as you are pedaling (these are not self-propelled E-bikes). The E-bikes provide a very smooth ride with very easy control. In case of inclement weather when it is either too cold (below 45 degrees F.) or rainy (raining hard for much of the day) to ride, I offer the option to shift over to a combined van & walking version of my tour, using umbrellas and rain gear. 

Private 6 Hour Sound of Music - Trapp Family E-Bike Tour of Salzburg

My Sound of Music - Trapp Family E-bike tour costs 125 euro/person, with ages 11 and up being welcome.  

Private 6 Hour E-Bike Tour of Salzburg (without any Sound of Music info)

I also offer a private 6 hour E-bike tour of Salzburg for those who are not fans of the Sound of Music who wish to see all the best places in the old town of Salzburg city and the surrounding countryside, without me telling any information about the film or the Trapp Family Singers.  We therefore ride on an extended route in the countryside compared to my Sound of Music related tour. This E-bike tour also costs 125 euro per person and is open to ages 11 and up.

All Day Van & Walking Tour to the Eagle's Nest Region in Berchtesgaden, Germany

I also offer an all-season/all-day separate private van and walking tour for up to 4 guests to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and the surrounding area, which is a lovely 40 minutes' drive from Salzburg, customized to your wishes. This can also include visiting the actual bunker system in the Eagle's Nest documentation center museum there and other WW2 noteworthy areas around Obersalzberg, where Hitler's Berghof mountain retreat house site was located (where he spent a third of the war up until it was destroyed at the end of the war). For Sound of Music fans, we can also visit the Sound of Music film sites in the mountains in that area (including the opening, closing and picnic scene meadow hilltops). 

This private tour is reasonably priced at 500 euro. This price does not include the fee for the mandatory Eagle's Nest shuttle bus (32 euro each round trip) from the Eagle's Nest parking lot, Eagle's Nest museum/documentation center fee (3 euro each), or for the state park entry (8 euro for the group) to drive up to the final meadow scene where the Von Trapp's climb over the mountains to escape Austria in the film Sound of Music. Please write me below for more details. It is a historically fascinating area to see!  

All Day Van & Walking Tour to the Hallstatt Lakes & Mountain Region 

Additionally, I further offer a second all-season/all-day private van tour for up to 4 guests to the gorgeous village of Hallstatt on Lake Hallstatt, as well as to the surrounding lakes and mountain region, including seeing the inside of the St. Michael's Basilica in Mondsee (built in the 1400's), where the wedding scene was filmed in the Sound of Music. We will also visit the lovely villages of St. Gilgen or St. Wolfgang on the magnificent Lake Wolfgang. We also will go to the spectacular Lake Gosau, nestled in the high mountain peak region. This private tour also costs 500 euro (not including any parking or gondola fees up the mountains to spectacular lookouts) and is fully customizable.

When you write me a message below in the contact area or on What's App to book my tours or for more info, I always reply by the end of the Austrian day, if not within the hour.  If you like, we can also do a Skype or What's App video call to discuss everything you wish to know, face to face. 

Payment for my tours can be made below by credit card, or by Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, Wise or normal inter-bank wire transfer.  Full payment is requested at the time of booking your tour. One-third of the total tour cost is non-refundable. The remaining 2/3rds is fully refundable at any time. I still give my tours in the rain, but in case the weather is really terrible on the day of the tour or you prefer to switch the dates at any time, I am happy to change your tour to any other date, assuming I have availability.